Autism and Flexischooling

A Shared Classroom and Homeschooling Approach

Clare Lawrence
Foreword by Dr Luke Beardon

Paperback: £14.99 / $24.95

2012, 216mm x 138mm / 8.5in x 5.5in, 144pp
ISBN: 978-1-84905-279-5, BIC 2: JNSG2 JNKP JNFN

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A growing number of parents are considering part time or 'flexischooling' as an option that might benefit their child with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) but face concerns such as: Is it possible? Has anyone tried it? How can it be set up? Above all, does it work? This book answers all these questions, and many more.

Covering both the home and school angle, it explores ways to evaluate whether the option is right for your child, organising the arrangement effectively with the school and ensuring that curriculum and examination goals are met, and also includes case examples of successful part time schooling at both primary and secondary level.

This is the first resource of its kind to bring together all of the information needed for both parents and schools to consider the merits and disadvantages of this approach, and to evaluate it as an option for individual children.

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Clare Lawrence demystifies the new ‘autism friendly’ approach to education known as Flexischooling

24 April 2012

"School...can offer a great deal to pupils with autism, but it also presents them with daunting challenges. [...] Flexischooling allows school, parents and child to work together, as a team. In so many ways it is a thoroughly 'autism friendly' approach, and is one recommended by many autism experts."

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Author information

• Clare Lawrence

Subject areas

• Education
• Asperger Syndrome, Autism and other Syndromes

Keywords

• Asperger syndrome,
• autism,
• child psychology,
• children,
• education,
• educational psychology,
• homeschooling,
• inclusive classroom,
• mainstream education,
• parenting,
• school phobia,
• special education