Parents are encouraged to take part in the National IDEA Survey going on now!
The survey will examine whether parents are treated as equal partners in their children’s education. We ask questions about whether the rights of students with disabilities and their parents protected throughout the special education process, including IEP meetings, decisions about special education, evaluations and eligibility, and Due Process and Impartial Hearings. We also ask about inclusion and whether children with disabilities receive the education they need, or whether they are deprived of important services. We will be using your answers to compile a report about the experiences of parents and children with disabilities and these issues.
All types of disabilities are of interest and there are different surveys for groups such as:
**Parents who have a child on an IEP
** Parents whose child was denied services
** Self advocates
** Attorneys & professional advocates
Click here to tell your story -- share your special education experience!
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Showing posts with label parent survey. Show all posts
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Sooner SUCCESS Community Needs Assessment
It's a brand new year and it's time to let your voice be heard!
No one knows better what services are missing or need to be expanded in your community than YOU. Does your town need more daycares that service children with special needs? Do you have to travel long distances to get the kind of medical care or therapy that will help your child make progress? Do your local service providers speak your primary language or offer an intrepreter to ensure you understand their care instructions? Does your child have access and the kind of adaptive equipment they need to play on the playground or with the local soccer team?
Tell us what your community needs by participating in our 2010 Community Needs Survey. You can participate online by clicking here or you can request a paper copy of the survey to complete & return by mail by contacting Lisa at 603-1580. All Oklahoma residents who complete the survey and include their contact information will be entered in a random drawing for a $50 Visa gift card.
No one knows better what services are missing or need to be expanded in your community than YOU. Does your town need more daycares that service children with special needs? Do you have to travel long distances to get the kind of medical care or therapy that will help your child make progress? Do your local service providers speak your primary language or offer an intrepreter to ensure you understand their care instructions? Does your child have access and the kind of adaptive equipment they need to play on the playground or with the local soccer team?
Tell us what your community needs by participating in our 2010 Community Needs Survey. You can participate online by clicking here or you can request a paper copy of the survey to complete & return by mail by contacting Lisa at 603-1580. All Oklahoma residents who complete the survey and include their contact information will be entered in a random drawing for a $50 Visa gift card.
Saturday, December 20, 2008
What do families need to put their minds at ease in living with autism?
That's what Easter Seals wanted to find out. So this summer, thanks to the generous support of MassMutual Financial Group, they worked in cooperation with the Autism Society of America to conduct the Easter Seals Living with Autism Study.
Autism now affects more than 1.5 million Americans and their families -- yet services and support for people living with autism are few and far between.
Easter Seals surveyed over 2,500 parents of children who have autism and parents of typically developing children about daily life, relationships, independence, education, housing, employment, finances and healthcare.
The study results paint a startling picture of the life-long fears, anxieties and critical supports needed to raise a child with autism. Many parents of children with autism worry that their child won’t fit into society:
1. Nearly 80% are extremely or very concerned about their child’s independence as an adult.
2. Only 14% feel that their child will be able to make life decisions.
3. Only 17% think their child will make friends.
4. They report that they’re “financially drowning,” with concerns for their child’s financial future surpassing the worries of parents with typically developing children.
Easter Seals will use these findings to raise awareness of and advocate for the life-long services families living with autism desperately need.
Click here to download the Living with Autism Study and findings today!
Autism now affects more than 1.5 million Americans and their families -- yet services and support for people living with autism are few and far between.
Easter Seals surveyed over 2,500 parents of children who have autism and parents of typically developing children about daily life, relationships, independence, education, housing, employment, finances and healthcare.
The study results paint a startling picture of the life-long fears, anxieties and critical supports needed to raise a child with autism. Many parents of children with autism worry that their child won’t fit into society:
1. Nearly 80% are extremely or very concerned about their child’s independence as an adult.
2. Only 14% feel that their child will be able to make life decisions.
3. Only 17% think their child will make friends.
4. They report that they’re “financially drowning,” with concerns for their child’s financial future surpassing the worries of parents with typically developing children.
Easter Seals will use these findings to raise awareness of and advocate for the life-long services families living with autism desperately need.
Click here to download the Living with Autism Study and findings today!
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