Find a support group

Step 2 of the Ten Steps to Successful Homeschooling
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Support groups offer help to first-time homeschoolers with: learning about the law, doing the necessary paperwork, group activities for parents and kids, year-end assessments, finding tutors and teaching assistance, and recommendations for books and local resources. If you don't have a support group, connect with a few local families and create one!

• See also Step 3: Creating group activities and Other Homeschooling and Education Websites.

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Connecticut

• CT Homeschool Network (CHN) is Connecticut's statewide information and support network.

New York City

New York City Home Educators Alliance (NYCHEA), www.nychea.org.

Westchester, Dutchess and Orange Counties

Tri-County Homeschoolers, Contact: Mary Ann Baiyor; tchs@optonline.net, (914) 631-4833

Queens and Long Island

LIGHT (Long Islanders Growing at Home Together). email contact.

LIGHT's vision is to ensure that all families are aware that homeschooling in New York is a legal, viable option as an educational choice. They offer information, organize activities for members by members (and their children and families), hold meetings that support members in their home education choice and help members to introduce themselves to one another.

New Jersey

Leaping from the Box > New Jersey is a great list of e-resources

UnNet, the UnSchoolers' Network

Other Resources

For a complete list of support groups with contact names, phone numbers and websites, all listed by state, check out The National Home Education Network (NHEN) at http://www.nhen.org/support/groups/browse.asp .

For a list of organizations including homeschooling magazines and books, go to Tarrant Home Education Association (THEA), www.theaonline.org and click on their resource guide for a very well-organized list.

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