Webinar: Strategies for Advocating for your Child with your Schools, Teachers and Elected Officials- October 11th

Please join the KAT6 Foundation’s Advocacy Team for a webinar presentation on October 11th at 8:00 pm EST-USA. 

In 2022, the Foundation formed our Advocacy Team to help families navigate the educational and medical systems to make informed decisions and obtain optimal services and care for their children. They assist families in understanding the process and rights of students with Individual Education Plans and help parents interpret evaluative reports and their implications. The team is a great resource for families transitioning from education to adult services. 

 

 

MA.Ed. Education

B.S. PE, Recreation and Health

Past Chair:

  Maryland DDA Quality Advisory Committee

  Montgomery County Developmental Disability Advisory Committee

  Special Educator Montgomery County Public Schools 23 years

  Provider Relations Specialist Medical Management and Rehabilitation Services

 

Beth has a B.A. in political science from the University of Maine. She has taken  additional course work  involving children’s mental health from when she was a specialized foster parent. She served in various capacities on state advisory boards and has been a self-proclaimed “thorn in the side of many state bureaucrats for many years.” She is the parent of an adult diagnosed with KAT6A syndrome.  

 

Sue has over 39 years of teaching experience in elementary schools in public education and 2 years teaching in private schools. She taught general education for 5 years, a special day class for 6 years, and was a Resource Specialist for the bulk of her career. This included assessing students for special education, writing IEP’s and implementing their goals, and assisted in creating 504 plans. Outside of the regular school day, Sue taught a supplementary reading program daily to general education students for 10 years, and led weekly SST meetings (student study team) for students in need of support. She was the on-call administrative designee (for her school principal) for 18 years.

She has  conducted parent workshops on the IEP process and creating obtainable IEP goals. Now retired, Sue continues to lead parent workshops, teach supplementary programs at the elementary school that is she retired from, and tutors special education students daily, and support these parents in the IEP process and goal setting meetings.

 

Please obtain the Zoom link in the KAT6 Foundation: Research and Raising Awareness group or KAT6A Support group on Facebook, or email support@kat6a.org.