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Coming Soon....Meet our Board and Advisory Committee Welcome Aboard Dr. Jan Seiter (Education); and Dr. Patrick Slater (neurotologist and otologist) |
EDUCATIONAL ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES
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4814 Woodstream Village Drive Kingwood, Texas 77345 (281) 359-6725 (Office) (281) 361-9109 (Fax)
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The Vision of Hear Me is to promote positive life experiences which will instill independence and confidence while offering unlimited opportunities for personal fulfillment via Education, Public Awareness, Mentoring, Medical & Educational Outreach, Camp and year round events for children with disabilities.
Educational Advocates
- Continuous and current assessment of educational advances and legislative venues
- ARD/IEP and program assistance and assessment
Public Awareness
- Addressing community organizations
- Developing radio PSA’s, TV appearances
- Generation and distribution of bulletins and newsletters
- Advertising in community newspapers
Camps & Events
- Weekend and weeklong activity, information and mentor based experiences designed to promote independence, self reliance and long term relationships
- Sponsorships, guest speakers and media awareness in conjunction with activities
- Seminars on education, advocacy and regulations
Mentoring
- Programs designed in conjunction with activities
- Mentor group of peers with similar life experiences paired to develop long term friendship and support
- Mentoring is a means for positive cultural inroads for present and future generations
Medical
- Outreach program designed to address oral deaf and hard of hearing patient concerns and needs as related to services provided by medical professionals
- Listings of medical care and early detection representatives in the medical community with similar awareness
CALLING ALL CAMPERS!!!!!
Camp Hear Me
When: October 24, 25 & 26, 2008
Where: Camp For All, Burton, Texas
For more information, please visit our Camp Hear Me
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Further postings will be made available in the near future.
Dear Friends,
For those of you who do not know in developing final regulations for the Assistance to States for the Education of Children with Disabilities Program, have identified certain issues for which additional regulatory changes might be necessary. These issues, which were addressed in NPRM, are: (1) Parental revocation of consent after consenting to the initial provision of services (2) a State’s or local educational agency’s (LEA’s) obligation to make positive efforts to employ qualified individuals with disabilities; (3) representation of parents by non-attorneys in due process hearings; (4) State monitoring, technical assistance and enforcement of the part B Program; and (5) the allocation of funds, under section 611 and 619 of the Act, to LEAs that are not serving any children with disabilities. This NPRM also proposes minor modifications to the consent provision to correct an inadvertent omission.
The Secretary proposes to amend the regulations in 34 CFR part 300 governing the Assistance to States for the Education of Children with Disabilities Program and Preschool Grants for Children with Disabilities program, as published in the Federal Register on August 14, 2006 and seeks public comment on the proposed amendments that they have determined are necessary for effective implementation and administration of these programs. The proposed regulations were not included in the notice of proposed rulemaking published in the Federal Register on June 21, 2005 to implement changes made to the IDEA.
Comments must be received before July 28, 2008. In order to so submit your comments through the Federal eRulemaking Portal. Comments will NOT be accepted via fax or email. Please also include your Docket ID at the top of your comments: 2008-OSERS-0006.
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov to submit your comments electronically.
As parents and advocates it is important that our voices be heard against the large lobbying groups that our tax dollars fund in schools lobbying against the enforcement of IDEA and the expertise of Public School lawyers to find the legal loopholes that is increasing the number of complaints and disputes among parents and school districts.
Keep up the good fight.
Tamala Irish