Autism Features
Enough is Enough: Stop Fighting, Start Looking for a New School
It’s your child’s first day of school. Teary-eyed parents watch and wave, hearts swelling with pride as their little ones step into a new phase of life.
Unfortunately, the picture for parents of children with autism is often not as rosy.
These special needs parents often begin the journey feeling supported by the promises of a host of acronyms: IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Act), FAPE (free appropriate public education), and NCLB (No Child Left Behind Act).
Then, they encounter an unpredictable, constantly changing experience. Read more.
Success Tomorrow Starts Today: Finding a New School for Your Child with ASD
Children step aboard a bus and arrive at their neighborhood school to begin another day of learning. One day builds upon another, and months turn into years as they learn, socialize, and successfully complete their education.
Like many things in life, when a child’s education proceeds as planned, it is given little thought. And even with the occasional challenge, this is how the days proceed for most children whose emotional and academic needs are fulfilled by our public school systems. But the system doesn’t work for everyone.
Our school systems have protocols and methods that work perfectly, until they encounter a child on the autism spectrum. They are suddenly presented with a student who has multiple complex challenges they’re unprepared to handle. Or worse. Read more.
Reading, Writing, and Remediation: Lessons Learned From Special Schools
There are schools scattered across the United States that specialize in students with Asperger’s Syndrome (AS) and high-functioning autism (HFA). These schools are filled with extensively trained teachers, and they’re achieving great success with students who are struggling in their public schools.
So, what are they doing differently? And what can we learn that might inspire fresh ideas for our children wherever they attend school? Read more.
