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Parent Advising Internship

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ORGANIZATION: Denver Metro Community Parent Resource Center

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Denver-Metro CPRC Internship Description

Title: Parent Advisor Intern

Supervisor: CPRC Director

Part-Time Position (10-15 hours/week)

Purpose: To provide parent advising to underserved families of children with disabilities, and professionals who work with them, in the Denver metro area ensuring that families and professionals receive information and resources to enable them to make informed decisions, and working together to improve educational results for students with disabilities.

Pay Rate: Unpaid

Essential Job Responsibilities

¨ Flows information to parents/professionals; sends written materials; makes referrals to other organizations

¨ Informs parents of rights and responsibilities under Special Education law

¨ Maintains accurate records; inputs information into database

¨ Ensures that resource materials are filed properly and easily locatable to staff

¨ Prepares invoices, reports, memos, letters, and other documents as assigned, using word processing, spreadsheet, and/or database software

¨ Performs other duties as assigned

Decision Making Responsibilities

¨ Performs job responsibilities with integrity and responsibility

¨ Maintains confidentiality of information

Organizational Relationships: The Parent Advisor Intern reports directly to the CPRC Director.

Contact: Yvette Plummer You can either send resume and cover letter in the following manner:

Mail to:

Denver Metro CPRC

14501 E. Alameda Pkwy., #205

Aurora , CO 80012

Fax to: 303-365-2778

Email to: yvettep@denvermetrocprc.org

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About Denver Metro Community Parent Resource Center

Location:

14501 E. Alameda Avenue, Suite 205, Aurora, CO 80012, US

Mission Statement

Welcome to Denver Metro Community Parent Center!

The mission of the Denver Metro CPRC is to inform and empower low-income, culturally and linguistically diverse families as advocates for their children with disabilities, age birth-26, to achieve meaningful participation in their schools and communities.

Who do we serve?

We are here to assist families who have children with disabilities as well as professionals who work with them in the following counties: Denver, Arapahoe, Adams, Jefferson and Douglas.

Description

The Denver Metro Community Parent Resource Center (CPRC) provides parent advising services where parents and professionals call for help navigating the special education, healthcare, government services and other systems associated with raising a child with a disability.

The Denver Metro CPRC also offers trainings and workshops to parents and professionals including:

  • Understanding IEP's
  • Accommodations and Modifications
  • IDEA 2004 - What Parents Need to Know
  • Understanding Troubling Behavior as Communication
  • Understanding ADHD
  • Making Sense of the IEP Process: Moving from Infant Toddler Services to Preschool
  • From Bullying to Belonging
  • Cultural Competency
  • Disability Etiquette
  • Friendship Building Strategies
  • African American Parent Training
  • NCLB and Students with Disabilities
  • Transition from Pre-K to Kindergarten
  • Cultural Outreach
  • Parents as Advocates for Other Parents at IEP Meetings
  • Entender IEP's
  • Intervenciones positivas de conducta
  • Entender ADHD
  • ¿Es su hijo un blanco de Bullying?
  • Que Ningún Niño Se Quede Atrás (NCLB*)
    y Los Estudiantes con Discapacidades

CAUSE AREAS

Children & Youth
Education & Literacy
People with Disabilities
Children & Youth, Education & Literacy, People with Disabilities

WHEN

Wed Apr 01, 2009 - Fri Sep 25, 2009

WHERE

14501 E. Alameda Pkwy, #205Aurora, CO 80012

(39.711735,-104.81865)
 

SKILLS

GOOD FOR

N/A

REQUIREMENTS

  • Must be at least 21

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