As we started in home education years ago we were exposed to teaching which instructed us of God's calling on our lives to teach and train our children according to His ways (train up a child in the way he should go...). Perhaps some of you have heard Inge Cannon speak on "high places in...

Attending the ICHE convention can be overwhelming! With so many sessions to choose from, so many people to talk with, so many vendors to visit, so many books to look through it's best to set a plan for your day ahead of time. Here are a few tips from parents who have attended the convention in...

The high school years are when many parents stop teaching their children at home. These parents feel overwhelmed by the demands of high school subjects, feel unqualified to teach upper level math and sciences, and begin wondering if their children need the social exposure and athletic...

Are you the parent of a special needs child? Do you look with longing at the homeschool support groups your friends are involved in, yet feel overwhelmed at the prospects of going with your extra special child? Do you attend yet feel like you don’t quite fit in because your...

I want to give you some encouragement as you began another school year.

I have discovered that there are three things that are common to parents, especially moms, of special needs children. They are grief, a sense of inadequacy, and guilt. We grieve over our loss and that...

I was in tears when my mother answered her telephone that cold February morning. My two year old son, Macklin, was screaming and crying in the background, while my four year old daughter, Evelyn, was trying to comfort him. I felt nausea sweep over me . . . gratefully I was only a few more weeks...

In the months just before I began to write Learning in Spite of Labels, I heard five different speakers on the subject of learning disabilities. They defined many words, discussed much theory and gave many interpretations of the law. Practical information or teaching techniques that might work...

“While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept,. . .” John 17:12

As I prepared our family’s presentation for a convention, I was reading Jesus’ prayer in John 17. In considering verse twelve, the...

The number of families home schooling their special needs children is growing every year. Having been involved in the evolving ministry to these families in Illinois, since Illinois Christian Home Educators held its first special needs workshop at its annual convention in 1999, I have watched...