HSLDA | Special Needs -- National Organizations/Newsletters

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Recommendations for Members Homeschooling Children with Special Needs

National Organizations/Newsletters

The following is a list of some of the available national organizations/newsletters that home educators with special needs children might find beneficial. This list is not meant to be exhaustive. If there are additional organizations that home educators have found to be helpful, information concerning them would be greatly appreciated. Inclusion in this list is not meant as an HSLDA endorsement. The views and opinions held by the organizations are not necessarily those of HSLDA.

ORGANIZATIONS

Awana Club
Awana Club currently has a Friends Club Ministry for churches which includes story time, activity time, and Bible memorization. For more information, call 630-540-4680.
www.Awana Club.org

Christian Cottage Schools
Mike and Terry Spray
3560 West Dawson Road
Sedalia, CO 80135
303-688-6626

Mike and Terry Spray offer a national education service that includes testing, curriculum design, lesson planning, unit lessons, workshops, and ongoing counseling.

Exceptional Diagnostics
220 Douglas Drive
Simpsonville, SC 29681
864-967-4729
Email: suttonjp@juno.com
www.edtesting.com

Joe Sutton, Ph.D., is a certified educational diagnostician who provides individual educational testing services including psychoeducational evaluations and career testing. He also writes IEPs and conducts teleconferences.

Family & Education Consulting Service
10340 B Kidron Ave.
Englewood, FL 34224
941-460-0707

Bob Beninger offers families testing, curriculum consulting, and counseling for home schooling a special needs child.

Hewitt Research
P.O. Box 9
Washougal, WA 98671-0009
360-835-8708
hewitthomeschooling.com

Hewitt offers some testing for families who home school special needs children.

Joni and Friends
P.O. Box 3333
Agoura Hills, CA 90301
www.joniandfriends.org

This organization offers a free monthly newsletter. They sponsor family camps in the summer, where attendant care is provided for the physically disabled.

National Challenged Homeschoolers
Associated Network (NATHHAN)
P.O. Box 39
Porthill, ID 83853
208-267-6246
Email: NATHANEWS@aol.com

This is a national organization of parents who home school their special needs children. NATHHAN coordinators Tom and Sherry Bushnell publish NATHHAN NEWS-an easy-to-use internet magazine at www.nathhan.com.

National Information Center for Children & Youth with Disabilities (NICHCY)
P.O. Box 1492
Washington, DC 20013
800-695-0285
www.nichcy.org

This organization provides free information for families who have a child with a disability.

National Institute for Learning Disabilities (NILD)
107 Seekel Street
Norfolk, VA 23505
www.nild.net

NILD provides workshops and also educational therapy in Christian school settings for learning disabled children. There are also some NILD therapists in private practice. Contact Janet Fish at 757-423-8646.

Parents Instructing Challenged Children (PICC)
700 W Liberty St
Rome, NY 13440
(315) 339-5524
Email: picc@twcny.rr.com

This organization is for parents of special needs children in New York State.
www.piccnys.com

The International Dyslexia Association
Chester Building/Suite 382

8600 LaSalle Road
Baltimore, MD 21286-2044
410-296-0232
Email: ods@pie.org
www.interdys.org

This association is a source of helpful information for persons who have difficulty in reading and other subject areas.

Wayside Language Center
12721 NE 101st Place
Kirkland, WA 98033

Dr. John Blanchard does consulting and planning with parents of special needs children.

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