What homeschooling books/curriculum works best for your child with add/adhd or nonverbal learning disorder?

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Jessica C. This is not meant to be rude but I did not ask if i should homeschool my kid or not? You don't know the whole story to make that suggestion.

We started homeschooling our 7-year-old ADHD child when he was in first grade, and what worked great for us was using a charter school. They offer homeschooling programs, and give you all the materials free. Then your child needs to get a certain amount of work done within a certain amount of time, usually a month, so you can go at your own pace, which really helped us.

Our average amount of work was six worksheets a day, which took about two hours. Other activities count as homeschooling, such as writing about an educational video, running (counts as PE), reading, playing board games (teaches math and social studies -- taking turns, and stuff), and building Legos (counts as art).

We found several charter schools in our city by looking them up online, and there are also several online charter schools available.

As to how approach the issue of teaching an ADHD child, I have found that using visual learning works well, and now what's working, is to just let my son do it on his own, and ask me for help if he needs it.

We have also found that the grade level workbooks that you can buy at Office Depot and Wal-Mart have also been helpful.

Also, what has worked for us is making school fun (see above with board games, running, etc.), and trying to minimize the worksheet portion.

Hope this helps. Good luck!

Homeschooling is a hard decision and takes a lot of time, but I would totally do it in order to help my child. My sister home schooled my nephew who is slightly autistic with a language delay. I was reading what the psychologist said about it not being a good idea, but nobody knows your child better than you and most of the time if you don't find a good curriculum your child can get lost in the system.

We live in the Nashville, TN area and my sister used a program in Memphis. It is a christian program, but it is really good (and it is not like they make you sign a waiver to say that you are a christian). They focus on the child and their needs.

He was still able to get his language classes through the local clinic at Vanderbuilt. Also, one thing that I did like was in order for them to be socially involved with others, the area had events where all the homeschooled children could get together for activities.

Most homeschool curriculums are not designed for kids with learning disabilities. Call a local college that has a teacher education program and ask them for reccommendations. If you call the compan that is trying to sell you their curriculum they will tell you anything.

I strongly suggest you reconsider homeschooling yoru child. Kids with learning problems are very well served in public schools.

How old is your child? A curriculum that would work well for an elementary child is not necessarily something that would work well for a jr. high or high school student.

I've worked with kids with several learning styles and "glitches", I've found unit studies to be the best for them. They are often the easiest to tailor to your child's abilities and interests, and to the skills that your child needs to work on. They're also fairly easy to tailor to your child's learning style. If you can clarify on what age range you're looking for, I'd be happy to point you toward specific curricula.

To Jessica and Desdamona - I think you mean well, but public schooling isn't always the best idea for kids with learning glitches. Perhaps her child's school doesn't have the resources to help, or perhaps he doesn't learn well in a classroom atmosphere. My son's teacher, for instance, couldn't handle his needs (highly gifted and dyslexic) and on the second day of school demanded that he be medicated if he was to remain in her classroom. Sorry, but I know I can do better than that...perhaps she does, as well.

I don't look down on public schools, and I respect teachers - I'm a public school teacher's kid, for crying out loud - but I also realize that schools are not made to serve EVERY child. Instead of being judgmental, perhaps you could use your teaching experience to help her?

If teachers are so capable and well trained, why were my kids failing in school? They flat out hated school. Within one year of homeschooling, they jumped two reading levels and two math levels. They actually love homeschooling enough to be bugging me to order next year's materials. To the teachers here, you should probably know your facts before you openly presume that homeschool parents are not capable enough to teach their kids. You don't know what our qualifications may be.

EDIT: I have to say...to Desdamona: Just by being that child's mother, Katelin is more qualified to deal with his issues than some teacher who has never met him. She has handled his condition this far. All she wants to know is curriculum options, not lofty opinions.

My child has ADD. We use Life Pac. The curriculum is broken down into 10 booklets. My son will see a thick tex book and get overwhelmed from the start by looking at the books and saying "I have to do all this? I'll never get all this done." This way, he gets one thin booklet at a time. Believe it or not, it has made a huge difference with him. It is possible that your child needs more instruction than he can get with homeschooling. It is independent study for the most part. Call your local home school association. They will help you do what is best for your child.

With respect, unless you are a certified speech pathologist or school counselor, hire them, or send your child to a public school,
where they are found.
Straightup, you don't, nor will you ever have, the training.

Konos works really well for add/adhd kids because it involves so much hands on work and has very little sit time.

i think calvert is the best