Finding Local Support
Because sometimes what you need most is the support of others near you (or sharing your beliefs)...
Regional Mailing Lists and Social Media Groups - Faith-Based Mailing Lists - Individual Contacts by Region/Faith/Other
Regional Mailing Lists and Social Media Groups - Faith-Based Mailing Lists - Individual Contacts by Region/Faith/Other
Questions? Our Regional Contacts Coordinator is Carissa Leventis-Cox.
- AZ - Palo Verde Homeschoolers — Online secular community for Arizona parents with inquisitive and imaginative children. Share local event information, organize outings, and discuss gifted/spirited-child issues.
- AZ - Gifted Homeschoolers of Central Phoenix — Social group only, (no classes or co-ops) getting together for field trips, travel, adventures, holiday celebrations, community service, and spending time together.
- CA - Asynchronous Minds — Local support group for families of gifted children, many of whom have chosen alternative educational options. Greater Los Angeles area.
- CA - Bay Area Gifted Home Schoolers (BAGHS) — Local support group for families homeschooling their gifted children in or near the San Francisco Bay Area.
- CA - Bay Area Gifted List — For parents of both schooled and homeschooled kids in the San Francisco Bay Area.
- CA - Gifted San Diego — This group was created as a means of connecting families with gifted children in San Diego County who are homeschooling their children or exploring that option.
- CA - Northern California Gifted Homeschool — For parents of gifted and homeschooled kids living north of the Bay Area and up to the Oregon border!
- CA - Orange County Gifted Families — A safe place for parents of gifted children throughout Orange County, CA to receive encouragement and resources in the area of giftedness.
- CO - Boulder Gifted Parent Support —Boulder GPS provides support for families of gifted children in the Front Range area of Colorado. Includes a monthly family game night.
- CO - Colorado Gifted Homeschoolers — An on-line community for Colorado families who are homeschooling their gifted children.
- CT/MA - New England Parents of the Profoundly Gifted (NEPG) — New England families looking for an outlet for communication, support, and cooperation as we deal with the joys and challenges of parenting profoundly gifted children.
- DC - DC Metro Gifted Home Schooling — For parents home schooling gifted kids in the Washington, DC metropolitan region (including Maryland and Northern Virginia). Homeschoolers of all persuasions are welcome to join; this list is secular and inclusive.
- FL - Florida Parent-Educators Association — Supporting homeschool families in Florida.
- IL - IllinoisTAG — Illinois group, mostly in Chicago area, which organizes field trips and provides local support for homeschoolers of gifted and talented children.
- IL - Positive Connections Homeschoolers — Gifted homeschoolers support group in the Chicago, IL, area.
- KY - Parents of Gifted Students (POGS) — Support for parents of gifted children in the greater Louisville area.
- MA - Massachusetts Gifted Homeschoolers — For Massachusetts families who are homeschooling their gifted children.
- MI - Gifted in Michigan — A SE Michigan in-person meet-up group for gifted children and their families.
- MI - Michigan Gifted Homeschoolers Together (MIGHT) — A group for families home schooling gifted children in Michigan. Meetings are primarily in the Detroit area.
- MI - Michigan Gifted Homeschool Group — Safe place for parents of gifted children to share stories, seek advise, find playdates, partake in field trips. Based in SE Michigan; open to all.
- MN - MCGT Homeschoolers — A chapter of the Minnesota Council for Gifted and Talented made up of parents who are homeschooling (or who are thinking about homeschooling) their gifted children.
- NJ - Gifted Homeschooling New Jersey — For families homeschooling gifted children in New Jersey.
- NC - Gifted Home Scholars in North Carolina — For parents who are educating their gifted children at home, or have an interest in home education in North Carolina.
- NH - New Hampshire Homeschooling Coalition
- OH - GO Home — Gifted Ohio Homeschoolers is for parents homeschooling or considering homeschooling a gifted child in Ohio.
- OR - The TAGPDX site has resources for homeschooling in and around Portland, Oregon
- PA - Gifted Homeschoolers of Pennyslvania — This group is for parents who are homeschooling gifted children in Pennsylvania.
- PA - Gifted Kids of South Central Pennsylvania — This is a support and social group for gifted kids and their families living in south central Pennsylvania (not exclusively homeschooled).
- SC - Gifted Homeschoolers in South Carolina — This group is for parents who are homeschooling gifted children inSouth Carolina.
- TX - Texans Homeschooling Gifted Children — A secular support group for Texans homeschooling their intellectually gifted children.
- TX - Texas Parents of the Profoundly Gifted —Offers support, insight and resources for families with profoundly gifted children.
- TX - Austin Metro Homeschoolers of the Gifted — For people in the Austin and surrounding area who are homeschooling gifted children.
- TX - Brazos Valley Gifted Homeschoolers — A place for parents with gifted or highly gifted homeschooled children in the Brazos Valley.
- TX - San Antonio Gifted Homeschoolers — This is a support/playgroup for gifted children of all ages and their homeschooling families in and around the San Antonio area.
- VA - NOVATAG — This is a support group for Northern Virginia parents who home school their talented and gifted (TAG) children.
- WA - Seattle Gifted Homeschooling — This email group discusses homeschooling gifted and twice exceptional children in the Seattle metropolitan area, as well as sharing resources and information, with special emphasis on Seattle-area programs, classes, and activities.
- WA - NW Accelerated Learners — Seattle area gifted homeschoolers.
- WI - Wisconsin TAG Homeschooling Forum — Gifted In Wisconsin (GIW) is a website and in-person local meet-up group including homeschool families, public school families, and private school families interested giftedness.
- BC (Canada) - G/LD Network — This is the place in BC to connect with Gifted/LD peers and parents.
- Ontario, Canada - Assocation for Bright Children —While not exclusively for homeschoolers, this group has an active homeschooling subsection.
- Ontario, Canada - Ontario Gifted Home Schooling — This group is based in Ontario but welcomes families of gifted homeschoolers from around the world.
- Christian - Homeschooling Gifted — Come join a safe haven for Christian parents to talk about the joys and challenges of raising gifted and talented children.
- Latter Day Saints - Gifted-LDS-hs — This is a support group for LDS parents who are homeschooling gifted children.
Individual Contacts -- Regional and Faith-Based
United States
- Eastern
- Maine -- Susan Hyde
- Vermont -- Elizabeth Raven Walters
- New Hampshire/Massachusetts -- Cathy Esmonde
- Connecticut/Massachusetts -- Amy Potts
- Kentucky -- Molly Isaacs-McLeod and Sandy Rippetoe
- North Carolina -- Rebecca McMillan
- South Carolina -- Carissa Leventis-Cox
- Georgia -- Ann Dorminy
- Midwest
- Illinois -- Jen Merrill
- Minnesota -- Karl Bunday
- North Dakota -- Gwyn Rindenhour
- South
- Texas -- Stacia Taylor
- Pacific
- Washington -- Tara Hernandez
- Oregon -- Corin Goodwin
- Northern California -- Annie Peters and Katie Mark
- San Francisco Bay Area -- Stephanie Hood
- Greater Los Angeles -- Mala Arthur and Carolyn Comini
- San Diego -- Becca Orlwoski
- Australia - Kylie Chesterfield
- Canada
- Ontario - Lisa Bildy
- Germany - Roya Klinger
- India - Subadra Jayram
- Faith Based
- Christian -- Stephanie Hood
- Jewish -- Corin Goodwin
- Catholic -- Eleen Kamas
- Pagan/Wiccan -- StarWolf Jossy
- Mulitples
- Parents of Multiples -- Kate Arms-Roberts
- Gifted Teens - Tag-Ur-It - This group was created for homeschooled, gifted teens to be able to connect with others like themselves.
International
Other
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