HCBS TRAININGS
Vermont Family Network offers web-based training presentations on a variety of Home & Community-Based Services (HCBS) topics. These trainings ensure that state agencies, doctors, nurses, families, and other stakeholders have a clear understanding of all HCBS programs that Mediciad has to offer!
Click below for all the HCBS trainings that VFN has to offer!
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Transition Mapping
Everyone goes through transitions in life! This training will provide families with the necessary tools to help transition their children from childhood to adulthood.
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Introduction to Vermont Developmental Disabilities Services
This training provides a step-by-step guide on how to apply for Vermont's Developmental Disabilities Services.
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Services for Children who are Blind or Visibly Impaired
This training provides an overview of all the services provided by VABVI - Vermont's Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired.
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Regulating at Home
This training provides parents with strategies to help regulate their children at home.
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Equitable & Inclusive Environments for Every Family-Suspension & Expulsion of Preschoolers
This workshop provides families with tools to help identify unethical suspension and explusion practices towards children with special needs or disabilities.
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The 988 Crisis Line - What Families Should Know
This training gives families an overview of the 988 Crisis Hotline.
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Psychoeducational Evaluations: How Do They Fit Within the Special Education Evaluation Process?
This training will help families understand how psychoeducational evaluations can fit within their child's education plan.
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Special Education Evaluation Plan and Report
This training goes over Form-2 - the Special Education Plan and Report.
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Navigating Demand Avoidance : Threat, Safety, and Foot on the Gas
This training is for parents with neurodivergent children! This video will give parent's the necessary skills to help their children overcome barriers, including demand avoidance.
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Navigating Special Education and the IEP
This training provides parents with an overview of Vermont's Special Education System and the role that IEP play within the public school setting.