Parent Counseling and Psychoeducation
Parent and Caregiver Counseling
Attend and Participate in Individualized Educational Program (IEP) multi-disciplinary team meetings.
Accompanying parents to IEP meetings to offer advice and assistance.
Collaborate with schools to make sure the students’ special needs are met.
Advising parents about the strength of their cases before review and offering “next step” options.
Support individual cases and reports on the status and/or continuing efforts and outcomes.
Assist parents with understanding their due process rights, to assist in ADR/IDR on cases as warranted on an individual basis, and to help in due process filing.
Help parents make sure their child’s special education needs are met.
Helping parents interpret reports and evaluations, as well as explaining their implications.
Drafting requests, responses, and complaints to schools.
Assisting parents with submitting written requests.
Preparing parents for IEP meetings materials and prioritizing goals and objectives.
Checking special education documents for accuracy and completion both before and after IEP meetings.
