Can I homeschool my 2 year old son who has ASD?

Question

Can I homeschool my 2 year old son who has ASD?

Answer 1

Of course!

Answer 2

Sure can, he is your kid.

You don't have to register as homeschoolers until age 5 or 6 depending on the state

Answer 3

I am currently "homeschooling" my 4 year old son who was diagnosed with autism last year. However, we are not working on any curriculum. We are using RDI therapy and our therapy right now is guiding all our activities at home. As he progress along the stages of the RDI therapy we will add curriculum to his day. For now, simply working on his developmental needs is our first priority. We do spend much time with puzzles, crafts, modeling clay, and playing boat loads of preschooler games that are also educational. There is no "formal" sit at the table learning going on.

Yahoo has many groups to join for parents who are homeschooling children with autism.

All the best to you and your family

Answer 4

Yes...and he'll do great!

I homeschool my daughter with severe autism, from the end of first grade til now, she's going into fifth. She has made great strides, and is so happy and much more communicative than she was in school.

Answer 5

Sure you can!  However, you may want to wait to start "official" curriculum work until he's 5 or so.  In the meantime, read, read, read, and play.

My ASD DD has learned a TON from several Leap Frog items.  They are highly visual, have music & lights, and the songs and characters carry over from product to product, which makes it great for an ASD kid!  They not only have toys and games, but also DVD's that are awesome!

Here's a great site about HS'ing with special needs:

http://www.nathhan.com/

I would start scoping out highly visual and repetitive learning curricula to meet his style.  If he's non-verbal (so far), you can adapt curricula to meet his needs.

You may still wish to have him on an IFSP from age 3-5 with your public school so he can have therapy services, rather than paying privately with insurance and lots of OOP expenses.   Then when he's "school age", transition into an IEP.