Renee Sullins, SPED Homeschool Consulting Partner In working with teenagers for many years, I have learned that if there is ONE thing that teenagers understand well, it’s PROCRASTINATION. Not...
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Reflections on Our Special Education Homeschool Journey
Dyana Robbins Whether your homeschooling years are ending because you are launching a graduate into the world or leaving homeschooling for reasons as varied as the ones that...
6 Steps for Helping Teens Struggling with a Dyslexia Diagnosis
Kathy Kuhl What if you didn’t know your child was dyslexic until they hit high school? This happened to a family I learned about yesterday. They just discovered...
High School Life Skill Assessments Parents Can Administer
Peggy Ployhar When I talk about transition planning for high schoolers, one of the first things I tell parents is that a good assessment can help you hone in...
A Heart Tug: Pulled Toward International Special Needs Adoption
Shannon Ramiro Recently I had the privilege of interviewing a friend of mine, Karrie Cannell, about her international special needs adoptions. I hope you enjoy her story as well...
An Interview with 30-Year Adoptive Special Needs Parents
Peggy Ployhar I had the privilege this month of interviewing my parents, Joe and Margie Prenosil, who have been special needs adoptive parents for 30 years! I hope you...
The Greater Benefit of the Homeschooling Journey
Peggy Ployhar Teaching a child how to hike parallels the larger tasks of homeschooling and parenting. Hiking, as well as homeschooling and parenting, may have many technical pieces of...
Learn from Our Experience – Testing in Your Homeschool
by SPED Homeschool Team Each state requires different things from homeschoolers, and sometimes that means incorporating testing in your homeschool. Other times, parents prefer testing in order to get...
Navigating College Admission without the ACT/SAT
By Peggy Ployhar Did you know a student does not need to take the ACT or SAT in order to receive a degree from a 4-year university? For students like...
Paperwork
Before You Withdraw If you are withdrawing your student from a public or private school, ask for copies of your student’s records before you start the withdraw process. Keep...