This is a repeating eventoctober 25, 2016 10:00 amnovember 8, 2016 10:00 am
Volunteer Advocacy Project
Event Details
Realizing the challenges parents face in advocating for their children with disabilities, The Volunteer Advocacy Project (VAP)
Event Details
Realizing the challenges parents face in advocating for their children with disabilities, The Volunteer Advocacy Project (VAP) trains interested individuals to become special education mentors so they can provide instrumental and affective support to families of children with disabilities.
The VAP training is comprised of two parts: (1) a 40-hour training, and (2) the linkage of the volunteer advocate with four families of children with disabilities.
- Forty-hour training: Every participant attends a 40-hour training. In the training, various topics related to special education advocacy are taught: evaluations and eligibility, individualized education plans, assistive technology, discipline provisions, behavior intervention plans, non-adversarial advocacy techniques, legislative change, least restrictive environment, and extended school year services. The training also has various speakers including professors, attorneys, parents of children with disabilities, and advocates. Reading assignments of relevant laws and regulations accompany each class session.
- Linkage with four families:After graduating from the class (completing the 40 hours of instruction), each participant commits to working, at no cost, with four families of children with disabilities.
The training is held on Tuesday mornings for 3 hours beginning at 10:00am (EST) and ending at 1:00pm (EST).
The training will include a binder of materials including passages from: the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. Additionally, the participants will be given copies of each training session’s PowerPoints along with relevant materials. For each training session, the participant will be expected to read pertinent materials. The training will be held on the Vanderbilt campus in The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center. The training will also be video-conferenced to other sites across the state, including LifeLine, where a local parent mentor will facilitate.
There is a $30 charge to cover the cost of materials for the training.
We look forward to receiving your application to the Advocacy Project. The application is due by August 25, 2016. If we receive applications which outnumber the available spots we will encourage those not participating in this training session to attend a future training session.
Click here to register for the Fall 2016 Volunteer Advocacy Project.
See more at: http://vkc.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vkc/services/project/volunteer-advocacy/#sthash.X8ZphFMM.dpuf
Time
(Tuesday) 10:00 am - 1:00 pm EST(GMT+00:00)
Location
LifeLine Inc