EDUCATION

• Advocacy:
  • An advocate is a professional who is able to assist parents and their child(ren) with the Special School District process. The advocate services include:
1. Meeting with parents to review and explain their child's special education documents, i.e. IEPs, evaluation reports, etc.
2. Working with parents to help them understand the laws pertaining to special education and how they relate specifically to their child.
3. Accompanying parents to their child's IEP meetings, evaluation meetings, manifestation determination meetings, etc. and assisting in obtaining the best possible educational outcome for their child.
• Tutoring:
  • Tutoring is provided in-home and rates are $40 per hour
• Testing:
  • An evaluation can determine the presence or absence of a leaning disability in a child/adolescent or adult.

TRAINING

• Continuing foster parent training
• Behavioral
• Career
• In-service training for other agencies