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Re: Anyone familiar with Dr. Ross Greene - Collaborative Problem Solving Techniques?

Yes, I am very familiar. I've read his books, have the cd and not only heard him speak, but have been to his clinic outside of Boston. Our entired education system should be rooted with his philosophies about how to deal with children. Whether a chlild has a "thing" - whatever neurological...

Posted to Special Needs (Forum) by cfvalente on 09-17-2008
Anyone familiar with Dr. Ross Greene - Collaborative Problem Solving Techniques?

Has anyone read Dr. Ross Greene's book -"The Explosive Child" and the concepts behind Collaborative Problem Solving for neuro-challenged children? If so what do you think of it? Do you utilize the techniques and what are your results? ~a

Posted to Special Needs (Forum) by a on 07-26-2008
Anyone familiar w/the RDI Program used for Autistic Children?

Is anyone familiar with the Relationship Development Intervention Program - RDI that is often used with children who are on the Autistic Spectrum or suffer from neuro. impairements? If so, could you please share any info. Are you involved in the homeschoolers RDI group? ~a

Posted to Special Needs (Forum) by a on 07-26-2008
Re: Homeschooling for Pre-K

Hi there, It is important when children are so young to encourage their creativity, imagination and curiosity. You might want to read a post that I just wrote on 5/1 re: early childhood. It's contents are geared toward questions re: homeschooling using a Waldorf/Steiner theory. If you read under...

Posted to Getting Started (Forum) by hsiamy on 05-02-2008
Re: Teaching writing to special needs kids

Handwriting Without Tears is my all time favorite, simple, direct, right amount of repetition and review and has a complete program including a simplified approach to cursive. Great for any child. DeEtta

Posted to Special Needs (Forum) by deetta on 02-20-2008
Re: Bipolar Child

HI Pamela! Boy does some of this sound so familiar! I have 2 boys (3 & 11) both w/special needs (Joubert Syndrome - a rare genetic syndrome that affects the cerebellum' s dev. - leading to all kinds of issues...physically, mentally, emotional, sensory etc.) They have some autistic tendencies...

Posted to Special Needs (Forum) by a on 01-20-2008
Re: Teaching writing to special needs kids

I have found with my fourth grader, who is dyslexic, that spelling was really holding her back with writing. Like other dyslexics, she is very bright, and advanced in other ways and it bothered her no end that her spelling was so, so bad. It still is far from perfect, but we started going through the...

Posted to Special Needs (Forum) by MarisaM on 12-23-2007
Re: Teaching writing to special needs kids

As a teacher of writng for children with or without special needs and as a homeschooler, I found that there are numerous ways. Here's a list (hopefully this would be helpful to you) 1. Let your child keep a journal (diary) it's good to get comfortable with writing and this is a good way to do...

Posted to Special Needs (Forum) by tmmoor01 on 12-14-2007

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