What We Offer
What services are offered?
A parent advocate that understands how difficult this process is and will be there with you to help guide you, and push you to learn about the best effective ways to advocate for your child
School System:
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How to get your child assessments for special education through the school system?
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Making sure you understand the timelines through the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
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Remember the six core principles of IDEA
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Free and appropriate public education​
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Appropriate assessment
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Individualized education plan
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Student and parent participation
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Least restrictive environment
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Procedures to safeguard rights
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One on one parent support through phone calls, zoom meetings and emails
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Organizing your documents so that you understand where you are at in the process
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After your child has been assessed you can ask questions to understand what those assessments mean
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Preparing you for your 504 or IEP meeting to ensure that your parental concerns are met and heard
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The advocate will attend your 504 or IEP meeting
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Make sure that you understand all of your procedural safeguards IE your rights in case the situation gets to the point where an attorney needs to get involved
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Making sure that we are building a team at school that you feel comfortable with that has your child's best interests in mind
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Resolved most disagreements with the school system or the regional center
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Resource coordination with 50 plus organizations
**If a disagreement goes to due process you will be provided a free list of low cost or pro bono attorneys for the state whose specialize in special education
Regional Center:
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Assistance and understanding the Lanterman act as well as the regional centers IPP report
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Understanding the criteria for becoming a regional center client
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Making sure you understand the importance of welfare and institution code 4501
WIC - Section 4501: "The State of California accepts a responsibility for persons with developmental disabilities and an obligation to them which it must discharge. Affecting hundreds of thousands of children and adults directly, and having an important impact on the lives of their families, neighbors, and whole communities, developmental disabilities present social, medical, economic, and legal problems of extreme importance."
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Conflict resolution
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Access to the office of clients rights advocacy and what it is that they do
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Assist you in writing purchases of service for your regional center service coordinator to pass along to their supervisor
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