Learning Challenges - Special Needs

Over the years, I have written several articles pertaining to special needs. To read these articles, please click the following links:

Fighting for Her Son

Recipe for success: take one very frustrated mom and one child with a hopeless situation. Add a smidgen of determination, along with a shake of prayer. What do you get? A success story encouraging to every mother of a learning disabled child, particularly those diagnosed to be unteachable in one fashion or another.

Head, Heart, and Hands

For parents who have children with special needs, a curriculum that may prove useful is the Waldorf curriculum, or at least some parts of a Waldorf curriculum. Rudolf Steiner, a contemporary of Maria Montessori, designed the original Waldorf curriculum, although many of the concepts originated with another educator named Freidrich Fröbel.

Is Testing Right for Your Special Needs Child?

Is testing right for your special needs child? Will giving your child a label help you find a solution to his condition? These controversial questions start many discussions in the "teacher's lounge" at cooperatives and other homeschooling venues. Some homeschooling experts believe that labels only hurt a child, while others believe that they name a child's condition, giving a parent a better grasp on how to help him.

Teaching Through the Year

How many of you love holidays so much you keep the spirit going all year long, no matter what you are celebrating? I have a calendar I keep in my purse, on which I attempt to collect the birthdays of all my friends and family members. I aspire to have at least one birthday for each day of the year, so I have something to celebrate. As Alice says, in Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, "I like birthday presents best!"