About Us

Sharon Hensley, M.A.

Sharon is the mother of three and the author of Home Schooling Children with Special Needs. She holds a Master's Degree in Special Education and has worked with a variety of special needs children including her oldest daughter who is autistic. Before home teaching her children, Sharon taught junior high school and opened her own practice offering educational evaluations and therapy. Sharon began teaching her children in 1991.

Pam Lindsay

Pam is a former classroom and home school teacher. She has two children, one of which has special special needs. Pam is particularly interested in using the creative arts to help solidify learning concepts in special needs individuals.

Roneta Dickey

Roneta has been a member of AVCS for 11 years while she has home schooled her two boys with Dyslexia. Her experience and training equip her to consult families with children with reading difficulties and Dyslexia.

Purpose and Philosophy

The purpose of Almaden Valley Christian School is to provide support, encouragement, training and supervision to families home schooling children with special learning needs.

We believe that God has charged us as parents with the responsibility for instructing our children (Deut. 6:6-9), and that children with special learning needs particularly benefit from the one-on-one instruction and individualized curriculum that is possible through home schooling. However, we also recognize that working with children with learning problems has unique frustrations and that we as parent-teachers need to especially support and encourage one another. We also believe that to effectively teach our special children, we need to be continually growing, both as teachers and parents. Finally, we believe that accountability is important to ensure continued progress and that all legal requirements are met.