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Can you home school a Down syndrome child?
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Default Can you home school a Down syndrome child? - 02-03-2009, 07:44 AM

does a child with Down syndrome need special attention when home schooling? Somebody I know is home schooling her children (11, 14 and 16) The little one (4) which has DS needs special care, in my opinion. He needs outside contacts to learn and live a healthy life, The other kids don't have ANY outside contacts, no friends no playmates. What does the law say on that? In the state of New Jersey, New York and Washington? Thanks for your input!
   
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Default 02-13-2009, 04:26 AM

no, most of those guys die before age 20.
   
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Default 03-05-2009, 01:26 AM

i think so yea
   
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Default 03-31-2009, 07:31 AM

Every parent has the right to give any education they want to their child. However you're right, a child with Down Syndromeneeds outside contact, see other people, learn about society, but its not illegal if a parent decides to have their children homeschooled.
   
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Default 06-23-2009, 08:47 AM

Yes you can with lots of patience and hard work. It is legal. Usually if someone is homeschooled for a while, they get involved in outside activities like homeschool groups or a church or anything like that.
   
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Default 07-01-2009, 09:21 AM

Thanks for your OPINION, however, you are not really in a position to make that call. No one knows what a kid needs more than their parents.That said, Down's Syndrome can come in a varying array of severity, so that would be up to a medical professional and the child's parents, the only people truly qualified to have any input on that child.Lots of people ignorantly THOUGHT my homeschooled kids had no outside contacts as well, until their snooping selves found out that my kids had more"outside contacts"in the context of healthy developing relationships than their kids did, not to mention were actually involved in more activities than they could realize from the impression they got from the few times they saw us.I think you should A) find a hobby OTHER than deciding what is best for other people's kids and B) find out more about the plethora of healthy and developing activities that homeschooled kids participate in
   
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