Tips for managing a successful home education program

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	• Homeschooling The Challenging Child: A Practical Guide Christine M. Fields B&H Publishing Group, 2005 - 244 pages average customer review:based on 4 reviews view larger image
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Tips for managing a successful home education program

Former trial lawyer turned homeschool mother Christine M. Field presents Homeschooling the Challenging Child: A Practical Guide, written especially for parents who turn to homeschooling because their children cannot thrive in a traditional educational environment due to special, physical, or emotional needs. Chapters address how to deal with issues stemming from various learning disabilities, attention disorders, personality clashes, learning styles, discipline problems, managing stress and discouragement, how to plan a program, the importance of keeping in mind the tenets of God's love and forgiveness, and much more. Hands-on tips for managing a successful home education program, as well as how to obtain professional help from support groups and other such resources round out this superb guide for home schoolers or would-be home-schoolers of all persuasions - not just those whose child faces special obstacles.

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Wonderful: genuine, practical, and detailed oriented

As a potential home-educator, I'm finding some of the best parenting books are written by home-educators. I'm not Christian, but I found her use of scripture to be balanced, uplifting, and un-preachy--in other words you don't half to weed through pre-texted rants to obtain the information you need. I also enjoyed reading the personal narrative aspect of this book; I really appreciated how she illustrates through examples, daily life with a challenging child or two. Wonderful, detailed oriented suggestions, and plans. She offers resources that she has personal experience with, and is not advertising products. Something else I greatly appreciated about this book was the balance. You won't find "everybody is out to get me because I home school" or "reactionary conspiracy theories" if you need to use public school resources. This is a great parenting book period.
Worth your time, and money, IMO.

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Wish I could give this book 10 stars !!!

I am a homeschooling mom to a bipolar child. While the author homeschools her ADHD child, I still found the information useful. Includes a nice overview of learning disablities with a checklist of symptoms for each. There are also well-organized chapters on discpline, different learning styles, and up-to-date resources in the back of the book. One of my favorite quotes from the book is regarding discpline, "We don't have to make our children feel bad to make them act good."