anyone homeschool a child with auditory processing disorder?

[Mommy2three]

My son was just recently diagnosed with an auditory processing disorder. He has quite a difficult time in school getting along with others and following directions obviously. He also is bipolar. They have been using picture cards at school, and we also use them at home as well for simple tasks, such as make your bed, brush your teeth, etc. He attends a day treatment in the morning from 8 until noon at a counseling center and then goes on to school from there. He will be in first grade next year, and I am consindering homeschooling him. Hubby is not very keen on the idea, but I personally think he needs it, he is already far behind, and has a hard time staying on task at school and what not. Looking for any input to try to help hubby understand that this is what he may need. I found a local homeschool group that goes on monthly field trips and other activities for the social aspect of it. Thanks for any help!

 

[SmallWorld71]

Hi,
I don't have a lot of advice on homeschooling, but I just wanted to say that DS12 has a pretty severe auditory processing disorder that he was diagnosed with around 3 years old. What really helped him was speech therapy. He started his services at 3 and continued until 5th grade when he was able to stop speech services. He no longer is receiving any special education services except that he takes important tests in a separate room away from any noise.
I guess what I am saying is that if you want to homeschool DS, go for it. However, speech therapy needs to be given by a liscensed professional. I teach 1st grade and have a special education liscense and would have felt comfortable with teaching him his academics, but he still would have needed a speech therapist because it is a very specialized field.
By the way, DS12 was quite the behavior problem when he was little and is such a nice, easy going boy now. With the right help, things should get a lot better!

 

[las3888]

My nephew has the same disorder and also has a case of ADD. He was diagnosed late last year in 1st grade. He now is finishing 2nd grade. He is not home schooled...our school district is wonderful in that they have all the therapies within his school hours. He is pulled out of his class at various times for therapies. He also has a home tutor. He started a mild treatment of drugs for the ADD and with all of these things in play for the past year, he is really caught up and on target with his age-range for school. He was diagnosed because he was severely delayed with reading and other skills. He is now reading on par with his grade and doing really quite well. We are very proud of him.

I don't have a lot of experience with home schooling. I can see why people do it now because I don't agree with some of the political aspects that schools teach children these days, but that's me. For my nephew's case, I feel that him being in regular school has helped him be more of a 'normal' kid and he is among his peers.

Good luck either way!

 

[stormer]

I teach fifth grade and have a child in my class with an auditory processing disorder. I use a special sound system to help her. We have many children in our district who require this system. iIt is basically like a microphone the teacher talks into during lessons. There is a speaker in the room that it comes out of. It seem to help my student focus more. It may be something to ask about if you decide against home schooling.