Home education is an option for the education of children and is legally endorsed by the governments in all states of Australia. It involves the parents taking responsibility to guide their children through a course of study at home. This is being achieved with great success by parents from a variety of backgrounds and educational levels, and without special training.
The HEA is non-profit volunteer association that was formed in April 2001 to support, encourage and promote the practice of home educating in Australia and to provide members with benefits which would be difficult to obtain by individuals or smaller groups.
Becoming a member of the association is one way in which you can support this Australia-wide initiative to promote the practice of home education and gain access to many benefits that might otherwise be unobtainable.
In our site you’ll find an array of articles and information to help you with your home education journey. You'll find items that can be downloaded, things you can purchase, news about events in the home education arena and many other things to support you on your home education journey.
If you are interested in finding out more about HEA or home educating your child then you may like to browse our site for more information or contact us by email or phone.
Please note, some pages on this website are only accessible to HEA members.
Due to a number of enquiries, the HEA are assembling a list of home education friendly professionals such as doctors, lawyers, psychiatrists, psychologists and counselors.
A few of our members have court dates coming up and they will be applying to gain permission to homeschool their children against the wishes of the other parent. Their issue is the lawyers frequently have no concept of homeschooling and are unable to represent their clients knowledgeably.
Also there are carers looking for psychologists and doctors who will listen with a HS sympathetic ear to help them solve their problems.
We believe it would be a useful to assemble a permanent list for our members and wish to ask your assistance to help us track down these professionals. Ideally, I would prefer this to be a recommendation-only list where a member has had a positive experience with the professional. Alternatively, if YOU are one of these professionals who is homeschooling your child – please feel free to recommend yourself!
Once I receive your recommendations I will ring the professionals to ensure they are happy to be included.
Recommendations/feedback/ideas can be emailed to tamara@inabiaf.com or Ph: (07) 4157 2085
Tamara Kelly
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