Books and Resources Specific for Homeschooling and the Teen Years

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Homeschooling the Teen Years, by Cafi Cohen. Stores, advice, and suggestions from a variety of families.

Opportunities After "High School": Thoughts, Documents, Resources, by Wes Beach. Includes a number of transcripts Beach has written for his students; these transcripts can be used as models for homeschool transcripts. Also discusses community college enrollment; preparing for, choosing, and applying to four-year colleges; and opportunities other than formal academic study. A number of resource books are described. Available from HSC: $15 to HSC Book Order, 5520 Old San Jose Road, Soquel, CA 95073. His talks can be arranged through HSC by email or by phone: (831) 462-5867.

Parent/Teen Breakthrough, by Mira Kirshenbaum and Charles Foster, PhD. A respectful, loving, effective approach that ensures that parent and teen will be friends as the stormy seas of adolescence subside.

Real Lives: Eleven Teenagers Who Don't Go to School, by Grace Llewellyn, is about the daily lives of unschooling teens.

The Teenage Liberation Handbook, by Grace Llewellyn. Questions predominant notions of education, and gives advice on designing one's own education, including ideas about learning, resources, and anecdotes.

The Teenagers' Guide to School Outside the Box, by Rebecca Greene. Guide to non-traditional learning opportunities: foreign study, internships, apprenticeships, service learning, university coursework, independent study, and more.