Cedar Rapids, IA | In-Person | Supporting Your Child at School

Parent to Parent: Family Training on ADHD provides parents with a comprehensive understanding of ADHD as well as strategies to improve life at home and school. Designed by parents for parents, this training provides information from the parent’s perspective.

Throughout this in-person course, you will learn how to support a child with ADHD at school.

The course takes place on Saturday, 10/19
9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Mercy Hospital
701 10th Street SE
Cedar Rapids, IA  52403

Registration fees: $49
 

Includes comprehensive resource eBook. The eBook will be emailed to registrants prior to the start of the class. 

How ADHD Affects Learning

This training is designed to help you:

• Identify how ADHD affects learning

• Explain how to develop good home-school communication

• Customize a home-school communication tracker

• Describe the difference between accommodations and interventions

• List different accommodations for each challenge children with ADHD may experience at school

Requesting Support for Your Child at School

This training is designed to help you:

• List the steps to take when a child with ADHD is having difficulty at school

• Explain the importance of submitting all requests in writing and keeping records of all communication

• Describe what an academic evaluation is

• Identify what to include in a request for an evaluation

• Explain what happens after a request for an evaluation is submitted

• Communicate the answers to frequently asked questions about academic evaluations

• Differentiate between two educational rights laws

Educational Rights

This training is designed to help you:

• Define Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973

• Explain eligibility requirements for Section 504

• Describe what Section 504 provides

• Define the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

• Explain eligibility requirements for IDEA

• Describe what IDEA provides

• Explain the re-evaluation requirements for Section 504 and IDEA

• Describe the special procedures related to discipline under Section 504 and IDEA