Site of the Day: Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Another Path

Located on the Web at deafhomeschool.com, Another Path is primarily a guide to homeschooling children who are deaf or hard of hearing. But there's much on this site that will be meaningful to parents of children with any special needs that may benefit from this different sort of educational placement, including information on homeschooling laws, ideas of what to say to disapproving family members, and ways to get special services from the school district even as you homeschool. You certainly don't have to have a child with a hearing problem to relate to a sentiment like this, from the "Homeschooling from Crisis" page: "You're mad, frustrated, tired....your child is suffering in school...needed services aren't being given, or the services aren't helpful...you are in constant struggle with staff to get the IEP implemented...your child is making progress according to his goals, but you think the school isn't doing enough...the social situation is awful...your child is wilting like a flower watered with chlorine bleach and you are ready to yank her out of school and start homeschooling today." Heck, I get there at least once a school year.

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