Mary Nix on December 20th, 2008

Anyone wanting to learn how to fingerspell will want to bookmark Finger Spelling.  They offer a video, a practice machine, print-outs, game and a stimulator.
Finger Spelling

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Mary Nix on May 2nd, 2008

From free spirit Publishing
High IQ Kids
Collected Insights, Information, and Personal Stories from the Experts
Edited by Kiesa Kay, Deborah Robson, and Judy Fort Brenneman
Profoundly gifted kids often get the least help in school. It’s assumed they’re smart enough to succeed on their own, plus teachers (and parents) feel out of their depth with these unique [...]

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Mary Nix on April 2nd, 2008

This book by Joanna L. Keating-Velasco is A Kid’s Book on Making Friends with a child who has autism.
The books main character, Chelsea tells us what it is like to live a life with autism. The author writes this:
A is for Autism, F is for Friend offers lessons in understanding, acceptance and [...]

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Helping a Child with Nonverbal Learning Disorder or Asperger’s Disorder, by Kathryn Stewart
“A fully revised and expanded edition of a best-selling classic, this book offers complete information about parenting a child with a nonverbal learning disorder or Asperger’s disorder. This edition includes a new section on anxiety and social anxiety, now commonly held to be [...]

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Mary Nix on July 27th, 2007

The groups description states in part:
Special Needs at Home Swap is a mailing list for the buying, selling or trading of used equipment, programs, and curriculum for children who have learning disabilities or have a “special need” in some way. The list is not just for homeschooling parents of kids with unique challenges, but for [...]

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I found some useful special needs resources from homeschool Mom, Melissa Wiley at her Lilting House Blog.
Here are a few of them:
Speech Therapy At Home
Newborn Hearing Screen: A Piece of Advice
Fun With Audiology: Making Ear Molds
Be sure to visit her site to explore these and other interesting homeschool resources.
In case Melissa’s name sounds familiar, in [...]

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