Our homeschooling journey began in 2001, when I started reading books on the subject. The books that helped me the most were A Mom Just Like You by Vicki Farris, The WholeHearted Child by Sally Clarkson, Praise Her in the Gates by Nancy Wilson , and Lifestyle of Learning by Marilyn Howshall. With [...]
Some days it seems the only predictable thing about it is the unpredictability. The only consistent attribute, the inconsistency. There is little argument on any level but that autism is baffling, even to those who spend their
lives around it.
The child who lives with autism may look “normal,” but his or her behavior can be perplexing [...]
Times flies. I can’t believe that this is our fourth year of home education. The fears are now gone as God has provided all that we needed–especially people who encouraged me. Every year, God held my hand, as I always needed some assurance. Our family has been through a lot of changes. [...]
His stay at Walter White was an eventful one. It was a classroom filled with 6-8 autistic children ages 6-8 yrs. old and each had a corresponding one on one aide. All the time spent in this classroom was crisis management for there was a tantrum about every 10 minutes. The behavioral approach carried through [...]
I have been thinking of roots lately as we study plants. I found a wonderful book on nature by Worthington Hooker. There he describes that as a seed sprouts, the stalk goes upwards and the root goes down because the food of the plant comes from the soil. From the main root come many fibers [...]
For the next two months I researched what services were needed, what to file, who to call. The next step was for Scotty to go through a 40 hour a week intensive behavioral training at home, funded by VMRC and our school district. All the experts said that this was the most effective, and prognosis [...]
Our journey with autism began after his second birthday. My mother in law had noticed that he didn’t seem to hear. He started some odd behaviors such as rocking back and forth, 2 hour tantrums, banging his head and playing with toys over and over. We tried to take him to an audiologist at this [...]
Autism is a type of developmental disorder that can affect all or some of a child’s development. It is biological(an injured brain) and not psychological as it once was thought. It is an abnormality that affects the function of the brain that manifests itself through bizzare and confusing behavior. In order to diagnose, most doctors [...]
For years I have struggled with the thought that if only my child did not have autism, I would be happier. I think of the pain, the grief of losing a child to this dreadful disorder. I didn’t know this then but in God’s sovereignty, that which He chooses is better than what I choose. [...]
Time. It takes time to build foundations, to renew minds and change our thinking. To have the mind of Christ will take spending time with Him as Jesus did during His time on earth. Can I do any less?
Another Mom had written about microwave education. What else can a microwave education produce but Mcthoughts. I [...]