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CM and child with learning differences
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Hi there. We have just revamped our homeschool to come back to CM after thinking awhile back I should be doing things differently. Let me start by saying if I knew then what I know now, a) I never would have started them in PS and b) I should have started with CM from the get go.
I have a 12 yr old DD who has ADHD and dysphasia. This makes learning anything a challenge in itself. Is it ok for me to get back to the basics and start doing Yr 1 again to hopefully get her to do better with her learning?
I am sure that the first couple of years’ worth of CM we can get done quickly, as it will be more of a review than anything else. I just don’t want her to feel ‘dumb’ or ‘stupid’, which are words she has been using way too much lately. Her self-confidence is nil.
Any help, suggestions or anything else would be greatly appreciated at this time. Free resources are always good. I have spend way too much on stuff that is too advanced or difficult for her.
Thanks oodles,
Steph
Hi Steph,
I am a beginning homeschooler, and I am not very familiar with dysphasia so please take what I say with that understanding. 🙂
I just wanted to recommend this page to you if you have not already seen it:
[Edited by admin: Link removed to honor Ambleside’s use agreement that links may only be made by permission and then only to the home page. You can go to their home page and search on “special needs” to find the resource.]
And as far as I understand CM or any CM curriculum that I’ve seen, you would not need to worry about what year you place your daughter in so much as the skills to cover as much as what sort of material you might want for her to learn (in history, for example). That way you don’t have to worry about “catching up” or going through beginning years quickly. She would just be where she is. I think the skills type of subjects (math, reading, writing/language arts) can be covered at whatever level she is and that you could pick freely from among whatever (history/geography/etc.) topics under various “years” that you want. And you could match literature selections to her level interest too which may mean picking and choosing from various years/grade levels. Is that making sense?
For example here at SCM, you could decide which module you would want to study and go from there. (http://simplycharlottemason.com/planning/scmguide/hgboverview/) You could pick and choose from books across the grade levels/years that would suit your daughter and interest her and then keep working on the basic skills that she needs at her pace.
And of course the songs, music, art, nature study and such could also be done at her pace and to match her interests.
I hope this helps a little. Best wishes to you and your daughter.
Take care,
Kim W.
Thanks oodles Kim…I’m starting to breathe a little better…not quite there yet, but I’ll make it.
Steph
I believe that my 18yo autistic daughter has syntactic aphasia (my sil, an SLP, agrees based upon the way her language has developed over the years. The combination of read aloud, copywork, studied dictation, oral narration, etc. is very helpful!!! My daughter needed more than that, a formal program to teach her syntax one structure/rule at a time (the association method). Many of the posts at my blog under the right hand column title “Communication” are about this method. It has been a very long road, but she has come far.
I am not familiar with dysphasia. How does it manifest itself with your daughter?
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