Editor’s note: When I mention home education as an option some in the education world who are in my PLN have brought up socialization being an issue. Heather DeGeorge has had wonderful feedback which she shares on the Homeschooling, Unschooling, Uncollege, Opt Out, DIY, Hack Your Education group. I asked her to share her insights here and she said yes! This is part 2 of her insights. Part 1 addresses homeschooling and socialization in general. Thank you Heather.
I am a mother of a child in the spectrum. Our journey started when he was flagged with profound delays at 9 months old and suspected of cerebral palsy. I remember when, as a nursing infant of a stay-at-home mother, my son had no concept that I had left the room let alone gone out to the store. I remember when he had progressed to the point of being able to verbalize a need, but didn’t understand that a human needed to be present to hear it in order for that need to be met. I remember the very first time he laid his head on my shoulder, or looked me in the eye—because they were exceptions in our life.
He is now 7-1/2 years old. I have a Master’s in Education with additional graduate credits in Special Education and teaching children with autism. I have been a foster parent.
And I homeschool.
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