By Natalie Vecchione, SPED Homeschool Partner FASD Hope (Excerpts from the new book “Blazing New Homeschool Trails: Educating and Launching Teens with Developmental Disabilities” by Natalie Vecchione and...
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Popular Special Needs Homeschooling Acronyms
By Peggy Ployhar, SPED Homeschool Founder & CEO Have you ever looked at an acronym only to have to put it into your favorite search engine to come...
A Letter from a Pandemic Homeschooler
Melissa Schumacher, SPED Homeschool Team Member How long did you consider homeschooling before you actually did it? What events or factors made you finally decide to homeschool? I...
5 Character Traits Confident Teens Should Know
by Vicki Tillman, SPED Homeschool Partner 7 Sisters Homeschool Confident teens are often teens that have had character development as part of their homeschool high school experience. One...
Truth, Lies and Confabulation
by Wendy Dawson, SPED Homeschool Partner Social Motion Skills/Incuentro “Confabulation.” A big word with big ramifications. When I first read about confabulation, I found it interesting because it...
More than Swimming: How Our Family Learned to Love (and Respect) the Water
Melissa Schumacher, SPED Homeschool Team Member When my older son was five years old, we took our first trip to Florida. Living in a northern state, my children...
Let’s re-wild childhood! Stories that Connect to Nature
Jenny Bailey, SPED Homeschool Partner Tales from Mother Earth Many times as a parent, I have made up stories with my children. Invariably, all of mine have been...
Integrating Primitive Reflexes: Foundational Exercises for the Brain
Rebecka Spencer, SPED Homeschool Consulting Partner A few weeks ago, I shared a story about our daughter’s experience starting school, a life-changing autism diagnosis, and our successes in...
Sensory Activities That Help Improve Attention Issues In Autism
by Penny Rogers, SPED Homeschool Blogging Partner When it comes to the overall sensory system, vestibular and proprioceptive inputs play a huge role in its function. Without understanding them,...
Mastering the Art of Record-Keeping
The SPED Homeschool Team Record-keeping is an art, not a science. What works for one may not work for another, and what may work for you now may need...