Topic: Encouragement
| Title: | What Can Dads do to Make Mom Successful in Homeschooling? | | Speaker: | J. Michael Smith | | Length: | 45—60 minutes | | Type: | Workshop | | Topic: | Encouragement, Parenting, Spiritual | | Audience: | Fathers, Support Group Leaders | | Description: | Almost every father has heard that he is to lead his family spiritually, physically, and in every other way. However, many fathers will tell you that no one has ever told them how to effectively lead their children, especially in the area of spiritual development. Michael Smith presents encouraging and practical tips to fathers for becoming a helpful participant in the home education program and a leader in the home. He provides insight on the mental and emotional benefits to mothers and children fathers can provide through specific activities, and offers suggestions to men on being more effective as husbands. Mike candidly shares his many failures and a few successes. The session concludes with a list of the six things homeschooling mothers have identified as the primary ways their husbands can be more effective in the family’s homeschool program. In one father’s words, “Inspiring and convicting—thanks for the straight talk!” |
| Title: | What Wives Wish Their Husbands Knew about Homeschooling | | Speaker: | Scott Somerville | | Length: | 50 minutes | | Type: | Workshop | | Topic: | Encouragement, Marriage, Motivational, Parenting, Spiritual | | Audience: | Fathers, Parents | | Description: | Scott Somerville dared to ask 100 homeschool moms for their personal “wish lists,” and was relieved to discover there is hope for homeschool husbands! These women weren’t asking the impossible, nor were they looking for a whole new man; instead, they wanted their husbands to show their love in some practical, pastoral, and personal ways. Scott combines information with motivation for life—changing results! |
| Title: | Homeschooling Grows Up | | Speaker: | Scott Somerville | | Length: | 50 minutes | | Type: | General Session | | Topic: | Encouragement | | Audience: | All | | Description: | Every homeschooler knows the question, “But what about socialization?” Every homeschooler knows the answer, too: “No problem here!” But critics demand proof. Today, the first generation of homeschoolers has grown up, and there are enough graduates to begin to see how they are doing in real life. In 2003, HSLDA commissioned Dr. Brian Ray to conduct the world’s largest survey of adults who were taught at home. This workshop discusses the encouraging results of this research. |
| Title: | When Do I Get a Coffee Break? | | Speaker: | Vickie Farris | | Length: | 45–60 minutes | | Type: | Workshop | | Topic: | Encouragement, Motivational | | Audience: | Mothers | | Description: | Often homeschooling mothers feel like they are on the go 24 hours a day and need a “coffee break.” Vickie Farris talks about how to balance rest, responsibility, and time in prayer with a hectic schedule. Through Scripture, she shows how God will give those who seek him the ability to accomplish the tasks in their lives. |
| Title: | A Mom Just Like You | | Speaker: | Vickie Farris | | Length: | 45–60 minutes | | Type: | Workshop | | Topic: | Encouragement | | Audience: | Mothers | | Description: | Vickie Farris will share how ordinary homeschool moms can achieve extraordinary results. As rewarding and fulfilling as homeschooling is, it is no easy task. Vickie will fill you with encouragement and practical suggestions for those days when the challenges seem overwhelming. |
| Title: | How I Do It with 10 Kids and a Busy Husband? | | Speaker: | Vickie Farris | | Length: | 45–60 minutes | | Type: | Workshop | | Topic: | Encouragement | | Audience: | Mothers | | Description: | If you have ever worried about keeping the house clean, meals prepared, and laundry caught up, all while keeping your lesson plans current, the papers graded, and the rest of your homeschool running, then this session is for you. Drawing from her 15 years of homeschooling, Vickie Farris will share insights on how she keeps things running smoothly in her house. |
| Title: | The Homeschooling Mom: God Is Her Strength | | Speaker: | Tracy Klicka | | Length: | 45-minute speech plus performance | | Type: | Workshop | | Topic: | Encouragement, Spiritual | | Audience: | Mothers | | Description: | As the wife of an HSLDA attorney and mother of seven busy homeschool children, Tracy Klicka experiences moments in her day that feel overwhelming. Yet God is the refuge and strength of every mother who humbly cries out to him. Come and be encouraged as Tracy shares how God’s grace has been her sufficiency and can be yours, too. |
| Title: | Keeping the H.E.A.R.T. in Homeschooling | | Speaker: | Tracy Klicka | | Length: | 1 hour | | Type: | Workshop | | Topic: | Education, Encouragement, Parenting, Spiritual | | Audience: | All, Mothers, Parents | | Description: | As Tracy Klicka has experienced, it is not always easy for a homeschooling mom to keep her focus, her joy, or the hearts of her children. More than academics, homeschooling is about growing in God’s grace for both parents and children! If you are feeling discouraged, come and be renewed in five crucial areas of your homeschooling adventure. |
| Title: | The Nearness of God Is My Good | | Speaker: | Marcia Somerville | | Length: | 45-minute speech, plus Q&A | | Type: | General Session, Workshop | | Topic: | Encouragement, Spiritual | | Audience: | Mothers, Parents | | Description: | For many years, Marcia Somerville failed to enjoy a strong devotional life because she did not really believe that the nearness of God was her greatest good. She also battled with the sin of craven fear. Now, out of her experiences as a homeschool mom, Marcia shares transparently about her struggles in these areas and how God has granted grace and victory. She includes a strong exhortation on the primary importance of a strong devotional life for homeschooling moms, and lists practical steps to establish and deepen it. “Very encouraging” is the most frequent response to this talk! |
| Title: | Cravings and Conflict | | Speaker: | Marcia Somerville | | Length: | 45-;minute speech, plus Q&A | | Type: | General Session, Workshop | | Topic: | Encouragement, Parenting, Spiritual | | Audience: | Mothers, Parents | | Description: | Conflict is a part of life. Homeschooling doesn’t generally make conflicts less frequent; rather, our close proximity to our spouses and children often provides extra temptations. Add in the fact that we really have to accomplish quite a bit every day, and you can have a recipe for constant strife! Conflicts often seem painfully difficult and confusing. However, there’s a simple biblical principle at work in all conflicts. In every case, one or both of the combatants is craving his own way. Marcia speaks from James 4:1 (“What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you?”) and demonstrates that most conflicts can be managed better when those involved admit their cravings and work towards glorifying God by focusing on understanding and seeking to meet the needs of others, rather than selfishly focusing on their own desires. Marcia give practical ways that parents can use these principles with children, and spouses can use them with one another, as families seek to glorify God in the homeschool setting. |
| Title: | Precision Parenting | | Speaker: | Scott Somerville | | Length: | 45 minutes | | Type: | General Session, Workshop | | Topic: | Encouragement, Spiritual | | Audience: | Mothers, Parents | | Description: | The Bible tells us to admonish the unruly, help the weak, encourage the fainthearted, and be patient with them all (I Thessalonians 5:14). As parents, we sometimes fall into the trap of admonishing when we should be encouraging, and then we get frustrated because it doesn’t work. It is easier to be patient when we remember which is which! In this talk, Scott Somerville turns to the Gospel of Luke to show how Jesus patiently admonished, helped, and encouraged the people He met. Every parent can benefit from this practical, biblical talk. |
| Title: | High School Resources at the Click of a Mouse | | Speaker: | Diane Kummer | | Length: | 1 hour | | Type: | Workshop | | Topic: | Education, Encouragement, Motivational, Teens | | Audience: | Junior and Senior High Parents | | Description: | HSLDA’s Homeschooling Thru High School program was born out of a desire to help parents continue homeschooling through high school. The high school section on HSLDA’s website provides tons of valuable information for those who are just thinking about high school or who are already immersed in the high school years. We’ll give you a crash course in navigating through the resources listed on the website saving you time, angst, and heart burn! |
| Title: | Parents’ Rights—A Crisis Is Coming | | Speaker: | Michael Donnelly | | Length: | 45 minutes | | Type: | General Session | | Topic: | Education, Encouragement, History, Legal, Legislative, Lobbying, Motivational, Parenting, Political, Why Homeschool | | Audience: | All | | Description: | In 1923, the United States Supreme Court ruled that parents have the fundamental right to direct the education and upbringing of their children. So why are parental rights suddenly endangered? Come hear HSLDA attorney and homeschooling father Michael Donnelly discuss the next biggest threat to homeschool freedom and what you can do about it. |
| Title: | For You, Dad—Leading Your Homeschool Family | | Speaker: | Michael Donnelly | | Length: | 45 minutes | | Type: | General Session, Workshop | | Topic: | Encouragement, Marriage, Motivational, Parenting | | Audience: | Fathers | | Description: | In most homeschooling families, Mom carries the biggest burden. How can Dad pull a share of the load when he is gone all day earning a living? There are so many other good works dads are asked to do—how can we influence our families as God calls us to do? Come listen to HSLDA attorney and homeschooling father Michael Donnelly, as he discusses Kingdom priorities in homeschooling and practical ideas to balance the increasing demands on your time and resources. |
| Title: | Juggling on a Tightrope | | Speaker: | Michael Donnelly | | Length: | 50 minutes | | Type: | General Session, Workshop | | Topic: | Encouragement, Marriage, Motivational, Parenting, Spiritual | | Audience: | Fathers, New Homeschoolers, Parents | | Description: | Today’s father has precious few waking hours that are spent going in countless directions to address seemingly great causes—not least of which is family. Our children have only one earthly father and our wives but one husband. How can we best invest our most precious resource time? And where should we be investing it for eternal value? How can we properly lead our families and serve God in an increasingly demanding and busy world of sports, music, drama, church, school, support groups, homeschool co—ops, extended family responsibilities, and ministry programs? How do we know when to say yes, and more important, when to say no? Must we choose between competing priorities to be effective stewards? Come hear thoughts on answering these questions from Mike Donnelly as he shares insights gained from his experiences as a father of six and as an army officer, entrepreneur, company executive and attorney for the Home School Legal Defense Association. |
| Title: | Singled Out! | | Speaker: | Michael Donnelly | | Length: | 50 minutes | | Type: | General Session, Support Group Leaders, Workshop | | Topic: | Encouragement, Motivational, Parenting, Political | | Audience: | Fathers, Mothers | | Description: | Homeschooling can be challenging even when Mom and Dad are pulling together with a common vision. How is it possible for single parents to manage these demands of providing for, protecting and educating a homeschooling family? Mike Donnelly was raised in a single—parent home and will share his research and thoughts on how hundreds of single moms and even dads are able to keep homeschooling on their own. |
| Title: | Organized (Well, Almost!)—Time Management for Busy Moms | | Speaker: | Vicki Bentley | | Length: | 1 hour | | Type: | Workshop | | Topic: | Education, Encouragement, Motivational, Parenting | | Audience: | New Homeschoolers, Parents, Veteran Homeschoolers | | Description: | As a busy mom, do you sometimes struggle with lesson planning, keeping the house somewhat presentable, teaching, keeping up with the laundry, and getting dinner on the table the same day you homeschool? Come hear practical tips and encouragement from a fellow homeschool mom of many. Your husband and children will thank you, and you will have hope for another day of science and language arts! |
| Title: | Organizing Your Home—Creating a Lifestyle Learning Environment | | Speaker: | Vicki Bentley | | Length: | 1 hour | | Type: | Workshop | | Topic: | Education, Encouragement, Motivational, Parenting | | Audience: | New Homeschoolers, Parents, Veteran Homeschoolers | | Description: | Vicki will help you decide what is important to your family, where you need to begin, and will discuss organizational challenges unique to homeschoolers. Vicki Bentley, fellow busy homeschool mom, shares practical ideas that have helped her manage her household of ten.
Note to planners: There is some content overlap in the two organization talks, since some concepts are the same for “stuff” and “time.” If you anticipate having primarily the same audience for both, you can (1) select just one, (2) contact Vicki to present both in one workshop (with very abbreviated info), or (3) contact Vicki to adapt both so there is minimal overlap. |
| Title: | Fishing 101: Mentoring Groups in Action | | Speaker: | Vicki Bentley | | Length: | 50 minutes | | Type: | Q & A, Support Group Leaders, Workshop | | Topic: | Education, Encouragement, Motivational, Parenting | | Audience: | Support Group Leaders | | Description: | Learn how to meet the needs of your newer families without losing the veterans. What is a mentoring group? Hear how some groups have mobilized their veteran homeschoolers to help pass the baton to the new families. Vicki discusses various types of mentoring programs available, practical ideas for success, and the benefits to your support group. Sample materials will be available. |
| Title: | Getting Started | | Speaker: | Vicki Bentley | | Length: | 1 hour | | Type: | Q & A, Workshop | | Topic: | Education, Encouragement | | Audience: | New Homeschoolers, Parents | | Description: | Are you overwhelmed by the options? Not sure where to begin? Good planning is the key to any successful road trip, so Vicki will walk you through a planning checklist to help you prepare for this homeschool journey! Topics include setting goals, choosing supplies and curriculum, lesson planning, and more—plus Six Tips for Success. Appropriate for any grade level. |
| Title: | The Mandate for Christian Citizenship in Homeschool Youth | | Speaker: | William A. Estrada | | Length: | 30–60 minutes | | Type: | General Session, Workshop | | Topic: | Encouragement, Motivational, Political, Spiritual, Teens | | Audience: | All, Junior and Senior High Parents, Parents, Teens | | Description: | Will uses his background as a homeschool graduate and the director of Generation Joshua to describe how young people today can make a difference in their communities and nation, how HSLDA’s Generation Joshua program can help, and how the next generation is uniquely equipped to lead our nation in the years ahead. |
| Title: | Important Pit Stops during High School | | Speaker: | Diane Kummer | | Length: | 1 hour | | Type: | General Session, Workshop | | Topic: | College, Education, Encouragement, Teens | | Audience: | Junior and Senior High Parents, Parents, Support Group Leaders, Veteran Homeschoolers | | Description: | For preventative maintenance during the high school years, learn what important “to—dos” and deadlines to keep in mind. Major pit stops will include information about various tests, benefits and sources of outside classes, college search and application tips, alternatives to traditional college, and career and post high school paths. |
| Title: | Preparing Your Teen for Life | | Speaker: | Becky Cooke | | Length: | 1 hour | | Type: | Workshop | | Topic: | Education, Encouragement, Parenting, Spiritual, Teens | | Audience: | New Homeschoolers, Parents, Veteran Homeschoolers | | Description: | The high school years present an opportune time to develop skills young adults will utilize the rest of their lives. Learn about the importance of teaching finance, health care, car ownership, job preparation, spiritual principles, and more. All of these areas will benefit your teens when they take that giant step into independence and adulthood. A list of suggested resources will be provided. |
| Title: | Preparing Your Teen for Life | | Speaker: | Diane Kummer | | Length: | 1 hour | | Type: | Workshop | | Topic: | Education, Encouragement, Parenting, Spiritual, Teens | | Audience: | New Homeschoolers, Parents, Veteran Homeschoolers | | Description: | The high school years present an opportune time to develop skills young adults will utilize the rest of their lives. Learn about the importance of teaching finance, health care, car ownership, job preparation, spiritual principles, and more. All of these areas will benefit your teens when they take that giant step into independence and adulthood. A list of suggested resources will be provided. |
| Title: | Homeschooling and Parental Rights—Freedom Under Fire | | Speaker: | J. Michael Smith | | Length: | 45—60 minutes | | Type: | General Session, Keynote, Q & A, Workshop | | Topic: | Encouragement, Legal, Legislative, Lobbying, Motivational | | Audience: | All, New Homeschoolers, Veteran Homeschoolers | | Description: | Parental rights and religious freedom have been the two foundations to establish a constitutional right for parents to teach their children at home. The U.S. Supreme Court some years back weakened the free exercise of religion claim as a foundation for homeschooling so that in order for homeschoolers to claim a fundamental right to homeschool, they must be able to combine the free exercise right with the parental rights claim. In other words, both rights have to co—exist. Currently, this is not a problem, but because of the fragile nature of freedom, moral decay, complacency and apathy, homeschooling freedoms are in jeopardy. An additional threat that is brewing but not well known, is the opposition to homeschooling from the intellectual elites, e.g., law and college professors. This opposition is based on a belief that the state, through public schools, should have access to all children to teach tolerance for others, which leads to collectivism. Homeschoolers are in their cross—hairs. We are clearly at risk. |
| Title: | How Do We Measure Success in Homeschooling? | | Speaker: | J. Michael Smith | | Length: | 45—60 minutes | | Type: | General Session, Keynote, Support Group Leaders, Workshop | | Topic: | Encouragement, Motivational, Parenting, Spiritual | | Audience: | New Homeschoolers, Parents, Support Group Leaders, Veteran Homeschoolers | | Description: | Why aren’t your Christian neighbors homeschooling? What is the number one reason that parents do not homeschool? Their lack of confidence to believe that they can actually do the job, or, put another way—fear of failure. Many homeschoolers in the midst of homeschooling are wondering how they will be able to determine whether they are successful or not with their children. Mike will explain in very clear and decisive terms how you can know whether or not you have been successful when you get to the end of your homeschool experience where it says “The End.” One way to answer the question is whether or not our work homeschooling with our children has been in vain. The Bible gives clear and decisive direction in this area which should be very encouraging to all of us, and hopefully give us encouragement in even the most difficult situations. |
| Title: | Balancing Responsibilities for the Busy Homeschool Family | | Speaker: | J. Michael Smith | | Length: | 45—60 minutes | | Type: | General Session, Workshop | | Topic: | Encouragement, Motivational, Parenting, Spiritual | | Audience: | All, New Homeschoolers, Veteran Homeschoolers | | Description: | Many homeschoolers confess that the most difficult thing for the homeschooling family is to balance all the responsibilities the family has. This workshop will approach this challenge from a strictly biblical perspective. Mike Smith will explain that the key to solving the time crunch is establishing priorities, and how to carry out those priorities. This is an essential workshop. Lives will be changed, schedules will be met, and families, many for the first time, will go through days, months and years without the frustration of feeling like a failure because you have not accomplished your goals and objectives. |
| Title: | The Power of Praise with Our Children | | Speaker: | J. Michael Smith | | Length: | 45—60 minutes | | Type: | Workshop | | Topic: | Encouragement, Parenting, Spiritual | | Audience: | All | | Description: | Life and death is in the power of tongue. Deep scars can occur as a result of negative, condemning words and withholding of praise and affirmation. The goal of this talk is to ensure that our children do not grow up feeling rejection from us as parents because of bad communication. This talk uses James 3:1–10 as a model for how we use words to edify and build up rather than to tear down. The talk will explore some ways that we use our tongue to injure our children and how we can use our tongue as an instrument of blessing. The talk’s goal is to develop a relationship with our child that lasts forever. |
| Title: | The Greatest Deterrent to Homeschooling—Fear and Inadequacy | | Speaker: | J. Michael Smith | | Length: | 45—60 minutes | | Type: | Workshop | | Topic: | Encouragement, Motivational, Parenting, Spiritual | | Audience: | All, New Homeschoolers | | Description: | This presentation is based upon scriptural principles gleaned from King Jehoshaphat of Judah and the teachings of Jesus Christ. This session involves more of a general encouragement and challenge to homeschoolers than to specific direction on how to homeschool. However, there will be specific application principles that will be given in a 1—2—3 etc. format to help those who like to take away specific points to overcome fear of failure, one of the greatest enemies of homeschooling moms. |
| Title: | International Homeschooling—Why Should American Homeschoolers Care what Happens over There? | | Speaker: | Michael Donnelly | | Length: | 45–60 minutes | | Type: | General Session, Keynote, Q & A, Support Group Leaders, Workshop | | Topic: | Education, Encouragement, History, Motivational, Political | | Audience: | All, New Homeschoolers, Parents | | Description: | Homeschooling is a growing global movement, but homeschooling parents overseas face the mounting pressure and challenges similar to those American homeschoolers experienced 30 years ago: social services investigations, fines, and criminal prosecution. In a world where ideas travel at the speed of light, should American homeschoolers be concerned about the plight of homeschoolers in other countries? Should we, and how can we help? Can what happens “over there” really affect homeschooling “over here”? HSLDA Staff Attorney, Director for International Affairs and homeschooling father of seven Michael Donnelly has traveled the world supporting homeschooling freedom. He will tell you why American homeschoolers should care what happens “over there” and what can be done to help. |
| Title: | Go Home and Love your Family! | | Speaker: | Michael Donnelly | | Length: | 45–60 minutes | | Type: | General Session, Support Group Leaders, Workshop | | Topic: | Encouragement, History, Parenting | | Audience: | All, Fathers, Mothers, New Homeschoolers, Parents | | Description: | Someone asked Mother Theresa what society could do to promote world peace, and she responded: “Go home and love your family!” Homeschooling is really about putting love in action, but does homeschooling really promote world peace? Parents who homeschool their children produce outstanding citizens, leaders and future parents. Isn’t this the essence of laying a foundation for world peace? HSLDA attorney and homeschooling father of seven Michael Donnelly shares why loving your family through homeschooling really does promote world peace, but more importantly, allows parents to fulfill their most fundamental and sacred duty. |
| Title: | Grades and Graduation—Do These Belong in a Homeschool? | | Speaker: | Michael Donnelly | | Length: | 45–60 minutes | | Type: | General Session, Keynote, Q & A, Support Group Leaders, Workshop | | Topic: | Education, Encouragement, Motivational, Parenting, Why Homeschool | | Audience: | All, Fathers, Mothers, New Homeschoolers, Parents | | Description: | Grades and graduation may be part of school, but should they be part of your school? Are we limiting ourselves by thinking in these terms? Should we really care about grades in a classroom of one? Or is there another way to think about academic, spiritual, and emotional progress? HSLDA Staff Attorney and homeschooling father of seven explores the freedom and flexibility homeschooling offers you and your children. |
| Title: | Hey Dad, Let’s Get Involved! | | Speaker: | Michael Donnelly | | Length: | 45–60 minutes | | Type: | General Session, Keynote, Q & A, Support Group Leaders, Workshop | | Topic: | Encouragement, Marriage, Motivational, Parenting | | Audience: | Fathers, New Homeschoolers | | Description: | Are you sitting on the sideline in your homeschool, Dad? Your wife needs you to get involved. But with so many demands in today’s world how can a busy Dad do it? How can you be involved in homeschooling? Teaching a class? Casting a vision? Leading devotions? These are important, but in order to find time to do these things, you have to manage your schedule and carefully prioritize your time. HSLDA Staff Attorney and homeschooling father of seven Michael Donnelly shares how you can do all of this. |
| Title: | If It’s Broke, Fix it! | | Speaker: | Michael Donnelly | | Length: | 45–60 minutes | | Type: | General Session, Keynote, Q & A, Support Group Leaders, Workshop | | Topic: | Child Protective Services, Encouragement, Motivational, Parenting | | Audience: | All, Fathers, Mothers, New Homeschoolers, Parents | | Description: | Homeschooling families face many challenges. Financial, emotional, and physical demands put significant strain on our relationships and our families. The homeschooling community is not immune to the problems facing our society, including broken marriages and broken children. But, it’s never too late to try to fix something that’s broken. It may be easier to try to hide the pain than to confront essential elements required for “fixing” these complex and serious issues. HSLDA Staff Attorney and homeschooling father of seven Michael Donnelly was raised in a broken home and will explore the necessary ingredients to helping homeschooling families stay connected and whole amidst the pressures and stresses of life. |
| Title: | Creature of the State? | | Speaker: | Michael Donnelly | | Length: | 45–60 minutes | | Type: | General Session, Keynote, Q & A, Support Group Leaders, Workshop | | Topic: | Education, Encouragement, History, Legal, Motivational | | Audience: | All, Fathers, Mothers, New Homeschoolers, Parents | | Description: | In 1925 the U.S. Supreme Court said children are not mere creatures of the state. The 1945 United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights recognizes that parents have the “prior right” to decide what kind of education their children will have. Is homeschooling a “human right” of the first order? HSLDA Staff Attorney, homeschooling father of seven, and Director of International Affairs Michael Donnelly explores this question and shares a presentation he delivered at the world’s largest human rights conference on the philosophy of law and social philosophy. In this talk, Donnelly examines philosophies on the relationship between the family and the state and looks at how human rights doctrine is applied globally towards homeschooling. |
| Title: | Effective Communication Inside and Outside the Circle | | Speaker: | Jeremiah Lorrig | | Length: | 45–60 minutes | | Type: | General Session, Workshop | | Topic: | Encouragement, Motivational, Spiritual | | Audience: | Parents, Teens | | Description: | Homeschoolers need to be able to speak the language of those they are talking to. If that is a friend at church they need to be ready and able to speak and understand “Christian” words like “grace” and “sanctification.” But if we are talking with people outside of that setting we need to understand that “grace” might just be what is said before a meal. Effective communication means knowing your audience and making sure that the words you use communicate the message you are bringing, not falling into a stereotype. |
| Title: | You Can Home School Your Struggling Learner and We Can Help! | | Speaker: | Faith Berens | | Length: | 1 hour or 1 hour and 15 minutes with Q and A | | Type: | | | Topic: | Education, Encouragement, Special Needs | | Audience: | Fathers, Junior and Senior High Parents, Mothers, New Homeschoolers, Parents, Support Group Leaders, Veteran Homeschoolers | | Description: | This workshop will provide an overview of HSLDA’s Struggling Learner/Special Needs Department and the many resources we provide to both members and non-members. Faith will share diagnostic checklists for struggling learners, common roadblocks homeschooling parents face, and help you navigate around those, as well as share strategies for success with your children who learn differently. |
| Title: | Tackling Tricky High School Issues: Practical Help and Guidance for Homeschooling High School Students with Special Needs | | Speaker: | Faith Berens | | Length: | 1 hour or 1 hour and 15 minutes with Q and A | | Type: | | | Topic: | Education, Encouragement, Special Needs | | Audience: | Fathers, Junior and Senior High Parents, Mothers, New Homeschoolers, Parents, Support Group Leaders, Teens, Veteran Homeschoolers | | Description: | This workshop addresses some of the challenges associated with homeschooling struggling or atypical learners in the high school years. Do you have questions such as, “How do I award my child with special needs a diploma?” or “What do I do since my child with dyslexia can’t read typical high school level material?” Faith discusses alternative course work, specialized curricula and learning materials, assistive technology, transcript options, possible graduation guidelines/high school programs for special learners, post-high school options, as well as offer tips for navigating the process of applying for testing accommodations for the college boards. |
| Title: | Teaching Struggling Learners At Home: Nuts and Bolts for Success | | Speaker: | Faith Berens | | Length: | 1 hour or 1 hour and 15 minutes with Q and A | | Type: | | | Topic: | Education, Encouragement, Special Needs | | Audience: | Fathers, Junior and Senior High Parents, Mothers, New Homeschoolers, Parents, Support Group Leaders, Veteran Homeschoolers | | Description: | This workshop offers practical resources, lists of materials, and curricula in order to help equip you as you work with a struggling learner in your home school. Multi-sensory teaching methods, direct instruction, modeled teaching, and “scaffolding” instruction are shared, as well as ideas for designing a unique home instruction program tailored to your child’s specific challenges. |
| Title: | Developing and Drafting SEP’s (Student Education Plans) | | Speaker: | Faith Berens | | Length: | 1 hour or 1 hour and 15 minutes with Q and A | | Type: | | | Topic: | Education, Encouragement, Special Needs | | Audience: | Fathers, Junior and Senior High Parents, Mothers, New Homeschoolers, Parents, Support Group Leaders, Veteran Homeschoolers | | Description: | Does your child have a learning disability or perhaps severe special needs? Have you pulled your child out of public school where he used to have an IEP (individual education plan)? Participants will learn the purposes and benefits of writing an SEP, student education plan, the homeschool version of an IEP. This workshop also provides guidance in how to draft an SEP. Participants will look at sample student education plans, receive a template of a Student Education Plan, and a resource list of books that will assist them in drafting their own homeschool student education plan. |
| Title: | The Keys to the Kids | | Speaker: | Michael Donnelly | | Length: | 45-60 minutes | | Type: | General Session, Support Group Leaders, Workshop | | Topic: | Encouragement, History, Motivational, Parenting, Political | | Audience: | All, New Homeschoolers, Parents, Support Group Leaders, Veteran Homeschoolers | | Description: | Who really has the best interests of children at heart, parents or the state?
There is a growing chorus of voices insisting that children don’t belong to parents. Children, they say, belong to the “community.” In order for democracy to survive, these voices claim, the government must require that children be taught approved values such as “tolerance.” Some of these voices say that children should only learn in government-approved schools or from government-approved standards and curriculums. Lawmakers are being prompted by these voices and misguided groups both in states and at the federal government level to hand over the keys to the kids. These forces want to dictate what children eat, what kinds of doctors they can and can’t see, and what they are taught! Skirmishes are being fought over this issue now—are you prepared?. HSLDA Director of International Affairs Michael Donnelly and homeschooling father of seven will address these serious issues and tie together events both current and historic, providing perspective needed to fully comprehend currents and trends in a timeless struggle for control. |
| Title: | You Can Home School Your Struggling Learner and We Can Help! | | Speaker: | Krisa Winn | | Length: | 1 hour or 1 hour and 15 minutes with Q and A | | Type: | | | Topic: | Education, Encouragement, Special Needs | | Audience: | Fathers, Junior and Senior High Parents, Mothers, New Homeschoolers, Parents, Support Group Leaders, Veteran Homeschoolers | | Description: | This workshop will provide an overview of HSLDA’s Struggling Learner/Special Needs Department and the many resources we provide to both members and non-members. Krisa will share common roadblocks homeschooling parents face, and help you navigate around those, as well as share strategies for success with your children who learn differently. |
| Title: | Keeping Perspective on Progress | | Speaker: | Krisa Winn | | Length: | 1 hour or 1 hour and 15 minutes with Q and A | | Type: | | | Topic: | Education, Encouragement, Special Needs | | Audience: | Fathers, Junior and Senior High Parents, Mothers, New Homeschoolers, Parents, Support Group Leaders, Veteran Homeschoolers | | Description: | Do you ever wonder. “Are we really on the right track?” Most likely, the answer to that question is, “Yes!” It is very possible that progress is being made, but not the way in which you are hoping or expecting. In this workshop, Krisa points out the sometimes forgotten areas of progress, and also provides some teaching strategies, assessment ideas, and other resources that will help you “keep up the good fight” when it seems your efforts are in vain. |
| Title: | Developing and Drafting SEP’s (Student Education Plans) | | Speaker: | Krisa Winn | | Length: | 1 hour or 1 hour and 15 minutes with Q and A | | Type: | | | Topic: | Education, Encouragement, Special Needs | | Audience: | Fathers, Junior and Senior High Parents, Mothers, New Homeschoolers, Parents, Support Group Leaders, Veteran Homeschoolers | | Description: | Does your child have a learning disability or perhaps severe special needs? Have you pulled your child out of public school where he used to have an IEP (individual education plan)? Participants will learn the purposes and benefits of writing an SEP, student education plan, the homeschool version of an IEP. This workshop also provides guidance in how to draft an SEP. Participants will look at sample student education plans, receive a template of a Student Education Plan, and a resource list of books that will assist them in drafting their own homeschool student education plan. |
| Title: | Once More | | Speaker: | Krisa Winn | | Length: | 1 hour or 1 hour and 15 minutes with Q and A | | Type: | | | Topic: | Education, Encouragement, Special Needs | | Audience: | Fathers, Junior and Senior High Parents, Mothers, New Homeschoolers, Parents, Support Group Leaders, Veteran Homeschoolers | | Description: | In this workshop, Krisa shares her personal testimony of God’s faithfulness in the midst of challenging circumstances. If you’ve ever experienced an answer to prayer, but find yourself in need of God’s provision, once more– this session will encourage and strengthen your faith. |
| Title: | Teaching a Christian Worldview Through Literature: Reading Your Way to an Understanding of how Christians Look at Life, the Universe, and Everything | | Speaker: | Darren Jones | | Length: | 45–60 minutes | | Type: | General Session, Support Group Leaders, Workshop | | Topic: | Education, Encouragement, History, Motivational, Spiritual | | Audience: | All | | Description: | Join us as we look together at 2,000 years of Christian literature and discuss how to pass on a Christian worldview to our children using the riches of the past and present! Authors to be considered include three different Johns (Bunyan, Donne, and Calvin), poets and novelists, and theologians ranging from Athanasius to Lewis. Bring your own favorites, too! |
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