General
Home Ed-Friendly Professionals
- Free
- Australian
Home Ed Friendly Professionals is an ongoing project to list professionals who will support (or at least not oppose) home education as a choice.
Sesame Street Autism Resources for Parents
- Free
- American
- Autism Resource
- Younger ages
While this site is aimed at parents of autistic kids, it looks to perhaps be of more use to parents of children with neurotypical children and helping those children learn about autistic kids. It may help NT kids understand and accept autistic children’s differences, and how to include them in play. Some of the videos may also be helpful for parents of NT kids, in understanding what it is like to parent autistic children, in the most basic sense.
- Paid
- Australian
- Teenagers and young adults
Intensive support to people aged 15 – 21 years to build the skills, confidence and readiness to engage with sustainable employment or transition into education using a combination of one-on-one and group activities to build confidence, social connectedness and vocational skills, leading to engagement into employment or education.
Preparing for higher education: A Victorian guide for students with a disability (PDF)
A guide funded by the Australian Government under the National Disability Coordination Officer Program.
Our Resource Directory has a section on Diverse Needs, as does our Pinterest board https://www.pinterest.com.au/HomeEducationNetworkAustralia/education/diverse-needs/
Autism
Aspect Positive Behaviour Support
- Free and Paid
- Australia
- Autism Services
The (PBS) Program is a state wide program funded through the Department of Human Services for parent/carers of children and young adults between 6-25 years of age, diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and living at home. It contains free information, as well as paid resources and services. Contact Amber Day on the details below;
Phone: Amber Day on (03) 9377 6600
Email: aday [at] autismspectrum [dot] org [dot] au
- Paid and Free
- Australia (Geelong)
- Autism Services
Gateway Support Services is a Geelong based disability service, funded through the NDIS program. They provide various services, especially for autism. Like any website it includes free information, but like any medical service will have costs involved. Linked to this service is the very informative website Autism Help.
Katy Mackenzie; Strengthening Parent Support Worker and Autism Case Manager
Address: 10 – 12 Albert Street, Geelong West VIC 3218
Phone: (03) 5221 2984
Fax: (03) 5223 1789
- Free
- American
- SPD resources
This site is a bit overwhelming (so many links!) but could be useful for home edders with autistic kids. Often we are left to be the occupational therapist for our children and this site contains some useful information.
- Paid
- Australia
- Autism Services
A mentoring employment service for autistic young people.
Dyslexia
- Paid
- UK
- Dyslexia Resource
This is a fully supported online phonics course for children with dyslexia, auditory processing issues and highly visual learning styles who struggle to read and write. Easyread uses Guided Phonetic Reading to help kids overcome guessing, skipping words, reading stress and more. It works through fun 15-minute daily lessons and has an unconditional refund guarantee.
10% discount for HEN members.
- Paid and Free
- Australian
- Dyslexia Resource
A not-for-profit organisation supporting people with dyslexia and specific learning difficulties. They do have affordable workshops $5 – $50 and also offer access to assessment and tutoring but both are costly. The website itself offers some free to access information about dyslexia.
- Paid
- Australian
- Dyslexia Resource
Supporting children and adults with dyslexia through individualised programs [CP1] and industry-based workshops and assessments. Have worked with home educated children
- Paid
- American
- Dyslexia Resource
A typing program that teaches spelling and reading. Suitable for individuals, families, homeschoolers, and users with dyslexia