36 min
What Are Your Rights? Parents of Children with Disabilities Real Talk With Susan & Kristina
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- Education
In this episode of Real Talk, KJK Student Defense Attorneys Susan Stone and Kristina Super are joined by Marbella Cáceres, Tammie Sebastian, and Lisa Lutz from the Ohio Coalition for the Education Of Children with Disabilities. Topics that they discuss are the rights of parents with children with disabilities have. The conversation includes how the coaliation empowers parents when getting their children assistance, how parents can get their children with disabilities services, and how to find out if your child has hidden gifts under their disabilities.
Links:
https://www.ocecd.org/
Phone Number: 1-844-382-5452
Show Notes:
(03:00) The Coalition: Fighting for Parent’s Rights with Their Children with Disabilities
(05:03) How the Coalition Empowers Parents
(08:04) Empowered Parents: Resolving Conflict Resolution with Agencies
(08:50) How the Coalition Connects Parents with Disability Rights organizations
(09:58) On Your Side: The Coalition Also Has Children with Disabilities
(13:42) Cover Up: How Schools Focus on Disabilities But Miss Gifts
(14:44) First Step: What Parents Can First Do if They Suspect Their Child Has a Disability
(15:23) The Three Tiers: What Every Parent Needs to Know
(17:28) How the Coalition Helps Families Who Don’t Speak English
(19:21) What are the Parents Rights
(21:35) How the Coalition Helps Parents with Disabilities
(23:46) Why Schools are Required to Have a Language Access Plan
(24:49) What Over-Identification is and How It Can Hinder a Child
(27:16) Parents Best Bet: How the Coalition Interfaces with Other Agencies to Provide Families with More Services
(29:59) How Parents Can Work with the Coalition without Hiring Attorney
Transcript:
Susan Stone: Today we are gonna talk about the darling of our practice, and that is special education law.
And I say it's the darling because even before you and I were law partners, I started the practice only dreaming about doing special ed. I still, oh,
Kristina Supler: How could there be life before us together?
Susan Stone: What there was,there was you and my three kids. Everyone says that. But there was. And it started with special education and one of our guests here today who you'll introduce, Tammie.
I remember reaching out to her years ago when I was just a newbie. Trying to break in and create a name for myself and saying, can I come talk about special education? And you were so gracious, Tammie, to host me to give a primer. And I look back then and I think, wow, what I, I wish I had the knowledge and the mileage of life experience and working with clients that I do today.
But you gotta start somewhere, right? Supler? That's right. So today we're gonna do a little special ed work. Why don't you introduce it.
Kristina Supler: Today we're joined by Tammie Sebastian, Louise Lutz and Marbella Cáceres, who are all with the Ohio Coalition for the Education of Children with Disabilities, which is a statewide nonprofit organization that serves families of infants, toddlers, children, and youth with disabilities in Ohio.
And they also provide services O C E C D. That's a mouthful. That is a mouthful. Much all of special ed alphabet soup we say, right? Yep. They work through a coalition effort with parents and other professional disability organizations. They have individual members. It's been around since 1984 to help with parent training, and we are really pleased to be joined by three fabulous women today.
Welcome.
Tammie Sebastian: Hi, how are you guys?
Susan Stone: We're doing great. We actually just finished recording a whole speech for milestones for their conference. We did a virtual lecture. So we are just back to back today. But to start out, could one of you lovely guests, explain what the Ohio Coalition for the Education of Children with Disabilities.
O C E C D is
what you do and what your given roles are within the organization. That's a mouthful. But you guys can
In this episode of Real Talk, KJK Student Defense Attorneys Susan Stone and Kristina Super are joined by Marbella Cáceres, Tammie Sebastian, and Lisa Lutz from the Ohio Coalition for the Education Of Children with Disabilities. Topics that they discuss are the rights of parents with children with disabilities have. The conversation includes how the coaliation empowers parents when getting their children assistance, how parents can get their children with disabilities services, and how to find out if your child has hidden gifts under their disabilities.
Links:
https://www.ocecd.org/
Phone Number: 1-844-382-5452
Show Notes:
(03:00) The Coalition: Fighting for Parent’s Rights with Their Children with Disabilities
(05:03) How the Coalition Empowers Parents
(08:04) Empowered Parents: Resolving Conflict Resolution with Agencies
(08:50) How the Coalition Connects Parents with Disability Rights organizations
(09:58) On Your Side: The Coalition Also Has Children with Disabilities
(13:42) Cover Up: How Schools Focus on Disabilities But Miss Gifts
(14:44) First Step: What Parents Can First Do if They Suspect Their Child Has a Disability
(15:23) The Three Tiers: What Every Parent Needs to Know
(17:28) How the Coalition Helps Families Who Don’t Speak English
(19:21) What are the Parents Rights
(21:35) How the Coalition Helps Parents with Disabilities
(23:46) Why Schools are Required to Have a Language Access Plan
(24:49) What Over-Identification is and How It Can Hinder a Child
(27:16) Parents Best Bet: How the Coalition Interfaces with Other Agencies to Provide Families with More Services
(29:59) How Parents Can Work with the Coalition without Hiring Attorney
Transcript:
Susan Stone: Today we are gonna talk about the darling of our practice, and that is special education law.
And I say it's the darling because even before you and I were law partners, I started the practice only dreaming about doing special ed. I still, oh,
Kristina Supler: How could there be life before us together?
Susan Stone: What there was,there was you and my three kids. Everyone says that. But there was. And it started with special education and one of our guests here today who you'll introduce, Tammie.
I remember reaching out to her years ago when I was just a newbie. Trying to break in and create a name for myself and saying, can I come talk about special education? And you were so gracious, Tammie, to host me to give a primer. And I look back then and I think, wow, what I, I wish I had the knowledge and the mileage of life experience and working with clients that I do today.
But you gotta start somewhere, right? Supler? That's right. So today we're gonna do a little special ed work. Why don't you introduce it.
Kristina Supler: Today we're joined by Tammie Sebastian, Louise Lutz and Marbella Cáceres, who are all with the Ohio Coalition for the Education of Children with Disabilities, which is a statewide nonprofit organization that serves families of infants, toddlers, children, and youth with disabilities in Ohio.
And they also provide services O C E C D. That's a mouthful. That is a mouthful. Much all of special ed alphabet soup we say, right? Yep. They work through a coalition effort with parents and other professional disability organizations. They have individual members. It's been around since 1984 to help with parent training, and we are really pleased to be joined by three fabulous women today.
Welcome.
Tammie Sebastian: Hi, how are you guys?
Susan Stone: We're doing great. We actually just finished recording a whole speech for milestones for their conference. We did a virtual lecture. So we are just back to back today. But to start out, could one of you lovely guests, explain what the Ohio Coalition for the Education of Children with Disabilities.
O C E C D is
what you do and what your given roles are within the organization. That's a mouthful. But you guys can
36 min