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VFN Fact Sheets on: Education | Assistive Technology | Literacy | Transition
Six Ways to Access Medicaid and SSI booklet, with yearly updates
...........--direct link to pdfs: Six Ways to Access Medicaid and SSI booklet
Pathways to Post-Secondary Education for Students with Disabilities booklet
Care Notebook inserts: click
Rti (Response to Intervention) and VTPBiS (Positive Behavior Supports) Guides for Parents
Positive Behavior Supports (VTPBiS) for Parents: How can I get involved? (powerpoint)
Online Course on Transition to EEE.
Information packets on topics: ADHD, Anxiety, Bipolar Disorder, Bullying, Depression, NLD, OCD, ODD, and Tourette's Syndrome.

View or Download Education Fact Sheets:

F1 - VFN Program Fact Sheet
F2 - Essential Early Education (EEE)
F3 - Parents' Rights in Special Education
F4 - How Parents Can Communicate with Professionals
F5 - Can Parents & Professionals Build Winning Partnerships
F6 - Individualized Education Program (IEP)
F7 - Including Students with Disabilities
F8 - Extended School Year
F9 - Advocating For Your Child
F10- Administrative Complaint
F11- Mediation
F12- Due Process
F13- Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
F14- Disability is Not Eligibility
F15- VTAAP-Alternate Assessment Portfolio
F16- Revoking Consent for Special Education Services

VIew AT Fact Sheets:

AT1 - About Assistive Technology (AT)
AT2 - AT and the IEP
AT3 - AT and Section 504
AT4 - AT and the IFSP
AT5 - AT and Evaluations
AT6 - AT and Learning Disabilities
AT7 - Funding AT
AT8 - Funding AT with Medicaid
AT9 - Funding AT with Private Insurance

View or Download Transition Fact Sheets:

FT1:
Transition to Adulthood
FT2:
Health care programs in VT for children and youth
FT3:
Going to work and college: Information for youth on Supplemental Social Security Income (SSI)
FT4:
Supplemental Social Security Income (SSI): What you should know when your child turns 18

Click here to view other older VPIC publications

VIew Literacy Fact Sheets:

FL1:
I want busgetti - common signs of learning disabilities in preschoolers
FL2:
I want to read you a story - what parents can do to promote reading fluency at home
FL3:
Will my child have friends? Children's literature provides models for teaching about friendship
FL4:
I have homework. I don't remember what it is.
FL5:
What is dysgraphia? What to do when children have trouble with writing
FL6:
When it doesn't add up - helping children understand how to solve math problems
FL7:
Turning sounds into letters - Strategies for helping children who struggle with spelling
FL8:
Did you hear what I said? When children have difficulty with auditory processing.

Informational Booklets (BEST packets) about:
ADHD
Anxiety
Bipolar Disorder
Bullying
Depression
Nonverbal Learning Disability
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Tourette’s Syndrome

Response to Intervention (RtI): A Guide for Parents
A booklet for parents to explain the multi-step approach to the early identification and provision of support to students who are not achieving in their regular classroom instruction. When a student struggles with learning, the RtI model enables the teacher to provide classroom instruction and support quickly and effectively. Most commonly used to address problems in the acquisition of reading, math, and positive behavior skills, RtI may also be used with other academic areas.
(read this online- no download)
(download pdf booklet to print (5Mb))

Positive Behavior Supports (VTPBiS): A Guide for Parents
Positive Behavior Supports (VTPBiS) is a school-wide approach to creating a positive and safe climate in which students can learn and grow. Throughout the country schools are implementing positive behavior supports in order to improve discipline practices and to help students succeed in school. Vermont’s VTPBiS State Leadership Team has been working to bring VTPBiS to Vermont schools. Currently over 50 schools, pre-K through high school, are adopting VTPBiS.
(read this online- no download)
(download pdf booklet to print (3Mb))

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