The ASDE Compendium

an encyclopedia of knowledge, wisdom, and lived experiences
from practitioners of Self-Directed Education (SDE) around the world.

The ASDE Compendium is a collection of lived experiences from 60+ practitioners of Self-Directed Education. The Compendium is meant to accompany you as you begin, or continue, to reflect on and process your own SDE/unschooling journey. The Guided Cohort model offers a collaborative group experience of diving deeper into the material through discussions, reflections, and deschooling considerations. Members of the ASDE organizing team will be stewarding these cohorts so that participants will be supported in large and small group conversations as well as with ongoing email support and a library of podcast interviews with the Compendium contributors.

Starting in January 2026, we are offering four consecutive cohorts looking at each of the four sections that together make up the Compendium: Introduction to Self-Directed Education; Liberatory Practices for Parents, Caregivers, and Facilitators; Building Resilient SDE Community; and Neurodivergence and Disability within SDE. Each cohort will be six weeks long with three live large group video call sessions and additional asynchronous support throughout. You can join any individual cohort, mix and match the ones that speak to you, or commit to the full six-month experience and receive a discounted “Full Compendium” package.

Cohort One: Intro to Self-Directed Education (Not just for beginners and newbies!)

Meeting Dates: Jan 18th, Feb 1st, Feb 15th

Meeting Time: 12-130pm Eastern Time

Sign-up here

Cohort Two: Liberatory Practices for Parents, Caregivers, and Facilitators

Meeting Dates: Mar 1st, Mar 15th, Mar 29th

Meeting Time: 12-130pm Eastern Time

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Cohort Three: Building Resilient SDE Community

Meeting Dates: April 12th, April 26th, May 17th

Meeting Time: 12-130pm Eastern Time

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Cohort Four: Neurodivergence and Disability (ND&D) in SDE

Meeting Dates: May 31th, June 14th, June 28th

Meeting Time: 12-130pm Eastern Time

Sign-up here

Or sign up for all four here!

• A meeting every two weeks for a total of three meetings per session
• Email support for folks throughout the course

• Lifetime access to The ASDE Compendium course (either a single course for those who purchased a single cohort session, or the whole Compendium for those who purchase all four sessions)

  
  

  We hope you will come on this life-changing journey with us to build community around the most complex, nuanced, and common topics in SDE and unschooling.
  

  Have questions? Don’t hesitate to ask!

We envision this experience as a great fit for...

• Parents and caregivers who are starting to deschool or looking for support around their ongoing deschooling and SDE journey.

• Facilitators who could use support and learning in how to facilitate in an SDE space.

• Seasoned SDE practitioners who want to go deeper and push the edges of their learning.

• Relatives, grandparents, friends, partners, and other folks who are interested to learn more but don’t quite know where to start!

• And anyone looking to learn more about Self-Directed Education.

  
  

You can share this link with anyone who might be interested or want to learn more.

In Solidarity,

The ASDE Team