Family Services

Dr. Larson Kidd offers parent training, support and skill development to parents in order to:

• Empower parents to actively advocate for their children with disabilities

• Teach parents strategies specific to the learning, communication, behavior, social development, and/or functional skills of their individual child

• Help parents to understand their role in the IEP process

• Educate parents about assessments, evaluations, technology, teams, rights, and other school based operations

• Assist parents in overall planning for the success of their child with disabilities

• Guide parents toward resources that meet the unique needs of their family situations

• Train PCAs, babysitters, family members, school personnel, and any other pertinent party on the specific disability of the child and his/her needs

Individual Services

Dr. Larson Kidd can provide the following services to a child or youth with a disability in school, home, or community settings:

• Use a child's affinity to help learn, regulate, build self power and esteem, and decrease anxiety.

• Tutor children and youth in academics and social skills.

• Plan and coach for a teenager’s future through assessment and skill based interventions.

• Develop and support home programming for children with ASD.

• Support IEP development and implementation.

• Help teachers with difficult behavioral cases.

• Develop safety plans for a child or youth with a disability.

• Help connect home programming to school programming and vice versa.

• Help to promote purposeful and meaningful integration of kids with disabilities in general education programs.

• Train family support or school support staff based on an individual child’s needs, including personal care assistants.

• Conduct educational, behavioral, and social evaluations.

• Develop and foster team support for a child or youth with a disability.

DrSLK Consulting Educational/Behavioral Consultant dr.slk@charter.net