TOUCHED BY LYME: Homeschooling with chronic illness
Psychologist Sheila Statlender, who has personal as well as professional experience with the subject, will offer a workshop on “Homeschooling with Chronic Illness” at an upcoming homeschooling conference in Acton, Massachusetts. She forwards the following details:
“I will review some of the concepts that I presented at the
recent University of New Haven conference – but because it will be 1 1/2
hours long, we will have more time to interact and to explore in greater
detail the nuts and bolts of how homeschooling works – focusing on the
special challenges faced by students with chronic medical issues. I
expect it to focus quite a bit on students with Lyme disease.
We plan to have at least two teens join us who homeschooled while ill
with Lyme, and possibly also a homeschooling mentor and pioneer from the
Boston area who has accommodated a number of our students in her
nurturing yet stimulating literature classes!
This presentation will be one of eight being offered throughout the
3-day mini-conference, all on important topics pertaining to
homeschooling: some sessions will focus on the basics of getting
started, others will address a variety of special needs situations.
The conference is very reasonably priced: Voyagers (the sponsor)
is asking for a donation of $10 per session, or a maximum of $25 for the
entire weekend. No one will be turned away due to inability to pay.
Speakers are volunteering their time, and all proceeds will go to
Voyagers, Inc., a non-profit homeschooling cooperative in Acton, MA.
Walk-in registration will be accepted on a first come, first served
basis if space permits.
For more information, email:
LearningResourcesFair2010@voyagersinc.org
Previous TOUCHED BY LYME posts about children and teens with Lyme:
More about schooling kids with Lyme
Teens with Lyme: Finding the light IN the tunnel
You can contact blogger Dorothy Kupcha Leland at dleland@lymedisease.org.
