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The textbooks and resources we provide have
proved successful in the home school setting. Although not
specifically intended for home school families, we have used them to
instruct our own special needs children, and families in our consulting
service have used them as well. Most of the products are designed
for students with special needs. Unless noted, the item descriptions are
written by Learning Handicaps Specialist, Sharon Hensley, M.A. Often we are asked if we provide a complete curriculum for a
particular grade level. Since each child with learning
difficulties has a unique combination of strengths and areas of
challenge, we suggest that families select textbooks or resources
appropriate for their child in each subject. Our product
descriptions are designed to help you choose resources that will best
meet your child's needs.
At the head of each of the initial item descriptions, we list the
instructional grade level for that item. Who the curriculum
is appropriate for is listed next. When selecting
curricula, determine
the level that your child is currently working at, regardless of
the grade level of his or her peers, then select a text that will lead
you to the next step. Decide whether or not you want to the
curricula to remediate or compensate for your child's difficulty or
disability. Seek professional assistance when possible to
remediate your child's disabilities. In general, in difficult
subjects teach to your child's strengths. If your child is
a visual learner and math is difficult, then use a text that teaches the
concepts more through visual presentation than oral instruction. If you need more information on the basic steps outlined above, then
resources in the section will help you, especially the Program Planning for the Special Needs
Child Video and Guide listed below.
We wish you the best in your home school efforts!
Sharon Hensley and the AVCS Staff
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The Home School Starter Kit--CD & DVD
$35.00
This Kit includes a copy of Home Schooling Children with Special Needs, a CD-ROM entitled Understanding and Teaching Struggling Learners, a DVD of Program Planning for the Special Needs Child Workshop and an accompanying Curriculum Planning Guide.
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The Home School Starter Kit
$30.00
We know that many of you who may be feeling a little lost or overwhelmed. Maybe you’ve been home schooling for years, but this one child just isn’t learning like everyone else did. Or maybe you have a child just diagnosed with a more severe disability and you are still reeling from the shock of the diagnosis. Maybe the whole idea label puts you off! Perhaps home schooling itself is a new concept for you, but you are willing to try it if it will help your child with learning problems. Only – where do you start? No matter what your particular situation, one thing we know for certain is that you need support and answers to your many questions. This is why we have put together the Home School Starter Kit. The Kit includes basic information about home schooling your child with special needs, along with lots of encouragement, and resources to help you and your child. These materials will save you countless hours of research and frustration when you’re facing that tough question How Do I Home School My Child with Special Needs? Here’s how to use our Starter Kit. Begin with Sharon Hensley’s book, Home Schooling Children with Special Needs. This resource will help you understand how to distinguish between learning differences and difficulties. Sharon’s book takes you from getting the facts to tackling the issues, plus giving you the resources to implement your program.
Next, Listen to the audio tapes, Understanding and Teaching Struggling Learners. You’ll begin to understand the differences between remedial and compensation approaches to teaching your child, and what this means to your child’s specific learning needs.
After listening to the tapes turn to the video, Program Planning for Special Needs Students. It’s here you’ll learn more about what’s needed to design your child’s program and how to select curriculum using our Curriculum Planning Resource Guide.
by Sharon Hensley, M.A.
(cassette tapes and VHS)
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Home Schooling Children with Special Needs
$12.95
A starting place to help you begin or continue home schooling your special needs child with confidence. Includes resources on different disabilities, coping with the emotional issues of parenting and teaching special children, and sections on program planning and curriculum to help you with the "nuts and bolts" of your home school.
Resources are also listed in
the appendix.
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Program Planning for the Special Needs Child--DVD & Guide
$13.95
DVD and paperback Program Planning Guide.
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Program Planning for the Special Needs Child--VHS & Guide
$12.95
This video presentation, by Sharon Hensley, M.A., goes through the basic steps in devising a course of study for the special needs home schooled child. A Curriculum Planning Resource Guide accompanies each video. Sharon walks the home educator through the exercise of determining the areas of focus, helps to determine whether or not to choose remedial or compensatory techniques, and then guides in specific curriculum selections.
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Workshop CD Audio Series
$10.95
NEW CD format. This CD set includes the basic workshops on home schooling special needs children given by Sharon Hensley at home school conferences. Set titles include Understanding Learning Differences, Difficulties and Disabilities, and Teaching Struggling Learners.
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Workshop Audio Series
$7.95
This three tape audio set includes the basic workshops on home schooling special needs children given by Sharon Hensley at home school conferences Understanding Learning Differences, Difficulties and Disabilities, and Teaching Struggling Learners.
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Techniques for Remedial Reading and Spelling
$13.95
Sharon Hensley presents a live workshop on teaching reading and language skills to children with learning disabilities. Session includes a teaching demonstration.
CD-ROM.
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Techniques for Language and Writing
$13.95
Sharon Hensley presents a live workshop on teaching language and writing skills to children with learning disabilities.
CD-ROM.
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Demonstration of Techniques with
Two Students
$13.95
In this workshop, Sharon Hensley demonstrates techniques reviewed in her live workshops for teaching reading, spelling, language, and writing for students with learning disabilities.
CD-ROM.
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TCIO Issue 1
$4.00
Issue #1
The Teachable Teacher
Understanding and Strengthening Receptive Language
Taming the “I Hate Writing Monster”
(Sample of Issue #12 shown at left)
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TCIO Issue 2
$4.00
Issue #2
The Importance of Repetition
Attention Understanding It, Getting It and Keeping It
Uncovering and Using Interests
Sensory Integration Information and Resources
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TCIO Issue 3
$4.00
Issue #3
Sorting Through the Hype of the “Reading Wars”
Understanding Annual Testing
Rescue Your Problem Reader with “What’s the Phonic Clue?”
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TCIO Issue 4
$4.00
Issue #4
Learning to Prioritize
Modifying Curriculum to Meet Your Needs
Keeping the Home Fires Burning
Teaching Art Through History - George Washington Carver
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TCIO Issue 5
$4.00
Issue #5
Teaching Through the Detours
Manuscript or Cursive?
The Socialization “Issue”
Balancing Time
High School Age Children
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TCIO Issue 6
$4.00
Issue #6
Keeping Joy in Our Teaching
Improving Your Memory with Lecithin
Strengthening Motor Skills
Having Realistic Expectations
Sample Article
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TCIO Issue 7
$4.00
Issue #7
Restoring the Soul
Understanding and Working with “Math Problems”
Teaching Special Needs Children
Math Resources and Curricula
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TCIO Issue 8
$4.00
Issue #8
Frustration and Scheduling
Basic Home School “Survival” Resources
Maintaining Household Harmony
The Resistant Learner
Teaching the Creatively Gifted
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TCIO Issue 9
$4.00
Issue #9
Activating the Passive Learner
Coping with Anger
Surviving Anger Storms- A Mother’s Experience
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TCIO Issue 10
$4.00
Issue #10
Revising Goals and Keeping Your Focus
Resources and Therapies
Career Resources
Understanding and Strengthening Reading Skills
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TCIO Issue 11
$4.00
Issue #11
Using Bloom’s Taxonomy
Quick Activity Preposition Review
Resource and Information Updates
Using the Computer to “Aide” Your Home School
Parenting Your Children As God Parents You
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TCIO Issue 12
$4.00
Issue #12
What About Mastery?
Quick Activity Cards on the Floor
Understanding Memory Basics
The Winter of our Discontent
Resources
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TCIO Issue 13
$4.00
Issue # 13
The Seven Basic Visual Functions
The Warning Signs of Vision Problems
Understanding Visual Processing Skills
Quick Activity Chalkboard Mazes
Resources
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TCIO Issue 14
$4.00
Issue #14
Understanding Auditory Processing
When Sound is Intolerable
Central Auditory Processing Disorders
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Turning
Challenges Into Opportunities
