FETA Group Sacramento MEET & GREET - DATE CHANGE February 6, 2016

The From Emotions to Advocacy (FETA) Group Sacramento, Special Education Survival Guide discussion group meet-up is long overdue!

MEET & GREET

Join other parents and caregivers for an afternoon chat and resources to support the educational rights of students with disabilities.

**DATE & VENUE CHANGE**

Saturday, February 6, 2016
1:00-3:00 p.m.
Martin Luther King Jr. Public Library7340 24th Street Bypass, Sacramento, CA 95822

A variety of resources will be shared as well as snacks and treats! There is plenty of room to bring your children for this informal meeting and we will have a craft activity. There will not be childcare, so parents will need to keep an eye on the children in the same room.

COMMUNITY INFORMATION SHARING: Advocates...Please bring and share information and resources that will be helpful to other parents and advocates. Everyone will have floor time to speak. 

FETA Group also studies and discusses information from "Wrightslaw From Emotions to Advocacy, Special Education Survival Guide" and other special education advocacy books and resources.

Key terms: 
Free and Appropriate Education (FAPE), Least Restrictive Environment (LRE), Specific Learning Disability (SLD), Supplementary Aids and Services, Transition Services, State Eligibility, Assessment, Highly Qualified Personnel, Child Find, Mandatory Medication Prohibited, Consent, Educational Placement, Evaluation, Independent Education Evaluation (IEE), Individualized Education Programs (IEP), IEP Team, IEP Team Attendance, Measurable Goals, Children who Transfer Schools, Parental Concerns, Due Process, Procedural Safeguards, Discipline...

If you have the book, please select a section that you would like to discuss with the group. 

Check out the FETA Web on Wrightslaw for additional information and related articles on these chapters. http://www.fetaweb.com/expert.htm

We welcome parents who have children with special needs to attend as well as advocates. Unfortunately, due to privacy and to make this a safe sharing space, this meeting is not open to employees or representatives from school districts, CDE, or attorneys representing school districts/CDE. 

There is no cost to attend, other than purchasing the book. 

RSVP on Facebook or by emailing Angie Sutherland at angiesutherland2@yahoo.com | (916) 862-8091 | Blog: http://fetagroup-sacramento.blogspot.com/ | Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FETA.Sacramento

We will utilize "Wrightslaw From Emotions to Advocacy, Special Education Survival Guide"

Other books by Wrightslaw

Event on Facebook

Check out the FETA Web on Wrightslaw for additional information and related articles on these chapters. Very helpful! 

Hope to see you there!

FETA Group - Study/Discussion Group - Section 4 Special Education Law - Sunday, October 26, 2014

The From Emotions to Advocacy (FETA) Group Sacramento, Special Education Survival Guide discussion group meet-up is long overdue!

Join other parents and caregivers for an afternoon chat about Special Education Law and how to support the educational rights of our students with disabilities.

**Date Change from October 19 to October 26, 2014**
Sunday, October 26, 2014
5:00-7:00 p.m.
Espresso Metro
2104 11th Avenue
Sacramento, CA 95819

We are continuing our study of "Wrightslaw From Emotions to Advocacy, Special Education Survival Guide", Section 4, Special Education Law (chapters 13-20). This section reviews the various statutory and regulatory laws for special education (IDEA, ADA, and NCLB). 

Key terms used in this section:

FETA Group Sacramento - Next Meet-Up is December 8, 2013.

Join FETA (From Emotions to Advocacy) Group, Sacramento - The Special Education Survival Guide discussion group for the next monthly meet-up!

Connect with other PARENTS WHO GET IT!!

Often the most beneficial supports a parent of child who receives special education services can have is getting together with other parents. Parents who understand can help each other by sharing their experiences and giving real life examples that will help others in their situations. 

Join the event on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/events/449169331855060/

Sunday, December 8, 2014
3:00-4:30 p.m.
Espresso Metro
2104 11th Ave. (at Freeport Blvd.)
Sacramento, CA 95818
Neighborhood: Curtis Park
Map

This group is open to the public. There is no cost to participate other than to buy your own book.



Espresso Metro

FETA Group Meeting This Sunday, July 28, 2013 - Connect, Share, Listen, Learn!

Announcing...The Next FETA Sacramento Meeting:

Sunday, July 28

3:00-4:30 p.m.

Starbucks at 1401 Alhambra Blvd. Sacramento, CA

Connect with other PARENTS WHO GET IT!!

Often the most beneficial support a parent of child who receives special education services can have is getting together with other parents. Parents who understand can help each other by sharing their experiences and giving real life examples that will help others in their situations. 

Join the event on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/events/455135177910568/

FETA (From Emotions to Advocacy) Group, Sacramento - The Special Education Survival Guide discussion group monthly meet-up! 

Next FETA Group Meeting - Sunday, May 19 - Planned Activity "About Me" Flyer

FETA Group - Sacramento Meeting

Sunday, May 19 (3:00-4:30 pm)

Starbucks, 1401 Alhambra Blvd. (at N Street)

Sacramento, CA

Join us for a special education study and discussion group meeting for parents and caregivers.

 

FETA Group utilizes the Wrightslaw From Emotions to Advocacy, Special Education Survival Guide. We are on Section 2 - Advocacy 101 (chapters 4-7). Check out the FETA Web on Wrightslaw for additional information and related articles on these chapters. Very helpful! http://www.fetaweb.com/101.htm.

PLANNED ACTIVITY: 

About Me Flyer

As a follow up activity to making a master plan for your child's education, we will work on creating an "About Me" flyer, showing strengths, interests, challenges, needs, and strategies for helping your child to be successful. Keep this flyer handy to present to new care providers, teachers, school staff (e.g., yard duty), and school volunteers. 

Did you know that not everyone at school sees the IEP (Individualized Education Plan). It is essential for parents to take the lead in communicating IEP information with all relevant parties. The "About Me" flyer is a quick reference, but make sure the teacher, and any others who work with your child regularly at the school, have a full copy of the IEP and ask to meet with them to review it.

Goals of the activity: Create a tool to promote greater understanding and awareness about your child. Enable individuals who are interacting with or working with your child to better understand and assist them. May be helpful for utilization in social, recreational, family, and healthcare settings, as well as at school.

Location Updated:

Dear Community,

If you're interested in participating in the "From Emotions to Advocacy (FETA) study and discussion group" for parents and care providers - please join us for a "meet & greet" event:

When?  Sunday, November 18 (3:00pm-4:00pm)
(NOTE: This date was changed from November 25)
Where?  Arthur F. Turner Community Library
1212 Merkley Ave., West Sacramento 95691

Study and Discussion Group

We will be utilizing the book:

Wrightslaw: From Emotions to Advocacy, 2nd Edition
- The Special Education Survival Guide
by Peter W. D. Wright, Esq. and Pamela Darr Wright
(ISBN: 978-1-892320-09-4, 338 pages, perfect bound)

Wrightslaw book

This group is facilitated by its participants. We are not sponsored by any outside entities or Wrightslaw. There is no fee to join this group other than the cost of the book. Please provide your own book: http://www.wrightslaw.com/store/feta.html

Contact Angie to RSVP or if you have questions:
corngie@gmail.com
916-862-8091

FETA Wordle

Join our group - FETA Group - Sacramento

Members needed for a new parent support group in Sacramento.

Purpose:

The group will help parents gain knowledge and skills to be effective advocates for their children. As parents learn about the "rules of the game" and SMART IEPs, schools will realize that involving parents benefits them too.

Essentially, it's a study group using the book: Wrightslaw: From Emotions to Advocacy - The Special Education Survival Guide, 2nd Edition by Pam Wright and Pete Wright. Published in January 2006 (ISBN: 978-1-892320-09-4, 338 pages, perfect bound, $19.95). We can buy the books through Wrightslaw in bulk for a 40% discount for about $12 for members.

When we obtain enough members, we can establish a meeting schedule and a place to meet that works best.

This group is not sponsored by any public or private organizations. It is member-run.

Contact me if you are interested in learning more. Angie at corngie@gmail.com.

 

How to start a FETA study group: http://www.wrightslaw.com/info/advo.feta.groups.htm.