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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783394203321

Titolo

Home educating our autistic spectrum children [[electronic resource] ] : paths are made by walking / / edited by Kitt Cowlishaw & Teresa Dowty

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, PA, : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, c2002

ISBN

1-280-44700-1

9786610447008

1-84642-190-X

1-4175-5355-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (300 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CowlishawKitt <1961-> (Kittredge Cary)

DowtyTerri

Disciplina

618.92/8982

Soggetti

Autism in children

Autistic children - Education

Home schooling

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (298-299).

Nota di contenuto

""Home educating our autistic spectrum children: Paths are made by walking""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Editor�s note""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 So, what�s the problem with school?""; ""3 Square pegs don�t fit round holes (Robert�s story)""; ""4 Home truths (Stephen�s story)""; ""5 Is this normal? (Kevin�s story)""; ""6 But will he ever speak to me? (Greg�s story)""; ""7 In the real world, it�s OK to be different (Alex�s story)""; ""8 An inspiration to us all (Matthew�s story)""; ""9 Once a homeschooler, always a homeschooler (John�s story)""

""10 Being himself (Tristan�s story)""""11 The difficult child (Alexandra�s story)""; ""12 Three springs for a summer (David�s story)""; ""13 Liberated by the label (Mark�s story)""; ""14 Living without the label""; ""15 I�ve decided to home educate�what do I do next?""; ""16 An outline of the law and practice of home-based education""; ""17 Finding support and information""; ""The Contributors""; ""Book list""