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SPECIAL NEEDS: UNSCHOOLING WORKS WITH A MULTI-SENSORY APPROACH with Kim Ashby
Processing information correctly and easily is a key to learning success and an area where many of our children struggle.
The way a child's body takes in information--visually, auditorily, tactilely-- will affect their ability to pull it back out when needed.
Join Kim Ashby as she discusses techniques that can be utilized in the home school to help a child process learned information more effectively.
This will include a discussion on utilizing a multi-sensory approach to learning.
Kim has first hand experience home educating her three sons who are all outside-the-box learners.
Her oldest son was diagnosed with ADHD.
Her second son has cerebral palsy which has resulted in multiple/global developmental delays.
Her youngest son has undiagnosed, mild auditory processing issues.
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KIM ASHBY
Kim Ashby earned a BS in Nursing from The Catholic University of America and, when she worked outside the home, was a Certified Emergency Nurse with a special interest in trauma nursing.
She lives in Raleigh, NC with her husband and sons.
The Ashbys began home educating their children in 1999.
They graduated their oldest son in May 2007.
He is attending UNC Wilmington.
Kim continues to home school her younger boys.
Her oldest son was diagnosed with ADHD when he was in the public school system in the second grade.
Her second son has cerebral palsy which has resulted in multiple/global developmental delays.
Her youngest son has undiagnosed, mild auditory processing issues.
Kim is the Area Manager of Creative Tutors, Wake Co, NC.
She is the founder and President of the Board of Directors of GIFTSNC, Inc., a home schooling special needs support group.
Kim has presented workshops at a variety of state home school conferences as well as local support group parent meetings.
She is a Steering Committee member and former Treasurer for Dayspring Homeeducators in Cary, NC and served on the Board of Directors for the Family Support Network of Wake County.
Kim has co-instructed graduate level courses at UNC Chapel Hill for ST/OT students and Early Intervention students.
She holds a North Carolina Wildlife Permit for Small Mammal Rehabilitation and enjoys working with orphaned and injured wildlife.