This is Part 3 of a 3 part series. During the 2023-2024 school year, our son Luke, who is autistic and non-verbal, was abused by an assistant in his special education classroom at Central Elementary School, which is part of the Graves County School District in Kentucky. We later learned that the incident was never […]
This is Part 2 of a 3 part series. Click here to read Part 1. During the 2023-2024 school year, our son Luke, who is autistic and non-verbal, was abused by an assistant in his special education classroom at Central Elementary School, which is part of the Graves County School District in Kentucky. We later […]
This is part 1 of a 3 part series. My alarm hasn’t even gone off and I’m greeted by the most adorable 8 year-old in an oversized t-shirt and his dirty red Crocs. Red Crocs have been Luke’s signature footwear since he was five. When they’re on, we’re going somewhere. I barely have a chance […]
Coming from the public school system, I thought there were a handful of tried-and-true courses that I could choose from. But homeschool is a different animal. Not only are there hundreds of different curriculum to choose from, but there are also different homeschooling styles, different schedules, different teaching methods, different everything. The good news is […]
My good friend Rachel and the boys’ speech therapist during early intervention, was the first person to introduce me to visual supports. She would come to our house once a week and use little pictures of things like a stop sign for “stop” or a graphic of “bubbles”. It was so simple but so effective. […]
I remember going from curiosity to overwhelm the first time I started researching homeschool. Frustrated with the public school system, I went on Google and typed in “how to homeschool”. Three hours later, I’m knee deep in terminology I’ve never heard of in my life, I’ve clicked on dozens of links for every kind of […]
