sponsor of the month
IEP
By: Paul Hathcoat – Special Needs Director – White River Christian Church
SERVICES
Sheila Wolfe If there is one common characteristic that parents of a child living with disabilities develop over time and through experience, it has to be FIGHT. There are obstacles to overcome and battles to be fought concerning diagnoses, medications, behaviors, skill assessments, rights, services, aides, and educational IEP plans. When something as important as a child’s education comes into play though, that fight, combined with guided and experienced professional help, turns into something like what Sheila Wolfe of IEP Services, LLC has created. IEP Services provides appropriately assertive and dynamic advocacy in the form of educational consulting services that “assist parents in obtaining an appropriate IEP for their child with special needs in the public-school system.” Sheila Wolfe herself has been the parent who was forced to develop that inner fight for her child who was “diagnosed with PDD-NOS at 3 years old.” By the time her son, Cory, was 7, Wolfe was able to secure a full time 1:1 aide in his IEP, setting herself apart from many families who
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are not able to maneuver as easily within the system. From there, word started to spread about her ability and effectiveness in IEP advocacy and she says, “I began getting calls from other parents who needed help” and soon after, IEP Services was born. IEP Services is built on the principle that “every individual education plan should be uniquely designed to fit each specific child’s
