EDUCATIONAL ADVOCACY

Our educational advocates assist families in guiding and supporting them through the special education process as a bridge between educational staff and families. The Arc Community Advocates educates on the proper processes to avoid breakdowns in communication to ensure that the child’s needs are met by means of meetings, referrals, recommendations, resources, and materials. Our Advocates listen to concerns from families and schools, create agendas for meetings, facilitate discussion between school staff and families, promote positive problem solving, bring best practices to the table, and aim to assist families and schools in keeping open communication that puts the student’s need at the center of every conversation.

The Arc Community Advocaters works with families and school systems to ensure students receive the supports and services they need. We connect students and families with informational resources and training for understanding their rights, procedural safeguards and dispute resolution options.

Areas of Educational Advocacy include Individualized Education Plan (IEP), 504 Plan, positive behavior support plans.

EDUCATIONAL ADVOCACY RESOURCES

Michigan Alliance For Families: Michigan Alliance for Families is a statewide resource to connect families of children with disabilities to resources to help improve their children’s education.

Wrightslaw: Wrightslaw special education law and advocacy programs are designed to meet the needs of parents, advocates, educators, attorneys, and health care providers who represent children with disabilities.

Disability Rights Michigan - Empowering all to uphold the rights of people with disabilities.

START: Statewide Autism Resources & Training. START works with schools, community partners, and families to support students with ASD to become active, engaged members of their schools and local communities, and successfully move into adulthood as independent individuals with many choices and opportunities.

MESSAGING POLICY

By completing our ROI form and providing your phone number and by submitting this form and signing up for texts, you consent to receive text messages from The Arc Community Advocates at the number provided, including messages sent by autodialer. Consent is not a condition of purchase. Msg & data rates may apply. Msg frequency varies. Unsubscribe at any time by replying STOP

This SMS Privacy Policy describes how The Arc Community Advocates collects, uses, and shares personal information obtained through our SMS communications. This policy applies to individuals who receive text messages from The Arc Community Advocates.

Information We Collect:

We may collect the following types of personal information through SMS communications:

Mobile phone number
Name (if provided)
Content of the text messages

How We Use Your Information:

We use the personal information collected through SMS communications for the following purposes:

To send important updates, alerts, or notifications related to our services.
To provide customer support or assistance.
To administer surveys, promotions, or contests, events (if applicable).

Sharing of Your Information:

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personal information to third parties without your consent, except as described below:

Service Providers: We may share your personal information with third-party service providers who assist us in sending SMS messages or providing other services related to our business operations.
Legal Requirements: We may disclose your personal information as required by law or in response to valid legal process, such as a subpoena, court order, or government request.

Your Choices:

You may opt out of receiving SMS messages from us at any time by replying with the word "STOP" to any message you receive. After opting out, you will no longer receive SMS communications from us, except for administrative or transactional messages related to your account or transactions.

Data Security:

We take reasonable measures to protect the personal information collected through SMS communications from loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.

Changes to This Policy:

We may update this SMS Privacy Policy from time to time by posting a revised version on our website or sending you a notice through SMS communications. The revised policy will be effective immediately upon posting, unless otherwise stated.

EDUCATIONAL ADVOCACY

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MESSAGING POLICY

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