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Recent content by Miel

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    Homeschooling

    My son went through months of testing and then I got a second opinion with more testing. All diagnoses gave him the diagnosis of ASD. His therapist told me he is very high functioning. But I always have to warn teachers that he sounds a lot smarter than he is. He does have a very high IQ...
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    Homeschooling

    The way I teach is to start at the child's developmental level, irrespective of his age, and teach just a little above that level so the child is challenged, but able to succeed with effort. This way, he has more success experiences than with the age-appropriate method, but fewer than with the...
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    Homeschooling

    You say you didn't care about not having friends, so was it mostly the bullying that was causing your anxiety, do you think? Most of my son's anxiety symptoms have cleared up since he started homeschooling, but he's still a high-reactive type of person. His teachers were really outstanding at...
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    Homeschooling

    My son has several interests, some of which he revisits often and some which I would describe more as fads. For example, he has a huge Barbie doll collection which he can ignore or months, and then something re-ignites his interest and he begins cataloguing them or dressing them, or saving up...
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    Homeschooling

    Yes, my son's interests generally dictate what we study informally, but I also choose curricula for him that I think will meet his needs and challenge him. There are some things he has to do, but we spend at least ten hours at the library every week and he chooses his own reading material...
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    Homeschooling

    Thank you everyone for responding! I was nervous about saying more about my son to strangers, but this seems like a very accepting forum. My son just turned 9. He was diagnosed with high functioning autism, but I don't know the difference between this and Aspergers. He is very extroverted...
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    Homeschooling

    I don't have an autism diagnosis, but I am homeschooling a child who does. I'm looking for people who can give me advice on how this child thinks so that I can tailor his education to his specific learning style and maybe alleviate some of his frustration.
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