When: Monday, June 28 - 11:30 AM

Duration: 1 hours 30 minutes

Location: Zoom

Event Details:

Evaluations and assessments are the cornerstone to understanding eligibility for special education services and supports for preschool and school-aged students with disabilities.  This workshop will teach you the basics of what types of evaluations and assessments schools commonly use, how to read and interpret the data from these evaluations and what to do if you disagree with the district’s assessments.

Education Matters!  A Webinar Series for Family and Youth Peer Advocates

As Youth and Family Peer Advocates you often assist parents and young people to obtain the supports, accommodations and services they need to be successful in school. We've assembled a statewide panel of experts who both understand peer services and the education system to provide you with an orientation to this process. Although you can register for each of these webinars separately, we recommend you attend the whole series for a thorough orientation.

About the Presenters:

Jennifer Sibley is a credentialed Family Peer Advocate at NRCIL in Watertown, NY.  She has been working with families of children with disabilities for 13 years.  In her time as an FPA, she has supported military families as the Fort Drum FPA and has worked under the US Department of Education Grant as a Parent Training and Education Coordinator to provide advocacy and parent and community training in the northern 10 counties of New York State.  Her lived experience and her greatest joy comes from her two boys, Wyatt, who is 18 and has Autism and Tyler, who is 4 and is neurotypical but a bundle of endless energy!

Jen Schwartz is the Assistant Director and Coordinator of Youth Advocacy for the Long Island Advocacy Center (LIAC) and has been working with families and students with disabilities for 13 years.  As an educational advocate, she mostly works with families of youth who are involved in the Juvenile Justice System to assist them in obtaining the appropriate services to be successful in school.  She co-wrote a youth-centered training curriculum and facilitated groups for teenagers with emotional and/or behavioral difficulties focusing on self-awareness, communication skills, and self-advocacy skills.