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WORKING
TOGETHER
FOR
HEALTHIER
MINDS
140 N. Elm Street
Butler, PA 16001
Local #:
(724) 287 - 1965
(724) 431 - 2207
Toll- free #:
1 - 888 - 329 - 0468
Fax #:
(724) 287 - 7090
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BACK |
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FORWARD |
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Educational Advocacy Program is
helping parents learn how to navigate through Special Education and |
| the Individual Educational Plans, IEP, in order to get the
best education for their child. |
EDUCATIONAL ADVOCATE
PROVIDES:
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Support at Individual
Educational Plans, IEP; Evaluation Reports, ER; and Interagency Service
Treatment |
| Plan, ISTP, meetings |
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Information on the
special education laws |
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Help with behavioral
intervention ideas |
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Preparation and
Support at Mediation and Due Process Hearings |
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Can be liaison between the school district and the family |
EDUCATIONAL ADVOCACY
PROVIDED TO THE FOLLOWING
SCHOOL DISTRICTS:
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Butler |
● Karns City |
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Mars |
● Moniteau |
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Seneca Valley |
● Slippery Rock |
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South Butler |
● U-4 pre-school
classes |
RESOURCE MATERIALS
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The education Advocacy Program has resource materials for
parents on many of the learning and |
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emotional disorders. Parents can call and request
information and it will be mailed to them. |
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LONNIE DePOLO —
Educational Advocate |
Sample list of resources:
| ● PPD |
● Dysgraphia |
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| ● Aspergers |
● Depression |
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| ● ADHD |
● Conduct Disorder |
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| ● ADD |
● Obsessive
Compulsive Disorder |
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| ● Dyslexia |
● Behavioral
Interventions |
| The educational Advocacy Program has books that children
and adults can read in reference to some of the |
| above disorders. |
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| Please feel free to contact the Educational Advocacy
Program for any educational issues or guidance that |
| might be needed. |
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