| Copyright 2006 Julie Shepherd Knapp |
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| The Homeschool Diner's Guide to Homeschooling With Special Needs Asperger's Website Resources by Julie Knapp, copyright 2005 Good websites to browse for info about Asperger’s Tony Atwood's Asperger's Website Tammy Glaser's "Aut" to be Home - a website, support group, and "blog ring" for bloggers who homeschool children with autism, plus lists of other resources and support groups Kids Like Mine -- a website by a homeschooling mom, lots of good info on the challenges of dealing with personalities, sensitivities, health issues, nutrition, giftedness, and more Teaching Jeremiah, A Journey into the Mind of an Asperger's Child -- insightful, touching essays on raising and homeschooling a young aspie child OASIS The Gray Center -- The Gray Center for Social Learning and Understanding (the originators of the "Social Story") Autism/Asperger Publishing Company -- several nice books Uniquely Gifted The 2E Newsletter Supporting the Emotional Needs of the Gifted (SENG) Nice list of related books from OASIS The Son-Rise Program -- from the Autism Treatment Center of America, "...providing parents with the skills training they need to help their child like no one else can... children on the autism spectrum are capable of learning, communicating, ... and developing warm and satisfying relationships with the people in their lives. " Relationship Development Intervention -- a parent-based intervention program "where parents are provided the tools to effectively teach Dynamic Intelligence skills and motivation to their child" National Association for Child Development -- a private organization headed by Robert J. Doman, author of How to Teach your Baby to Read, "Instead of ascertaining how the child fits within the spectrum, ....NACD listens to the parents, observes the child, uses a neurological approach to understand why the child is doing what he or she is doing, and then teaches the parent home program activities designed for that child." The Autism Shop -- a store with on-line catalog - toys, books, games, videos, etc. for kids and parents Related Issues Mutated Gene Raises Autism Risk -- research on families with autism spectrum disorders have helped researchers to identify a specific gene mutation which may be the biological reason some families have a susceptibility to autism Autism & Daily Life-- many child helpful articles from SHEKNOWS Searching for early signs of autism spectrum disorders -- summarizes some recent theories on genetic and environmental causes |