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Initial Triage Consultation
This initial 75-minute triage consultation provides an opportunity for you to share the issues happening right now with your child or teen at school including pressing issues, your immediate concerns, or what is in the work ahead.
Situations may develop after your child has been diagnosed or a new evaluation report has been presented to you. Services and supports in their IEP may not be targeting or meeting their individual needs. Perhaps there has been regression or new issues have emerged. Whatever the situation, we'll delve into some of the specifics and immediate, actionable recommendations will be provided to you.
Because issues related to your child's special needs in school often arise quickly, they impact your job, family, and yourself as well. You may be struggling to secure aftercare, private therapies, or summer programs. You may be trying to figure out how to propose a hybrid or flexible work arrangement or whether you can take intermittent leave when needed. Taking a close look at the issues at hand and helping you determine your strategies and next steps is the session goal.
Special Education Comprehensive
This comprehensive begins with a review of your child's most recent Evaluation Report (school-district conducted), current IEP and prior if there are substantive changes, review of any independent evaluations conducted within the past 2 years, IEP progress reports, clinician reports, and any other relevant documentation.
After this document review, a two-hour consultation will be scheduled where we will discuss my findings and recommendations including an interpretation of report data, appropriateness of IEP goals, alignment of services and supports, placement discussions, transition planning, and other issues that emerge from this review.
TAKEAWAY: You will have detailed information, strategies, tactics, new learning, and steps to help you make decisions about how to move forward to support your child in school. Your advocacy efforts will improve and your time spent will decrease as you will have clarity leading to increased competence and confidence as you move forward. Additionally, a written recap of findings and recommendations from this comprehensive review and consultation will be provided to you.
Coaching
Coaching focuses on and addresses your ability to successfully navigate the special education arena as your child's parent advocate/s.
Support is highly individualized where our time together may focus on ongoing issues not being addressed or resolved in school, new situations emerging, if a school crisis develops, to help you plan for IEP meetings or transition discussions, or any other issues impacting your child at school which carries over to home as well.
Coaching packages are available in either 3 or 5, 60-minute sessions, each with 60-minutes of e-mail support scheduled days, night, or weekends.
Details & Fees
Initial 75-minute Triage Consultation
Day, evening, or weekend scheduling
May include your spouse, partner, or family member
Special Education Comprehensive
Review of all relevant educational documents and evaluations
Two-hour post-document review consultation
Day, evening, or weekend scheduling
Participation with your spouse, partner, or family member welcome
Tools to outline your child's needs and an IEP agenda for IEP meeting planning
Coaching
3, 60-minute telephone or Zoom consultations + 60 minutes of additional e-mail check-ins
5, 60-minute telephone or Zoom consultations + 60 minutes of additional e-mail check-ins
$245.
$1,795.
$1,100.
$1,925.
It's said that parents are only as happy as their unhappiest child.
Nothing upends life more and causes more sleepless nights and overwhelming distress than knowing your child is struggling.
Let's change this starting now.
"I don't remember who said this, but there really are places in the heart you don't even know exist until you love a child." Anne Lamott
A few thoughts...
Parenting & Neurodiversity. There's a reason your journey is considered "exceptional caregiving." It's far more challenging and all-encompassing, requiring more time, knowledge, resources, flexibility, support...more of you. It's why your ability to learn what you need to know and how to navigate school to ensure your child is prepared for life is so important.
Working Parents. Constant juggling defines your daily realities. Childcare. Preschool. School. Teens. High school. Mental health. College. Employment. Independent living. The parenting journey is for years and it's the steps forward and successes that help carry you through the many challenging days, weeks, and beyond along the path.
The parenting ride is one where you strap in and prepare for the ups and downs that come with being the parent/s of a unique child. It's the initial after your name...M.O.M. and D.A.D. that say it all. I'm here to help you navigate the road today and ahead.
Debra
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