A guide through the process
Does your student struggle in school? Have you and the teacher met to discuss strategies? Is the school recommending assessment? Your child may have learning differences, ADHD, autism spectrum disorder, or a behavioral disorder — and the process to identify and support them comes with many steps, meetings, and decisions.
Think of Janet as a guide on a nature hike. As a child advocate, she supports families through the whole journey.
How Janet can help
She can:
- Interpret the data in testing results
- Attend relevant meetings — assessment results, IEP and 504 planning, placement decisions
- Help implement behavioral and academic strategies
- Point you to local outside services schools can't provide
- Work directly with your student in language arts, with strategies specific to their needs
Both sides of the table
In 42 years of public-school teaching, Janet worked to bring attention to students who needed extra support — sharing concerns with parents, working with resource teams, and participating in IEP/504 meetings and accommodations. And as a parent of two children who struggled in school — one with ADHD, one dyslexic — she's seen the process from the family's side too, including finding psychologists, occupational therapists, and targeted reading and writing instruction outside the district.
Getting started
Fill out a short background questionnaire and Janet will contact you to set up a time to meet. [New online form replaces the old background form — being built into the registration system; see ticket.]