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November 24, 2006, 9:19 am PST
special needs children.
Quote From: omgwhocaresParents diagnose their children's health issues on a regular basis, and only go to a professional when there is an illness.
My children have had no problem with their education, so no need for a professional.
Home education works, formal training is not necessary and doesn't show any better results. Too bad you feel insulted by that, it is simply the truth. I have no desire to pit one "method'" vs another.
But I want to qualify the special needs issue for a while. Most children who are mildly or severely disabled are born that way, and it does not come as a big surprise to parents that they are disabled or special-needs when they hit "school age".
Many parents of such children already have support measures in place for their children before it comes time to decide on how they are to be educated. I know I certainly did. I sought out the support of other people well before school came along. Ironically enough, the biggest validation, support, and advocacy for me when I decided opt out of the mainstream and do this at home actually CAME FROM my child's special-ed teacher!
I take her advice and criticism far more seriously than the strangers on the internet here, as she knows me and has worked with my child and myself. So I have no real desire to "prove anything" here, but I do get benefits from telling my story and recounting some details here. I even share some posts with my kids, and their reaction is "Huh, how can they think THAT? (to the idea that unschoolers don't "do math", for example).
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