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Education Advocacy Manual

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Entire Manual

Title Page and Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1 – How to Be a Good Advocate

Chapter 2 – Basic Education Rights: Helping Children Enroll and Succeed in School

Chapter 3 – Special Education: When a Student Needs Additional Help

Chapter 4 – Discipline

Chapter 5 – Discipline of Special Education Students

Chapter 6 – Entering Adulthood: Resources for 18 to 21 Year-olds

Chapter 7 – Making Connections and Finding Support: A Guide to Resources

Forms and Samples

Glossary

How To Read Citations and Find Laws

Appendix A – Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

Appendix B – Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Section 504

Appendix C – Washington Administrative Code Chapter 392-172 (state special education regulations)

Appendix D – Washington Administrative Code Chapter 392-400 (state discipline regulations)

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5-12-2012 Urgent Update on Whooping Cough to All Foster Parents

Last week Children’s Administration (CA) issued a notice for foster parents and relative caregivers about the Pertussis “Whooping Cough” epidemic. Caregivers must still immediately notify the child’s social worker if a foster or relative child is diagnosed with whooping cough. Also, foster parents are to contact their licensor to issue a Stop Placement, if anyone in their home is diagnosed with whooping cough.

Because of the seriousness of this epidemic, CA is announcing a new requirement to safeguard the health of infant children. CA will not make new placements of infants under two (2) years of age in a licensed foster home unless all family members in the home have received the appropriate whooping cough vaccine or booster for their age. There will be no exceptions for new placements of children.

 If all family members are fully vaccinated for Whooping Cough,
including a booster shot as appropriate for whooping cough, you may
accept placement of an infant 0 – 2 years old.

 If all family members are not fully vaccinated, including a booster shot
as appropriate for whooping cough:
o Do Not accept placement of an infant 0 – 2 years old.
o Contact your regional office if you are contacted for a placement of
a child 0 – 2 years old and all family members are not fully
immunized for whooping cough.

Kids under seven should get a series of five DTaP vaccines. Kids aged 7 to 10 years who aren’t fully vaccinated against whooping cough and everyone aged 11 and older should get a whooping cough booster, called Tdap. For more information on these vaccines visit:

http://www.doh.wa.gov/cfh/immunize/vaccine/dtap/

Get whooping cough vaccine from:
 Your healthcare provider
 Most pharmacies
 Clinics
 Your local health department

If you need information on health insurance or help finding a healthcare provider, call the Family Health Hotline at 1-800-322-2588 or visit http://www.parenthelp123.org/; Most Health care programs and Medicaid provide coverage for the whooping cough vaccine. Foster families licensed for infants 0-2 years who demonstrate a financial hardship in obtaining the immunization should contact their child’s social worker or DLR licensor. If you have any questions about your whooping cough immunization status, consult your family medical provider.

From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:

Tdap contains protection against Pertussis (whooping cough). Adolescents 11-18 years of age (preferably at age 11-12 years) and adults 19 through 64 years of age should receive a single dose of Tdap. For adults 65 and older who have close contact with an infant and have not previously received Tdap, one dose should be received. Tdap should also be given to 7-10 year olds who are not fully immunized against pertussis.

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Behavior Management Skills for Caregivers

Resource Family Training Institute

Training for Foster Parents, Adoptive Parents, and Kinship Care Providers

http://fosterparent.dshs.wa.gov

Presents:

managing Anger And Handling conflict

with gary benton

gary has been in social work for over 30 years providing marriage and family therapy, anger management, and domestic violence treatment to a widerange of participants. he is a local and national consultant, trainer, and seminar presenter providing training on a wide variety of topics. Join us for a packed day of education and information!

this presentation will:

· identify factors that lead children to act out

· strategies to prevent or minimize acting out

· strategies to improve adult response to an acting out child/youth