Helping Families Navigate and Understand Special Education

Many parents report that navigating special education is overwhelming and frustrating.  I help families to understand the process and to learn to communicate effectively, working to ensure that every child has a meaningful educational opportunity.

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• Advocate Services may include any or all of the following:

  • Accompanying parents to school meetings​.

  • IEP Coaching

  • IEP preparation and attendance.

  • Interpreting evaluation reports.

  • Providing individual parent coaching.

  • Drafting a positive behavior plan

  • Reviewing records and helping the family to determine an action plan.

  • Assisting parents with writing agendas and letters.

  • Observing the student at school and at home.

  • Helping to draft measurable IEP goals and objectives for progress monitoring.

  • Providing referrals to legal services, evaluators, therapists and others. 

  • Assisting parents with dispute resolution, including writing state complaints and providing support at mediation.

  • Provide information and training on special education services, Individualized Education Plans (IEP's) and Individualized Family Service Plans (IFSP's)

• I also conduct professional presentations and workshops. Typical programs are one to three hours and are tailored to particular audiences.