Aug 03 - 23 2026
Worlds of Fun Homeschool Days / Weeks
Worlds of Fun
NOTE: The MPE Board of Directors does not necessarily endorse any of the organizations or people offering these opportunities.
State & National Homeschool Organizations
- Christian Home Educators Confederation of Kansas (CHECK) – An association of Christian homeschool support groups from across Kansas. CHECK’s website provides help for new home educators, a link to register home (or private non-accredited) schools with the Kansas Department of Education, links to local support groups in Kansas, legal/legislative information, and more.
- Christian Home Educators Fellowship (CHEF) – A network of Missouri homeschool support groups and other homeschool contacts, organized and operated by volunteer representatives of the participating support groups.
- Families for Home Education (FHE) – A lobbying group for all home educators in the state of Missouri. This site contains information of special interest to those in Missouri—legal requirements, special events, etc. The Resource List contains a detailed listing of helpful books and magazines.
- National Home Education Research Institute (NHERI) – “NHERI’s forte is in the realm of research, statistics, technical reports, data, facts, demographics, the academic world, consulting, academic achievement tests, and expert witness while serving people ranging from researchers and policy makers to professional educators, teachers, homeschoolers (home schoolers), and parents in general to the media, marketing consultants, and the general public.”
- Homeschool Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) – A nonprofit advocacy organization established to defend and advance the constitutional right of parents to direct the education of their children and to protect family freedoms. Through annual memberships, HSLDA is tens of thousands of families united in service together, providing a strong voice when and where needed.
- HSLDA Military Families – An association formed by Christian parents who homeschool using Christian values and beliefs. Its mission is to establish an active support network on each post, camp, and base to allow families an easy transition from one location to the next by establishing a core set of opportunities that supplement and enhance educational and extracurricular areas. It desires to unite home education with the local community through educational, charitable, and volunteer opportunities.
- Home School Foundation – The Foundation’s mission is to preserve parental freedoms, promote homeschooling, provide assistance to needy homeschooling families, and support like-minded organizations. The Foundation currently helps families through seven funds: the Widows Curriculum Scholarship Fund, the Special Needs Children’s Fund, the Friends of Home Schooling Fund, the Generation Joshua Fund, the Compassion Fund, the PHC Scholarship Fund, and the Members Helping Members Fund.
- National Christian Forensics and Communications Association (NCFCA) – This association believes that formal speech and debate can provide a means for homeschooled students to learn and exercise analytical and oratorical skills, addressing life issues from a Biblical worldview in a manner that glorifies God. To provide these opportunities to homeschooled students, NCFCA facilitates qualifying tournaments throughout the country and the annual national tournament.
- ParentalRights.org – This organization aims to protect children by empowering parents. To that end, details about the Parental Rights Amendment and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child can be found here.
- Autism Toolkit – This article discusses autism as a whole, what people on the spectrum need to succeed as students, and how you can help someone in your life who is on the spectrum reach their full potential. There are specific tips for homeschooling the autistic student.
Resources for Unique Learners
- Applied Learning Processes (KC Metropolitan Area) – A one-on-one clinic for the treatment of dyslexia and other learning disabilities. Diagnostic evaluation and individualized treatment available for ages 5 and up. Visit our Facebook page for current students’ treatment.
- The Children’s Therapeutic Learning Center
- Children’s Therapy Services – Private speech therapy clinic offering family-based speech therapy at its Overland Park clinic.
- College Resources
- Homeschooling with Dyslexia
- Lenexa Sertoma Club – Supports people with speech and hearing difficulties.
- PossAbilities Children’s Therapy Group – Pediatric Occupational Therapy.
- HSLDA Homeschooling The Struggling Learner
- National Challenged Homeschoolers Associated Network (NATHHAN) – This site provides information for families educating special needs children at home.
- Sensory University – Provides a full spectrum of educational items and pediatric fitness products, as well as a library of over 100 titles dedicated to improving the lives of children with many different forms of developmental delay.
- Special Needs Resources for Homeschoolers
- St. Nicholas Children’s Therapies LLC – Providing services to children and adolescents. Deborah’s niche is learning disabilities, dyslexia, social skills, the eyes working together for learning, sensory processing, and basically developing the client’s sensory system for increasing abilities for taking in and processing new information.
- US Autism and Asperger Association
