NOTE: This page is under construction
This reference guide is an outcome of the workshop titled, "Advocating for Your Special Needs Child: Special Education Overseas Workshop" held by the Transition Center on May 28, 2009.
Goals of the workshop and reference guide:
Provide accurate information to families of children with special needs and help them navigate the State Department system of services available; and, to provide an opportunity for parents to support one another.
Soon the video presentations will be loaded to this web page, but in the meantime, DVD copies are available for rental by government employees only at the Overseas Briefing Center.
Reference Guide
1. Medical Office and Employee Consultation Service, Dr. Stan Piotroski (video to be loaded)
Video Transcript (to be loaded)
Power Point Presentation
2. Family Liaison Office, Heather Dickmeyer (video to be loaded)
Video Transcript (to be loaded)
Power Point Presentation (to be loaded)
3. Office of Overseas Schools, Dr. Pam Ward (video to be loaded)
Video Transcript (to be loaded)
Contact Information
Overseas Schools Offering Special Needs Support (2008)
Parent Advocacy in International Schools
The Foreign Service Child and Your Child with Learning Disabilities
Special-Needs Kids and the Foreign Service: Dispelling Myths
Transitioning to an Overseas Assignment with a Special Needs Child
4. Parent to Parent, Joan Rooney and Dianna Rooney (video to be loaded)
Video Transcript (to be loaded)
Power Point Presentation
Welcome to Holland
5. Summary Points, Ambassador Rose Likens, Deputy Director, Foreign Service Institute, and parent
of two children with special education needs (video to be loaded)
Video Transcript (to be loaded)
Resources
Office of Allowances Contact Information
Frequently Asked Questions for Allowances
Regulation DSSR 276.8 covering Special Needs
Guidance for Parents Supporting a Child with Learning Disabilities in the Foreign Service
Deidra's list for Researching Onward Assignments
Homework Resources
Personal Post Insights and Special Needs Resources
Personal Post Insights Handout for Special Needs
Resources for Kids
Taking a Special Needs Child Overseas
Websites of Interest
Foreign Service Yahoo Groups
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