Homebound instruction (Topical Term)

Work cat.: Midgett, J. A survey of school services for homebound pupils, 1966 (The home teacher is considered the interim instructor for students who are unable to attend school.)

Phone call to Williamson County, Tenn. School System's Dept. of Special education, April 10, 2003 (Homebound instruction is provided to students, usually sick, who are unable toattend school. Homebound is the current terminology.)

Concise encyclopedia of special education, c2002 (Homebound instruction is defined as education for the child confined to home owing to illness, physical injury, or emotional condition, provided by an itinerant or visiting teacher.)

Handbook of learning disabilities, 1987-1988 (Homebound instruction: Although usually regarded as a service for the physically incapacitated, homebound instruction is a resource to be considered under certain circumstances for the educationally handicapped.)

ERIC, APril 10, 2003 (Homebound [a descriptor term] individuals who are confined to their homes due to illness or disability)

ERIC thes., Nov. 11, 2006: (home instruction: instruction provided in the home, by educational personnel, for children with with special needs, usually homebound or preschool, or their parents)

Here are entered works on education for children confined to their homes by illness, physical injury, or emotional condition, provided by an itinerant or visiting teacher. Works on the education of school-age children in the home setting rather than in a traditional private or public school are entered under Home schooling.

Note under Home schooling