Learning Abled Kids - Helping you find success Homeschooling your child with Learning Disabilities

One of the biggest issues new homeschool parents have is planning and management of their students' academic program. Whether it is the parents' organization at issue, or the child's, using a "system" for both parent and child can help your homeschool run more smoothly.

If you purchase a pre-planned or comprehensive curriculum, the package often comes with a schedule for the teaching parent. If so, you have the parental organization already laid out for you. However, ifyou want to use a variety of curricula sources, and need to lay out your child's lesson plans, it is beneficial to have a form you can use to plan out which assignments your child will do each day. After using a variety of planning forms, I've created my own form. The form is in a Word Document format, and is modifiable to suit your own needs. This form is a useful tool for you to use in beginning to lay out your own child's schoolwork and is available as a free download here.

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For many children with learning difficulties, particularly those with ADHD or Executive Function difficulties, organization of papers is often an ongoing issue. Organization skills require a lot of direct teaching and reinforcement. A child must be taught an organizational method, including how to file papers, where to put papers, where to place books and notebooks. Placement must be consistent, and checked daily or more frequently by a parent/teacher. Often, rewards must be put into place for reinforcement.

With my child, we made daily checklists with every assignment or required effot listed. Initially, I would check his list multiple times per day to be sure he was checking off each completed item. As he began to "remember" to check off items, I began checking his checklist at the end of each day. From there we moved to checking it once per week, as long as assignments were being turned in as listed.

Once my child consistently checked off his own work, and had obviously embraced the organization system, we began working on filing assignments behind each tab when completed. It took us nearly a whole school year to reach a point where our child would check off work without prompting.

Whatever system you use, make sure it makes sense to the child and isn't too difficult to manage. I created my own system using the planning documents shared in the opening of this article. We bought a "Trapper Keeper" zippered notebook so that pages would fall out. If you would like a ready-made system, you might consider the Super Study Skills Binder System. You have the option of buying the "full" binder system including the binder, paper, dividers, etc., or the purchasing the heart of the system which includes the organizational forms and a teaching DVD.

Regardless of whether you buy a ready made system like the Super Study Skills Binder System or create your own notebook and system, it will require constant monitoring and reinforcement in the beginning. Once your child becomes organized, it is a huge relief and it is a skill that will serve your child well throughout the rest of his life!

School Management and Organization Skills

School Management
and Organization Skills