Looking for additonal homeschool support groups and resources? Be sure to visit the Online MA Egroups page for online discussion groups, and the MA Support Groups page for more information about groups meeting in your local area.

To submit a listing, please provide the basic information (see listings here for sample) and send to MHLA.

The listing of a group below does not imply MHLA endorsement of that group. MHLA is not associated with any of these independent homeschooling support networks.

Waldorf Family Network

Waldorf Family Network (WFN) is a grassroots community service project serving homeschooling families inspired by Waldorf Education. We feature a variety of services, including a resource directory, sample work, and a Yahoo! group for networking. Founded in 2003, WFN is a service arm of Michaelmas Farm, an educational homestead and center for social renewal based in Ashby, Mass. For more information visit http://www.WaldorfFamilyNetwork.org

Uniquely Gifted

The Uniquely Gifted website (http://www.uniquelygifted.org) is a collection of resources for families with gifted/special needs children and those who work with them. Topics include specific special needs, homeschooling, advocacy, bullying, and articles about the special needs of twice-exceptional children.

GT-Spec-Home Email List

GT-Spec-Home is an email list for families homeschooling gifted/special needs children. To learn more about the list, visit http://gtworld.org/. To subscribe to GT-Spec-Home, send e-mail to listserv@listserv.icors.org with the command "subscribe gt-spec-home" in the body.

For more information on homeschooling gifted and special needs children, please visit the Homeschooling and Special Needs page.

New England Buddhist Homeschool Group

This is a support group for Buddhist homeschoolers in the New England region -- Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Vermont. Here we can talk about how we home-school with Buddhist ethics in mind. How do we live the 4 Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path in our culture? When we are large enough, we will hold monthly or even weekly meetings, field trips, meditation circles and other neat homeschooling things. Eventually, we will also plan a yearly retreat for Buddhists and home school families in the New England region. Feel free to join us if you have been a Buddhist home school family for years or are merely interested in it. For more information, please visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nebuddhisthomeschool/.

Massachusetts National Black Home Educators Representatives

Offers general assistance in getting started homeschooling, i.e. state laws, support groups, conferences, curriculum information, homeschoolers willing to spend one-to-one time with a new homeschooler. The National Black Home Educators, a premier networking organization founded by the Burgeses, was created to serve the community by providing assistance with information about getting started homeschooling, networking/connecting veteran families with new families, recommending resources such as books, music, films, speaking information, curriculum, etc. NBHE's mission endeavors to empower parents to educate their children for excellence. For more information, please visit http://www.nbhe.net/home/, or contact Albert and Aretha Taggart, Massachusetts State Representatives for NBHE, 7 Tucker Street -Unit#21, Pepperell, MA, 01463; phone: 978-302-4697. Email: Taggart7@charter.net.