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Home Schooling Special Needs Children

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Choose Laughter

Part of God’s specific plan for your child was to bring joy and laughter into your home. Enjoy!

The Roads I Have Traveled

Sheila Campbell shares her homeschool experiences.

Chosen

Patsy Arnold shares the blessing of being entrusted with a fragile gift, the responsibility of raising a challenged child. 

Finishing the Challenged Race

Do you wonder if your child will be equipped for life after graduation?  Join the crowd!  What if your child had extraordinary needs?  Doug and Patsy Arnold, with Texas Special Kids, wrote an article that addresses the question—and some solutions as well. 

Becoming a Sherlock Holmes Schooler

Are you sometimes puzzled about why your child does the things he does?  Have you tried navigating the “system”?  Doug and Patsy Arnold, parents of a child with special needs, offer tips and encouragement in their article.

Special Kids, Special Dads

Doug Arnold shares his charge to raise “special children” in the ways of the Lord.  He shares four major stepping stones for dads whose children have special needs, whether autism or attention deficit, Down syndrome or dyslexia, or other issues.

Home Educating the Special Needs Child

This article, written by Doug and Patsy of Texas' Special Kids and printed in the 2005-2006 Handbook for Texas Home Schoolers, answers the following questions:

What is a special needs child?

How difficult will this be?

Where do we find curriculum?

Should we get a label for this child?

Do we need to write an IEP?

What kind of records should we keep?

How does the parent/teacher cope?

Rule Change Concerning Special Needs Education

A summarization of the changes that took place in 2001 in public school obligations to special needs children in private schools

Letter Concerning Children with Disabilities

An explanation of the special education rule that took effect in 2001 written by the then Texas Commissioner of Education Jim Nelson

Services for Home Schoolers with Disabilities

An in-depth explanation of the benefits available to Texas families who are home schooling children with special needs

Texas' Special Kids

This organization provides emotional support, curriculum advise, and more to Texas families with special needs children.

What Can I Do to Help?

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