Special Needs Homeschooling

Asperger’s Syndrome: Why Homeschooling Works

Asperger’s Syndrome is an autism spectrum disorder. Children diagnosed with Asperger’s show significant difficulties in social interaction, along with restricted and repetitive patterns of behavior and interests. Unlike autistic children, Asperger’s children preserve higher levels of linguistic and cognitive development. Children with Asperger’s are not mentally challenged. In fact, many of them are gifted. They […]

Homeschooling for students with OCD

An OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) is an anxiety disorder in which a person has an unreasonable thought, fear, or worry (obsession) that they try to manage through a ritualized activity (compulsion). Common obsessions in children include fear of dirt and germs, the need to have things in a certain order, and aggressive impulses such as […]

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