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Schoolrmacres
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Posted: Nov 11 2008 at 7:54pm \| IP Logged

Does anyone have a schedule that they would share with me?
I have one dd,age 9, and we are currently using Beyond FIAR. I am looking at re-establishing or tweaking our schedule. Any suggestions would be great.What subjects do you do first that helps you and your dc get through your day? Do you find that taking breaks helps or hinders your day? Do you have the schedule posted for your dc to see at all times? What about working independently? We are having a real issue with his right now. I need to be right there with her while she works even though she knows what she is doing.
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Posted: Nov 11 2008 at 11:30pm \| IP Logged

Okay, I know ODD=oppositional defiant disorder

What does HFAS stand for?

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Posted: Nov 12 2008 at 8:09am \| IP Logged

HFAS=High Functioning Austism Spectrum (I wasn't sure if I needed to add the spectrum or not so I did.)
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Posted: Nov 12 2008 at 9:44am \| IP Logged

I have to be around even my neurotypical kids when they work until they are about 12.

I usually start the day with something that is interesting to the child and mellowing -- like reading aloud, if the child likes that, or a physical warm-up and stretch. Actually my son's OT recommends the physical warm-up for a child who has any integration problems and most ODD/AS children do, I suppose. Recently we have been doing Brain Gym. You can also bounce a bit on a mini-trampoline. With the reading aloud, coloring or drawing is good to warm up the hand-mind connection, too.

I am homeschooling 3 children this year so they take breaks while I work with their siblings. Since you are on your own, maybe you could keep to a schedule but vary it quite a bit.... a quiet directed activity, like math, followed by a more free-floating activity like coloring or map work or discussion.

Usually when a child takes a break during the school day it works better for me if it's a "structured" break -- a quick snack and clean-up, a stretch and run from "station to station" outside, etc.

But I think all kids and families are a bit different in these things.... anyway, I hope something here helps.

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Posted: Nov 12 2008 at 5:00pm \| IP Logged

With my older kids (two HFAS and one with other issues), I did short, intense bursts with very short breaks throughout the hsing day. (I would switch from kid to kid; one kid's break was another's intense lesson.) I found that they did well with choosing the order we did the various subjects. As they got older, I still sat beside them (until 9th grade at least) ; they couldn't do it on their own until about that point (and they still needed assistance in certain areas). I also had assignment sheets broken into daily assignments although it was a long while until they could do it independently.

With my more-impaired, not so high-functioning autie (who is also my only homeschoolie now), I choose the order of topics -- mostly. I try to vary the intensity without taking breaks (listening to music after math or an easy speech activity after a harder one) because I have a much harder time getting him to focus on what we are doing. Much, much harder.

So what works really depends on your kids *and* your circumstances. With adult children wandering around on a completely different schedule (classes, jobs, etc.), I can't have a block of time completely devoted to hsing as I could when all my kids were younger. Otoh, I have only one student to work with. *And* he is very different even from his older ASD sisters -- it takes much more effort on both our parts to do our work.

The upshot? Try different things until you find what works for you now. I'm sure you'll find your rhythm.

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Deborah

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