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Kathy Kuhl:
Helping Struggling Learners and Their Parents
Kathy's book,
Homeschooling Your Struggling Learner
coming fall 2008.
Sign up to receive notice of the book release or to get Kathy's e-mail updates.
Attend one of Kathy's workshops and get a free preview edition of her book--3 chapters on CD!
Articles
"The Homeschooling Option for Children with AD/HD," in the August issue of Attention Magazine.
CHADD members can read it online here.
"Homeschooling Children with Learning Disabilities,"
(see the
second page here) appeared in The Virginia Home Educator.
The two-page article is relevant for those teaching many kinds of struggling learners, not just children with learning disabilities.
Speaking
Kathy speaks at conventions, homeschool conferences, and homeschool support group meetings.
Kathy is available to speak to your group on:
Homeschooling students with learning and attention difficulties
Tips for teaching math to the struggling student
Staying sane: Encouragement for the parents of struggling students
Attitudes and assumptions: Are you sabotaging your homeschool without knowing it?
Homeschooling through high school
Her next scheduled conference is:
Kathy's recent workshops:
- August 15 & 16, 2008, the third homeschooling special needs conference of
GiftsNC (Giving and Getting Information for Special Needs Children), in Cary, North Carolina, outside Raleigh.
GIFTSNC, an organization for parents homeschooling children with a variety of special needs, also has a large, helpful Yahoo! group you may join, wherever you live.
Though based in North Carolina, their on-line community has nearly 500 members from across the country.
Nearly 300 families attended. Kathy spoke on "Staying Sane" and "Attitudes and Assumptions" and also appeared on a panel for homeschooling through high school.
- July 10-12, 2008, Autism Society of America's 39th National Conference, Orlando, Florida, "Homeschooling Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders."
"This is the largest gathering of people with autism, families and professionals with over 200 sessions and 150 exhibitors."
- March 20, 2008, to Mom's Night Out, a support group in Round Hill, in western Loudoun County, Virginia. Past, present and future homeschoolers are welcome.
- February 21, 2008, 1 p.m., a two-hour seminar, "The Advantages of Homeschooling Struggling Learners" at HEAV (Home Educators Association of Virginia)'s headquarters in Richmond.
For details about this seminar, part of HEAV's Homeschool Success Seminar series,
click here and scroll down.
- February 21, 2008 7 p.m., a question and answer session with Autism Society of America-Central Virginia Chapter's Homeschool Interest Group, at River Road United Methodist Church, 8800 River Road, Richmond.
- January 28, 7 p.m., "Teaching Math to Struggling Learners." GIFTSNVA, a support group for those homeschooling special needs children in Northern Virginia.
Meets at Reston Bible Church. E-mail Kathy for more about this group.
- January 8, 2008, "Struggling Learner, Struggling Parent: Encouragement for Homeschooling Parents" to F.I.S.H.E. homeschool support group in Fairfax, Virginia,
- Dec 13, 2007, Prince William County Autism Support Group, on Homeschooling Struggling Learners,
- At the 19th Annual International Conference of
CHADD (Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder),
Kathy Kuhl and Catherine Adams presented "Homeschooling a Child with ADD" on November 9, 2007.
- In July 2007 on teaching math to struggling learners at the Northern Virginia Home Education Conference,
in the Dulles Expo Center in Chantilly, Virginia. CDs of the conference still available at their website.
- In April 2007 to Homesteaders Homeschool Support Group, in Columbia, Maryland
on homeschooling children with learning and attention difficulties.
- In April 2007, on teaching math to struggling learners at the
GiftsNC Conference (Giving and Getting Information for Special Needs Children), in Cary, North Carolina, outside Raleigh.
- On Homeschooling Special Needs Children, in March 2007, to F.I.S.H.E. in Fairfax.
- In January 2007 a seminar on homeschooling for high school, at Centreville Baptist Church, in Centreville, Virginia.
- In November 2006 to REACH, in Fredericksburg.
- In August 2006 at
VAHomeschoolers 2006 Homeschool Conference and Resource Fair
in Richmond, Virginia.
Updates and Free Advice
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Kathy keeps all e-mail addresses confidential.
Kathy consults by telephone or in person, helping families who are homeschooling or considering homeschooling.
She offers a free twenty minute phone consultation.
Write to the "learn differently" address below to receive notice when Kathy's new book,
Homeschooling Your Struggling Learner, can be ordered, to ask questions, to arrange an appointment for a free twenty minute initial consultation,
or to receive Kathy's occasional e-mail updates: books, news, and upcoming events to help you and your child.
Below are photos of our homeschool graduation atop Arthur's Seat, in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 2006.
Kathy Kuhl's classes for teens for 2007-2008
Kathy teaches algebra, geometry, and some years, Shakespeare and composition at C.H.E.S.S., Centreville Homeschool Enrichment Support Services, on Monday and Wednesday afternoons.
Click here for information about the 2007-2008 program.
