Bridging the Achievement GAP
Special education advocate and guidance services include:
- IDEA & ESSA regulation review
- Assessment reviews
- IDEA IEP & 504 eligibility
- Achievement Progress review
- Eligibility: SLD,ID,DD,dyslexia, autism, ADHD, ED, OHI
- Student case file data review
- IEP goals & accommodations
- FBA and behavior intervention plan
- Parent support
- Attending school meetings
- Report writing
- Coaching & therapy
- School quality comparisons
- Evidence-based practice review
- Research & consulting
Kathleen Ross-Kidder, Ph.D. - Licensed Psychologist
- Special Education Advocate
- Educational consultant
- Virtual online services
- advocacy4ed@gmail.com
- 540-388-2172
Services
About Dr. Ross-Kidder
School struggles are hard for the child. They impact feeling about self creating stress and anxiety. They impact famly life too. With over 30 years working with families and students I can help. My experinece includes (1) prek-12 clasroom teaching;t(2) Childrens; National Medical Center Dept. of Psychiatry internship; (3) Psycholoigist & educational assessments for a child psychiatric practice,10yrs,(4) public school psychologist; (5) psychologist is a residential child treatment program; (6) former director of LDOnline; (7) Co-development and national trainer for GED state administraors on needs of students with disabilities; (8) Psychology Department university faculty over 30 years; (10) private practice therapist , special eeucation advocate & consultant 20 years; (11) researcher, and parent.
SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL CONSULTING
Working with schools I help provide: (1) Problem focused root cause analysis; (2) Analysis of assessment results; (3) IDEA & 504 eligibility help (4) IEP goal writing (5) Research evidence-based program analysis; (6) School comparisons. (7) Staff training; (8) Meeting attendance (9) document writing (10) parent learning seminars.
REMOVING IEP ROADBLOCKS
Roadblock removing skills include sharing (1) Understanding of regulations under IDEA and ESSA Acts; (2) Special education eligibility criteria for autism, dyslexia, developmental delay, intellectual disability, specific learning disability, ADHD and emotional disability; (3) IDEA vs 504 regulations, (4)How to organize data to attain services and to monitor your child’s reading, math and other academic skill progress.
Contact
- Virginia, United States
- Virtual meetings
- +1-540-388-2172 - Dr. Ross-Kidder
- advocacy4ED@gmail.com
- 24 hours online
Let me know if you would like to schedule an initial 30 minute consultation at no cost to look at what is not working. National consulting available. Virginia is a PSYPAT state with license reciprocity with most states. Office location Cornwallis Ave. Locust Grove VA. 22508
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How much do your services cost?
Cost of services is:- Initial 30 minute consultation no cost.
- Initial retainer fee $250 that includes 1 hour phone or online consultation meeting, student school record review; attendance at one virtual school meeting.
- Additional time to write reports, attend additional virtual meetings or discuss case issues using the phone or email billed at $90.. per hour.
- Expert hearing or court testimony billed at $125.00
- School extensive school comparison reports for custody school placement decisions $1500.( $750 due in advance final due prior to receiving final report.)
- Help writing a state complaint- $500 ($250 required in advance)
- Help writing due process hearing request $2000 ($1000 due in advance final amount due upon completion of final document for submission to hearing officer requesting ruling. Cost does not include attending prehearing meetings, resolution meetings, or actual hearing. those will be billed at $90 per hour.)
- College readiness and application package for students with disabilities $500 to include record review, help with application writing process, help with matching school selection, and consultation with student to ready the student for what to expect at college.
- All other services or meeting attendances are billed at the rate of $90.00 per hour.
Dr. Ross-Kidder's Education
- University of Virginia, Curry Graduate School of Education, Curriculum and Special Education, Current
- George Washington University PH.D. Developmental Psychology: Dissertation: Using WISC-R factor scores to predict Ritalin medication responders among an ADHD referred population of children.
- George Mason University MA Clinical Psychology, Supervised training at Children's National Medical Center, Dept. of Psychiatry, Washington DC
- George Mason University MA Experimental Psychology: Thesis: Stimulus Familiarization Effect in Children.
- University of Michigan, Rackham Graduate School, Curriculum Development
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, BA, French & History
- High School: Farnington High School, MI, Gr7-11 Richview Collegiate Institute, Toronto, Ontario Canada
Dr. KRK's Special Education Blog
Data from the National Assessment of Educationa Progress (NAEP) misses achievement goals. ESSA (2015) requires use of evidence-based practices. Research is often not used. Greatest decline, Matthew Effect, in lower performing students
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Data from the National Assessment of Educationa Progress (NAEP) misses achievement goals. ESSA (2015) requires use of evidence-based practices. Research is often not used. Greatest decline, Matthew Effect, in lower performing students
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Data from the National Assessment of Educationa Progress (NAEP) misses achievement goals. ESSA (2015) requires use of evidence-based practices. Research is often not used. Greatest decline, Matthew Effect, in lower performing students
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