Home educating our autistic spectrum children : paths are made by walking / edited by Kitt Cowlishaw & Teresa Dowty.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cowlishaw, Kitt (Kittredge Cary), 1961-

Dowty, Terri.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Autism in children.

Autistic children--Education.

Autistic children.

Home schooling.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (300 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, PA : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this book parents who have chosen the home education option for their children on the autistic spectrum candidly relate their experiences: how they reached the decision to educate at home, how they set about the task, and their feelings about the issues raised by their actions.

Contents:

""Home educating our autistic spectrum children: Paths are made by walking""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Editor�s note""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 So, what�s the problem with school?""; ""3 Square pegs don�t fit round holes (Robert�s story)""; ""4 Home truths (Stephen�s story)""; ""5 Is this normal? (Kevin�s story)""; ""6 But will he ever speak to me? (Greg�s story)""; ""7 In the real world, it�s OK to be different (Alex�s story)""; ""8 An inspiration to us all (Matthew�s story)""; ""9 Once a homeschooler, always a homeschooler (John�s story)""

""10 Being himself (Tristan�s story)""""11 The difficult child (Alexandra�s story)""; ""12 Three springs for a summer (David�s story)""; ""13 Liberated by the label (Mark�s story)""; ""14 Living without the label""; ""15 I�ve decided to home educate�what do I do next?""; ""16 An outline of the law and practice of home-based education""; ""17 Finding support and information""; ""The Contributors""; ""Book list""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (298-299).

ISBN:

9786610447008

9781280447006

1280447001

9781846421907

184642190X

9781417553556

1417553553

OCLC:

614731138