Parents Instructing Challenged Children

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PICC LEAH is a network of parents home schooling, or thinking about home schooling, their handicapped child. The parents of any child who would be labeled by the Committee on Special Education of the public school system would be invited to join PICC. We have members who have children with a wide range of handicapping conditions (learning disabled, attention deficit, cerebral palsy, blindness, hearing loss, Downs Syndrome, microcephalous, etc).

Parents of children with handicapping conditions don't have a lot of time for extra meetings, so PICC LEAH doesn't have meetings. Instead, we have the PICC LEAH Directory and a bi-monthly newsletter. If a family joins PICC LEAH ($15 annual membership - check made payable to NYS LEAH; If you are currently an active NYS LEAH member in another NYS LEAH Chapter, membership to PICC LEAH is free, BUT you STILL MUST fill out this membership form and mail it to PICC LEAH.), they get a copy of the Directory. The Directory is completely confidential, not given to non-members. Then, when families need help or encouragement, they can call someone with a similar circumstance for encouragement or information. PICC LEAH members also get discounts of 15% off HSLDA (Homeschool Legal Defense Association) membership, 20% off the LEAH Regulatory Manual, discounted admission to LEAH Conventions, and the quarterly LEAH Messenger newsletter.

PICC LEAH also has a lending library for use by its members. The lending library contains a wide variety of books, audio tapes and video tapes which can be borrowed for a small fee.