Home SchoolingHome schooling is situation whereby one or two children are doing some school work with a parent or a hired school teacher. There are several other school methods which are used at home and I will focus on this one mentioned here. In our case, we carry out schooling at home in conjunction with a school teacher because we believe we are co-teachers not only to our child with special needs but to all our children. We identify some gaps in her education and concentrate on those issues which require attention. For instance, if she is lagging behind in history lessons, as parents with the assistance of our other children we provide extra lessons for our dear child. Sometimes, we also hire a specialised teacher to teach our child at home in order to enhance her self confidence in academic work. These are just a few of the methods of schooling at home. In carrying out homeschooling one was as to be adaptive and to show enthusiasm in the child’s need for education. In our case, for our child with cerebral palsy we have used a combination of home and public schooling. Our daughter was taken to a public school when she was about 7 years old. Besides the school work from the public school, as a family we would supplement the public school work. The supplementation would be in various forms. One method we have adopted is to identify gaps in the public schooling and then we fill those gaps. Presently, the critical gaps are in the hand writing, reading and to push the wheel chair on her own. We have made some programme in the family to assist Christabel in her work. We maintain daily records of the work and we are able to assess and monitor the progress. She is making progress in these three activities and we are happy with her achievements.
|
