Every Homeschool

Directory · Special-needs providers

The therapists, evaluators, and specialists homeschool families actually need.

Educational therapy, speech, OT, PT, ABA, neurodiversity-affirming tutoring, psychoeducational evaluation, developmental optometry, and family-system mental health, all categories commonly reimbursable through homeschool ESA funds.

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Educational therapists

National Institute for Learning Development (NILD)–certified educational therapists; NICHE (National Institute of Certified Healthcare Educators) providers; and Association of Educational Therapists (AET) board-certified ETs work directly on cognitive strategies, learning disabilities, executive function, and reading/writing/math interventions.

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Speech-language pathologists

State-licensed SLPs who take homeschool ESA funds in Arizona, Florida, West Virginia, Utah, and New Hampshire. Focus areas: articulation, apraxia, fluency, expressive/receptive language, AAC, literacy-based language therapy, dyslexia remediation.

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Occupational & physical therapy

Pediatric OTs specializing in sensory integration, fine-motor development, handwriting, and executive function. Pediatric PTs addressing gross-motor delays, low tone, coordination, and school-readiness skills. Many accept ESA funds in eligible states.

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Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)

BCBA-led ABA programs for autism spectrum families. ESA-eligible in Arizona (ESA), Florida (PEP), West Virginia (Hope), and Utah (Utah Fits All). In-home, center-based, and telehealth options.

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Neurodiversity-affirming tutors

Orton-Gillingham reading specialists (dyslexia), Wilson Reading System practitioners, Barton Reading & Spelling tutors, multi-sensory math instructors, and executive-function coaches for ADHD and 2e learners. Widely ESA-approved as tutoring expense.

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Diagnostic & evaluation

Educational psychologists administering WISC, WJ-IV, GORT, and CTOPP for comprehensive psychoeducational evaluations. ESA-eligible as assessment expense in most states. Critical documentation for NC ESA+, MT Special Needs, MS Special Needs, and IEP-based ESA tiers in TX/AZ.

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Vision & developmental optometry

COVD-certified behavioral and developmental optometrists offering vision therapy for convergence insufficiency, tracking issues, and visual-motor integration.

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Mental health & counseling

Pediatric and adolescent psychologists and LPCs specializing in homeschool-adjacent concerns: anxiety, school refusal (pre-homeschool), twice-exceptional identity work, gifted underachievement, and family-system navigation around educational decisions.

Coming next

The individual-provider directory is under construction, with regional vetting underway. In the meantime, in our assessment the best path to a homeschool-friendly provider is through your state homeschool organization's member directory, see state organizations.

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