Washington Home Educators Network
for those who understand Washingtons' Home-Based Instruction law
Special Needs
I'm just beginning with this page, so if you have resources you would like to see on this page, please email them to me.
if you need support and have questions, do not hesitate to contact Jean,  yukko5@aol.com. 
"For the last eight years in my role as a homeschooling father I thought I knew the meaning of acceptance, thought I knew how to revere the essence of an individual. But it wasn't until recently, when measured against the crucible of "different," that I began to fathom what it means to fully honor and accept the individual."

From Home Education Magazine's Jeff Kelety article, Quirks of Fate: A Homeschooling Look at Being Different

http://www.homeedmag.com/HEM/172.00/ma_clmn_dad.html



Homeschooling and Autistic Syndrome Disorder

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/jorghahaq/hsas.htm

Autistic Syndrome Disorder
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: State of the Science. Best Practices

In Jensen PS, Cooper JR (Eds); Kingston NJ, Civic Research Institute, 2002

Is ADHD a Valid Disorder?
by William B. Carey. M.D.

http://www.temperament.com/WBCnihpaper.html



Unschooling With ADD
by Kathy Ward
"What strikes me in all that I've read about so-called attention deficit is the huge divide between the two dominant models for ADD"

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hollow/1093/unschoolingadd.html



Home Education Magazines' article, Why I Chose to Homeschool My Son  by Karen Hoogland
"Yes, I am his mom, but the school officials made it quite clear that they are the experts on children. In this case, however, they were experts with no answers and no solutions, except one: Ritalin. Their big answer was that they believed Timothy has Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)."

http://www.homeedmag.com/HEM/184/jwomeds.html

Dyslexia
Notes on Dyslexia
by Karen Pennebaker

http://www.besthomeschooling.org/articles/karen_pennebaker.html



Support Groups
Olympia Parents of Special Needs Kids
meet once a month at the Tumwater Library
For more info:
http://spclneedsparents.meetup.com/3/about/


Special Homeschoolers of Washington
"For all families living in Washington state who are homeschooling special needs children....or are considering it."

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SpecialHSofWA/


Homeschooling Special Needs Children
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/special-needshomeschool/?yguid=47041419

Resources
Bridges4Kids
A non-profit parent organization providing a comprehensive system of information and referral for parents of children from birth through transition to adult life.

http://www.bridges4kids.org/states/wa.htm

Homeschooling Children with Special Needs
They have a whole list of resources and support groups

http://cdaffy.tripod.com/needs.html

Support Groups
new Olympia group
Autistic Syndrome Disorder
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Dyslexia
Resources


I am just starting on these resources so let me know of some helpful sites!
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