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Schools, co-ops, resource centers, and social programs that bring people together with the intention of supporting SDE.
Organizations and groups that advocate SDE and support SDE practitioners, facilitators, and/or community organizers.
Online and in-person events that promote, or are likely of interest to, SDE practitioners.
Recommended books, videos, websites, blogs, podcasts, research, news, and other SDE information sources.
Service providers who have SDE-related knowledge and/or who serve with respect for the needs and values of those engaged in SDE.
Resources to support SDE-aligned collective liberation and anti-oppression.
Opportunities for work that support families practicing SDE.
Resources for which no other category is applicable.
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Workshops & Training
Organizations and businesses (not specific events) that provide training and experiential learning related to the practice of SDE.
ALFs run a network of schools, home school groups, and other initiatives that fundamentally empower young people to create their own lives. ALFs collectively grow and hold the ALC Network with facilitator trainings and ongoing collaboration.
a course for visionary educators seeking to liberate kids to learn naturally
Offering trainings for SDE facilitators, workshops to deschool educational institutions, deschooling courses taught by a disciple of Ivan Illich, and more!
Clinical psychologist and SDE mother, working remotely from Hove, England.
Coaching and workshops for parent educators and learning facilitators supporting Self-Directed Education.
Unschooling mentor and mindfulness teacher, based in the UK, specialising in helping parents deschool and in helping them and their neurodivergent children thrive. Online workshops, courses and one-to-one sessions.
Learn how to create a learning environment that respects the unique strengths and interests of young people and supports them to create a meaningful life and education.
Promotes youth + social change, especially among traditionally disconnected young people. We learn, share, grow and support youth + social change through projects, training and research around the world. Also offers anti-adultism resources.
Network of micro K-12 Self Directed Learning communities. DEcentralized Learning, rooted in DEcolonized Parenting and perpetuated by DEschooling. Offers online support network for unschoolers, including mentors, workshops, meetups & more.
Online training and support for Self-Directed Education Facilitators in unschooling homes and SDE settings – a powerful path of personal growth that enables participants to become effective assistants rather than well-meaning saboteurs.
Liberated Learners supports teams to create self-directed education centers in their community.
Online, group coaching sessions for parent educators, with expert Self-Directed Education coach Aaron Eden. Online courses are offered regularly throughout the year and provide an opportunity to grow deepen our practice.
A summer camp, school start-up, and training center for SDE parents & facilitators, centered around the eight pillars of connection, trust, self-management, play, democracy, agility, inclusiveness and holism. Locations in Ghent and Mortsel.
Unschooling & Deschooling trainings, support & tools for SDE families & communities.
A non-profit organization that educates parents, teachers and the community about the importance of self-directed free play. We offer parent seminars, staff training and host free play with loose parts workshops.
Workshops to support those who are exploring unschooling.
Therapeutic Coach and Home School Mentor who specializes in Trauma recovery.
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