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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.

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. Hearing Hearts Mrs. Beverly Cox 4 Silo Mill Court Sterling, VA 20164 This is a quarterly gospel magazine from the American Ministries to the Deaf. 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 310 Moyie Springs, ID 83845 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) LEAH 167 Hickory Street Port Jefferson Station, NY 11776 (631) 473-8315 Email: piccleah@verizon.net 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.

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