What You Need to KNOW About HOMESCHOOLING In Florida || Special Needs Homeschooling
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@Oliviaepicure211 ай бұрын
This video is AMAZING. Exactly what I was looking for. I love our state of florida for really truly supporting our children and parents.
@sf4017Ай бұрын
Thanks, Leilani. You're great at explaining all this. I also want to thank you for our annual evaluation. Everyone, she is great. I will definitely have you do our annual evaluation again for the 24/25 school year. I took your advice and applied for the Step Up For Students UA Scholarship and we were awarded so far.
@LivingWithEve
Ай бұрын
🎉
@sunflowerchild7236
Ай бұрын
I was just reading up on the Step Up for Students.
@CirceQueАй бұрын
Thank you so much for this ❤ STHM of three and my oldest wants to be homeschooled. This is most helpful.
@theculturedkidlanguages Жыл бұрын
Gosh I love how empowering you are for family's with kids who have special needs! Thankyou for making it so easy to help our kids move forward in strength.
@tatiboo952 ай бұрын
Thank you for this! Decided to homeschool my son with ASD and had zero clue on where to start. This has helped tremondesly!
@lynnking5186 Жыл бұрын
Leilani thank you for this! I am in Georgia and even though our laws and requirements look a little different, I still enjoy watching. I come to your channel often to get ideas and help with homeschooling my 5 year old son with down syndrome. I also have two other children I am homeschooling and the days are long. I feel defeated and feel like giving up and sending them to school because something in my head tells someone else can do it better, someone else can teach my son with down syndrome better. I cried when you read from your book. You reminded me I'm not alone and I CAN do this. That is why I will continue to come to your channel for encouragement and ideas. Thank you so much for all you do!❤
@LivingWithEve
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!❤️
@Blotworst
6 ай бұрын
@@LivingWithEve I wasn’t a good student in school. I’m bad at teaching. Does the curriculum teach or show you how to do things to teach to your kids if you don’t know it?
@DebBeePlus3 Жыл бұрын
I am very very grateful for the empowerment you have given me as a homeschooling parent and a special needs parent. Not just the fluffy, feel good encouragement but the PRACTICAL legal side of things that a lot of people giving homeschool advice leave out or just don’t assign importance/emphasis to those topics. Thank you for your hard word and sharing your own experiences. I was dreading this year with, it being the first year schooling 3 kids and first official year schooling our special needs child. And it was still the hardest I’ve worked at all this, but it’s been our best. Partly due to the inspiration of you and a couple other KZread homeschool moms.
@LivingWithEve
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!!! That’s very encouraging!!
@kalonmontgomery8213 Жыл бұрын
Thank you. You did an amazing job helping me understand my rights as a homeschooling parent.
@giselleroman2140 Жыл бұрын
Thank you....bye 😂 new evaluator. Your channel is incredibly helpful and funny. Thank you kindly for organizing so much information for so many NEW homeschool parents!
@LivingWithEve
Жыл бұрын
You are so welcome!
@helenholmes79414 ай бұрын
This video is so helpful and I will refer back to it. Thank you!
@ReyDayami Жыл бұрын
Hi Leilani! First, you look so pretty! And that color looks great on you!! 💕 I wanted to take a little moment to thank you for taking the time to inform us moms. Great video as always. We appreciate you very much! Hugs!
@LivingWithEve
Жыл бұрын
Thanks!!!
@fcscima4 ай бұрын
You are great! Thank you for all the information.
@Sebastian-redding8 ай бұрын
omg i have been going thru so much. my boys have been struggling so much with broward schools and you have giving me so much info i didnt know where to start. i would love for you to be my advisor for my kids both on the spectrum.
@LivingWithEve
8 ай бұрын
If you are in Florida and you have the UA or PEP scholarship, consolations will be paid for. Otherwise, you can find more information on my website. www.livingwitheve.com
@living4jesuschrist8435 ай бұрын
Very helpful, thank you!👍
@pershae888 ай бұрын
Thank you ❤
@amandaramirez2485 Жыл бұрын
You did it again a lot of great information ❤ Thank you
@lindsayrosas5678 Жыл бұрын
This was so informative! Thank you. Where is the best place to find scholarship opportunities in other states? We are in kansas. Also, I have a son with sever special needs. We recently returned from a Make A Wish trip to Disney world and fell in love with Florida! We may need to move there for some of these homeschool benefits! Thank you so much for sharing ❤️
@DebBeePlus3 Жыл бұрын
I wish I had heard of you or Brenda Dickerson a couple years ago, when I was refused and vehemently told my child could not receive therapies through the public school as a homeschool child.
@ChristinaAngel-07 ай бұрын
Thank you, Leilani! ❤ Thank you, Brenda Dickinson!! ❤ Lord Knows how much it's appreciated to have support to educate our children to become functioning members of our society!
@paulis5678 ай бұрын
Thanks for all the info!!!! We live in Miami and I will send the notice of intent next week. Do I also have to notify the school in advance?
@LivingWithEve
8 ай бұрын
When you withdraw him, yes you will.
@nat4465 Жыл бұрын
I’m not a Florida resident. I live in another state but I am considering moving to Florida. Is an online portfolio fine? I use OneNote to keep a record of my children’s work. (They use a reusable notebook where they do all their work and I scan and upload their work to this app) Thank you for this video, very helpful to me 😊
@daisylovesbyron11 ай бұрын
Thank you! ❤
@irynanovo22274 ай бұрын
Thank you for all the information! It’s so helpful! ) Can you help me , please ? Can I use Abeka unaccredited program in Florida ? Or it must be an accredited only ?
@LivingWithEve
3 ай бұрын
Yes! Of course.
@irynanovo2227
3 ай бұрын
@@LivingWithEve thank you so much ! 😊
@jenniferbyrne45672 ай бұрын
What if they don’t show improvement? Do they make you enroll them in public school?
@LivingWithEve
Ай бұрын
It’s hard for a student to not make any improvements unless they’re sitting and doing nothing. Usually an evaluator sees something, if they’re good.
@Jessie-ou7fjАй бұрын
Can u do a homeschool evaluation for my son, please? we live in Spring Hill, Florida
@LivingWithEve
Ай бұрын
Yes, look at my Calendly page: calendly.com/leilanimelendez5
@Jessie-ou7fj
Ай бұрын
Thank u. I set up an appointment on Tuesday
@Jessie-ou7fj
Ай бұрын
Do u take money orders?
@LivingWithEve
Ай бұрын
@@Jessie-ou7fj yes
@evelenadawson20 күн бұрын
Hi, first time doing an evaluation in Florida. The annual evaluation form is asking for a student ID for my daughter and I do not have one. Where do I get that from. Also, I had a certified teacher do the evaluation do I mail in or email the information she completed? Thanks for any information you can provide.
@LivingWithEve
22 сағат бұрын
You should not have an ID unless they were in public school before. Leave it blank. or put N/ A. Next time use the FPEA. I have a form that I use that is incredibly simple. The evaluator should give you the form and you email it in.
@paperwhistletv Жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@danetteblack49846 ай бұрын
So I live in Sarasota and my daughter is in fourth grade and I just spoke with her guidance counselor and told her that I wanted to homeschool my daughter but that I was told there were certain classes she could still take there and she told me there was no such thing, I looked into it more and seen there was, and when I talk to her again, she told me she looked into it more, and nobody in that district has heard of it, I told her that they should probably educate themselves then because I’m sure there’s gonna be more homeschoolers, and she told me she’s been with the school for a while she would know, how do I go about getting them updated with the laws of homeschooling?
@LivingWithEve
6 ай бұрын
You have to go to the state government website and download the laws. You can join HSLDA, the homeschool lawyer and / or context HEF (home education foundation). They are our lobbyist.
@ShellyStephen2 ай бұрын
Does Florida have free homeschooling through the public school school district, I heard through another KZread video that they do.
@LivingWithEve
2 ай бұрын
Florida Virtual School is an option. But you will be registered through them if you go full time and if you are full time you are public schooled at home.
@LivingWithEve
2 ай бұрын
We do have a scholarship that pays for our curriculum, if that is what you heard. PEP is separate from homeschool but it functions like homeschool. The separation is because of attendance and data gathering.
@giselleroman2140 Жыл бұрын
I'm still on the fence about the PEP scholarships BECAUSE you wouldn't be considered homeschooling anymore BUT now that I listen to this video, I didn't know an evaluator could administer a standardized test? Is there standardized test for Kindergarten? Now I'm on the fence again
@LivingWithEve
Жыл бұрын
Yes, a Kindergarten will have to do a standardized test. However, they don’t know who is allowed to administer the test yet. That’s to be determined in December.
@MysteryExodus6 ай бұрын
This is so valuable! How would I find an evaluator?
@LivingWithEve
6 ай бұрын
I am an homeschool evaluator. You can send me an email or just sign up through my Calendly: calendly.com/leilanimelendez5
@Jessie-ou7fj Жыл бұрын
Hello, ur videos r amazing. Thank u so much for all ur advice and information. My son is nonverbal and doesn't write. Would I be able to make up my own curriculum, or do I have to choose a curriculum with someone?
@LivingWithEve
Жыл бұрын
You can do whatever you feel is best for your son. If that means making up the curriculum, then make up the curriculum. If that means you play with manipulatives and read books, then do that. Do whatever you think is best.
@Jessie-ou7fj
Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much
@carlaeva757311 ай бұрын
thank you for this absolutely incredibly clear video! I got my FES-UA for my two boy, I was told I have to enroll them to the homeschool by the district curriculum, I know Step Ups is making changes, but I am new, since my boys are 4 and 5. What is your experience? where you able to use the funding for your own chosen curriculum? xoxo thank you again for THIS!!!
@LivingWithEve
11 ай бұрын
Yes! You pick out the curriculum. And yes you would need to enroll them as a homeschooler to the district. Thank you so much!
@roguestorm2769
8 ай бұрын
@@LivingWithEvedo you sell need to do the letter of intent first?
@LivingWithEve
8 ай бұрын
@@roguestorm2769 well yes. To the district. You have to do it by the age of 6, no later than February (when they are 6). I think she was specifically asking about picking out curriculum.
@richardjustice1228 Жыл бұрын
I had my child complete the Stanford 10 full battery test at the end of the school year. Does this count as an annual assessment in Florida? The Seton website says "Our Florida state certified teacher fulfills the state requirement for administration, so you do not have to hire an administrator or leave your house". But I was curious if you knew anything about this
@LivingWithEve
Жыл бұрын
You have to have a certified teacher administer it. I would call them to confirm what they say on their website.
@Jessie-ou7fj Жыл бұрын
How do you do co op activities with your child?
@LivingWithEve
Жыл бұрын
I'm just with her the entire time. I advocate for her and teach others how to work with her. Sometimes I trust others to watch her and teach, but it is hard, especially if you are with just parents that teach and have no experience with Special Needs.
@quekino Жыл бұрын
Can I ask what program or curriculum you recommend for home mschooling?
@LivingWithEve
Жыл бұрын
There are so many. For a first year I would do a box curriculum. Like ABEKA, Sonlight, Bookshark, My Father’s World. But if you have the finances, you can look at a homeschool co-op.
@BlessedGJ
10 ай бұрын
I use Google classroom and pick and choose from Easy Peasy homeschool since it’s free.
@samanthaguzman8696 Жыл бұрын
Can I use IXL as a curriculum?
@LivingWithEve
Жыл бұрын
Yes!
@samanthaguzman8696
11 ай бұрын
@@LivingWithEve thank you so much for your response !
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This video is AMAZING. Exactly what I was looking for. I love our state of florida for really truly supporting our children and parents.
Thanks, Leilani. You're great at explaining all this. I also want to thank you for our annual evaluation. Everyone, she is great. I will definitely have you do our annual evaluation again for the 24/25 school year. I took your advice and applied for the Step Up For Students UA Scholarship and we were awarded so far.
@LivingWithEve
Ай бұрын
🎉
@sunflowerchild7236
Ай бұрын
I was just reading up on the Step Up for Students.
Thank you so much for this ❤ STHM of three and my oldest wants to be homeschooled. This is most helpful.
Gosh I love how empowering you are for family's with kids who have special needs! Thankyou for making it so easy to help our kids move forward in strength.
Thank you for this! Decided to homeschool my son with ASD and had zero clue on where to start. This has helped tremondesly!
Leilani thank you for this! I am in Georgia and even though our laws and requirements look a little different, I still enjoy watching. I come to your channel often to get ideas and help with homeschooling my 5 year old son with down syndrome. I also have two other children I am homeschooling and the days are long. I feel defeated and feel like giving up and sending them to school because something in my head tells someone else can do it better, someone else can teach my son with down syndrome better. I cried when you read from your book. You reminded me I'm not alone and I CAN do this. That is why I will continue to come to your channel for encouragement and ideas. Thank you so much for all you do!❤
@LivingWithEve
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!❤️
@Blotworst
6 ай бұрын
@@LivingWithEve I wasn’t a good student in school. I’m bad at teaching. Does the curriculum teach or show you how to do things to teach to your kids if you don’t know it?
I am very very grateful for the empowerment you have given me as a homeschooling parent and a special needs parent. Not just the fluffy, feel good encouragement but the PRACTICAL legal side of things that a lot of people giving homeschool advice leave out or just don’t assign importance/emphasis to those topics. Thank you for your hard word and sharing your own experiences. I was dreading this year with, it being the first year schooling 3 kids and first official year schooling our special needs child. And it was still the hardest I’ve worked at all this, but it’s been our best. Partly due to the inspiration of you and a couple other KZread homeschool moms.
@LivingWithEve
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!!! That’s very encouraging!!
Thank you. You did an amazing job helping me understand my rights as a homeschooling parent.
Thank you....bye 😂 new evaluator. Your channel is incredibly helpful and funny. Thank you kindly for organizing so much information for so many NEW homeschool parents!
@LivingWithEve
Жыл бұрын
You are so welcome!
This video is so helpful and I will refer back to it. Thank you!
Hi Leilani! First, you look so pretty! And that color looks great on you!! 💕 I wanted to take a little moment to thank you for taking the time to inform us moms. Great video as always. We appreciate you very much! Hugs!
@LivingWithEve
Жыл бұрын
Thanks!!!
You are great! Thank you for all the information.
omg i have been going thru so much. my boys have been struggling so much with broward schools and you have giving me so much info i didnt know where to start. i would love for you to be my advisor for my kids both on the spectrum.
@LivingWithEve
8 ай бұрын
If you are in Florida and you have the UA or PEP scholarship, consolations will be paid for. Otherwise, you can find more information on my website. www.livingwitheve.com
Very helpful, thank you!👍
Thank you ❤
You did it again a lot of great information ❤ Thank you
This was so informative! Thank you. Where is the best place to find scholarship opportunities in other states? We are in kansas. Also, I have a son with sever special needs. We recently returned from a Make A Wish trip to Disney world and fell in love with Florida! We may need to move there for some of these homeschool benefits! Thank you so much for sharing ❤️
I wish I had heard of you or Brenda Dickerson a couple years ago, when I was refused and vehemently told my child could not receive therapies through the public school as a homeschool child.
Thank you, Leilani! ❤ Thank you, Brenda Dickinson!! ❤ Lord Knows how much it's appreciated to have support to educate our children to become functioning members of our society!
Thanks for all the info!!!! We live in Miami and I will send the notice of intent next week. Do I also have to notify the school in advance?
@LivingWithEve
8 ай бұрын
When you withdraw him, yes you will.
I’m not a Florida resident. I live in another state but I am considering moving to Florida. Is an online portfolio fine? I use OneNote to keep a record of my children’s work. (They use a reusable notebook where they do all their work and I scan and upload their work to this app) Thank you for this video, very helpful to me 😊
Thank you! ❤
Thank you for all the information! It’s so helpful! ) Can you help me , please ? Can I use Abeka unaccredited program in Florida ? Or it must be an accredited only ?
@LivingWithEve
3 ай бұрын
Yes! Of course.
@irynanovo2227
3 ай бұрын
@@LivingWithEve thank you so much ! 😊
What if they don’t show improvement? Do they make you enroll them in public school?
@LivingWithEve
Ай бұрын
It’s hard for a student to not make any improvements unless they’re sitting and doing nothing. Usually an evaluator sees something, if they’re good.
Can u do a homeschool evaluation for my son, please? we live in Spring Hill, Florida
@LivingWithEve
Ай бұрын
Yes, look at my Calendly page: calendly.com/leilanimelendez5
@Jessie-ou7fj
Ай бұрын
Thank u. I set up an appointment on Tuesday
@Jessie-ou7fj
Ай бұрын
Do u take money orders?
@LivingWithEve
Ай бұрын
@@Jessie-ou7fj yes
Hi, first time doing an evaluation in Florida. The annual evaluation form is asking for a student ID for my daughter and I do not have one. Where do I get that from. Also, I had a certified teacher do the evaluation do I mail in or email the information she completed? Thanks for any information you can provide.
@LivingWithEve
22 сағат бұрын
You should not have an ID unless they were in public school before. Leave it blank. or put N/ A. Next time use the FPEA. I have a form that I use that is incredibly simple. The evaluator should give you the form and you email it in.
Thank you.
So I live in Sarasota and my daughter is in fourth grade and I just spoke with her guidance counselor and told her that I wanted to homeschool my daughter but that I was told there were certain classes she could still take there and she told me there was no such thing, I looked into it more and seen there was, and when I talk to her again, she told me she looked into it more, and nobody in that district has heard of it, I told her that they should probably educate themselves then because I’m sure there’s gonna be more homeschoolers, and she told me she’s been with the school for a while she would know, how do I go about getting them updated with the laws of homeschooling?
@LivingWithEve
6 ай бұрын
You have to go to the state government website and download the laws. You can join HSLDA, the homeschool lawyer and / or context HEF (home education foundation). They are our lobbyist.
Does Florida have free homeschooling through the public school school district, I heard through another KZread video that they do.
@LivingWithEve
2 ай бұрын
Florida Virtual School is an option. But you will be registered through them if you go full time and if you are full time you are public schooled at home.
@LivingWithEve
2 ай бұрын
We do have a scholarship that pays for our curriculum, if that is what you heard. PEP is separate from homeschool but it functions like homeschool. The separation is because of attendance and data gathering.
I'm still on the fence about the PEP scholarships BECAUSE you wouldn't be considered homeschooling anymore BUT now that I listen to this video, I didn't know an evaluator could administer a standardized test? Is there standardized test for Kindergarten? Now I'm on the fence again
@LivingWithEve
Жыл бұрын
Yes, a Kindergarten will have to do a standardized test. However, they don’t know who is allowed to administer the test yet. That’s to be determined in December.
This is so valuable! How would I find an evaluator?
@LivingWithEve
6 ай бұрын
I am an homeschool evaluator. You can send me an email or just sign up through my Calendly: calendly.com/leilanimelendez5
Hello, ur videos r amazing. Thank u so much for all ur advice and information. My son is nonverbal and doesn't write. Would I be able to make up my own curriculum, or do I have to choose a curriculum with someone?
@LivingWithEve
Жыл бұрын
You can do whatever you feel is best for your son. If that means making up the curriculum, then make up the curriculum. If that means you play with manipulatives and read books, then do that. Do whatever you think is best.
@Jessie-ou7fj
Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much
thank you for this absolutely incredibly clear video! I got my FES-UA for my two boy, I was told I have to enroll them to the homeschool by the district curriculum, I know Step Ups is making changes, but I am new, since my boys are 4 and 5. What is your experience? where you able to use the funding for your own chosen curriculum? xoxo thank you again for THIS!!!
@LivingWithEve
11 ай бұрын
Yes! You pick out the curriculum. And yes you would need to enroll them as a homeschooler to the district. Thank you so much!
@roguestorm2769
8 ай бұрын
@@LivingWithEvedo you sell need to do the letter of intent first?
@LivingWithEve
8 ай бұрын
@@roguestorm2769 well yes. To the district. You have to do it by the age of 6, no later than February (when they are 6). I think she was specifically asking about picking out curriculum.
I had my child complete the Stanford 10 full battery test at the end of the school year. Does this count as an annual assessment in Florida? The Seton website says "Our Florida state certified teacher fulfills the state requirement for administration, so you do not have to hire an administrator or leave your house". But I was curious if you knew anything about this
@LivingWithEve
Жыл бұрын
You have to have a certified teacher administer it. I would call them to confirm what they say on their website.
How do you do co op activities with your child?
@LivingWithEve
Жыл бұрын
I'm just with her the entire time. I advocate for her and teach others how to work with her. Sometimes I trust others to watch her and teach, but it is hard, especially if you are with just parents that teach and have no experience with Special Needs.
Can I ask what program or curriculum you recommend for home mschooling?
@LivingWithEve
Жыл бұрын
There are so many. For a first year I would do a box curriculum. Like ABEKA, Sonlight, Bookshark, My Father’s World. But if you have the finances, you can look at a homeschool co-op.
@BlessedGJ
10 ай бұрын
I use Google classroom and pick and choose from Easy Peasy homeschool since it’s free.
Can I use IXL as a curriculum?
@LivingWithEve
Жыл бұрын
Yes!
@samanthaguzman8696
11 ай бұрын
@@LivingWithEve thank you so much for your response !
@BlessedGJ
10 ай бұрын
Best math curriculum I have found for my boy.