home educationNo one knows your child better than you. If as a parent you feel that your child has special needs, make sure that you read up on all the material that you need to understand what your child is going through. Then consider homeschooling your child to provide him with the understanding and care that may not be so forth coming from teachers in a regular school who have to deal with a whole class full of students.


You will need to ensure that you have the child medically diagnosed and meet the legal requirements for homeschooling him as per your state laws. Here are some special needs that a child may have – ADD, ADHD, autism, vision impairment, hearing impairment, and dyslexia. Each of these children will represent different needs and teaching techniques. It may not be possible for you to handle it all on your own. This is where you can get some assistance in the form of commercially available learning aid software products.
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Assisted learning with these special software products can help


Children with special needs can have different learning patterns. While some may be auditory learners, other may have stronger visual learning skills. If a student is dyslexic get a word prediction software like Don Johnston’s Co-Writer. It can be used with most word processors and allows the child to pick the right word that he wishes to convey with accuracy and ease.


The Franklin Children’s Talking Dictionary and Spell Checker is also a good way for allowing children to phonetically trace the words that they want to use. The software includes a phonetic spell-checker, speaking dictionary, and handwriting guides in both print and cursive. This helps the children turn in word perfect written assignments even if they have trouble using words.


Inspiration for middle school students and Kidspiration for elementary school students are good software products to help them with mind mapping activities. They help children who think in pictures and graphics to write them down in essay assignments. The children get help to connect pictures with words and then make up long reports and projects based on them.


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