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RESOURCES

Below you will find many resources we have compiled along our journey to become the community we are today. We have been informed and inspired by many great people, and organizations, and have borrowed what works best for us. Feel free to click any of the links below to read, view or download the information yourself. We love conversations about this topic and would love to answer questions and ask many more.

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Definitions:

The words we use, and how we use them.

A shared/common language is critical to community. If there are terms you’re unsure of being used here, click below to see how we use them.

is education that derives from the self-chosen activities and life experiences of the learner, whether or not those activities were chosen deliberately for the purpose of education. — Alliance for Self-Directed Education

a child-trusting, anti-oppression, liberatory, love-centered approach to parenting and caregiving. – Akilah Richards

shedding the programming and habits that resulted from other people’s agency over our time, bodies, thoughts and actions. – Akilah Richards

a model of cooperative child-rearing unique to mammals where non-parents provide trusted care to children. Creating a community of carers supports the development of empathy and independence in children and reduces parental stress.

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Books:

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Articles:

Learning Through Play: A Review of the Evidence

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Websites:

Our Work

We have several major initiatives including Tipping Points, our Resource Directory, facilitation of local SDE groups, and more.

For 2024, ASDE has been granted money and has so much work we want to do in the community! To read more about our grant-funded efforts, visit our 2024 VELA Grant Page.

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Videos:

What is self-directed education?

Self-Directed Education. What Is It, How Does it Work?

Podcasts

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