Autism & Charlotte

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  • July 7, 2015 at 11:40 pm
    Cindy
    Participant

    Hey there,

    Anyone out there homeschooling a child on the spectrum? My son is 8 – no particular concerns, just curious about how you think CM works with autism :).

    July 8, 2015 at 6:14 am
    Melanie32
    Participant

    Cindy-Sonya Shafer (one of the owner’s of SCM) has a daughter with autism whom she has homeschooled all the way through. Try googling Simply Charlotte Mason autism or autistic.

    July 8, 2015 at 7:02 am
    nebby
    Participant

    There is a blog from a CM mom with a child with autism. It is called something like Aut 2B Home.

    CM’s approach to education was designed to work for those her society considered uneducatable (kids of factory workers, illegitimate kids). I would think that it could be used or modified to work for any children.

    Nebby

    July 8, 2015 at 8:08 am
    missceegee
    Participant

    Sonya has a site about parenting and a section about autism. Intentional Parents

    July 8, 2015 at 8:21 am
    Cindy
    Participant

    Thanks so much!

    July 8, 2015 at 3:01 pm
    Sonya Shafer
    Moderator

    Hi, Cindy. Nice to “meet” you. As you’ve read, my youngest daughter is on the spectrum. She’s verbal but has pervasive developmental delays and processing disorders that make it very difficult for her to use language. I’ve found CM to be a wonderful fit for her education.

    Here’s a link to some articles I’ve written about doing CM with Hannah. And I know there are several other CM moms on this forum who are loving and educating children all across the spectrum.

    Is your son verbal?

    July 8, 2015 at 3:39 pm
    Cindy
    Participant

    Hi Sonya,

    Thanks so much for the reply! I feel honored to “meet” you! Your work has helped my family SO much already and we’ve barely begun CM!!!

    My son is verbal. His diagnosis is mild/moderate but we are doing the Son-Rise Program therapy and getting great results so his verbal abilities are getting stronger and stronger.

    He adores being read to so living books are a no brainer. We do use video supplements for some things when appropriate.

    I will be sure to check out those articles – thank you for the link. I am so encouraged to know that you are getting great results with your daughter.

    I guess my main thoughts currently are on habit training. I know things will take longer and look a little different for us but I have great hope for his progress.

    July 8, 2015 at 9:04 pm
    Sonya Shafer
    Moderator

    The challenges we often discuss with habits and kids on the spectrum include

    • It will take longer than 6 to 8 weeks to instill a habit.
    • Consequences sometimes don’t work, because our spectrum kids don’t always make the connection.
    • We often have to work on specific applications of general habits because our spectrum kids usually struggle with that aspect; for example, applying the habit of kindness in different situations or the habit of orderliness in various scenarios.

    But the main principles still hold true and we can still see results if we’re patient and consistent.

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