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Subject: Parent Advisor Services for Families
of Children Birth to Age 5
Source: Missouri School for the Blind
Intended Audience: Families of children birth through age two with sensory
impairments and districts providing Parent Advisor services for families of
children ages 3 through 5
Date: February 7, 2007
For the past three years, Parent Advisor services for families of children
birth through two years old with sensory impairments have been provided
through the First Steps system and Parent Advisor services for the families
ages 3 through 5 have been provided through local school districts and IEP
provisions.
Effective January 1, 2007, the Missouri School for the Blind's Missouri
Statewide Parent Involvement Network (MoSPIN) and Missouri School for the
Deaf's Early Intervention Outreach Services will resume recruiting,
training, and assigning Parent Advisor's as part of the reimplementation of
services to families.
Through MoSPIN and Early Intervention Outreach Services, trained Parent
Advisors visit the family's home on a regular basis to instruct parents on a
variety of issues unique to their child. The instruction is based on
nationally recognized curricula.
Programs currently contracting directly with individual Parent Advisors to
provide services will no longer need to do so effective July 1, 2007.
All new Parent Advisor services for families of children birth through five
will be processed and paid directly by MSB or MSD rather than LEAs or First
Steps.
For additional information, please contact: Ginny Williams, MoSPIN Lead
Parent Advisor for Missouri School for the Blind,
ginwilliams@aol.com or Robyn
Fleming, Lead Parent Advisor of the Early Intervention Outreach Services for
the Missouri School for the Deaf,
moparlf@hotmail.com. |
