Areas of Practice
Consultation
Consultation includes working with your county individually to provide consultation services for your team. This includes identifying barriers, coordinating meetings, initiating change and organization towards sustainability of educational stability for youth. Consultation includes assessing your counties strengths, weaknesses and next steps in determining the level of service needed to improve educational outcomes.
Trainings
Multi day trainings involve utilizing “Educational Planning for Court Involved Youth, A Guide for Counties, Systems and Individuals” (Bishop, 2018) This intensive training is attended by county teams and involves helping your county to create your own Education Action Teams, streamlining actions for change, creating an action plan and proceeding to implement change within agencies to ensure educational planning is on the forefront of a case the moment a youth comes in contact with the court system.
Workshops
Workshops provide participants with the laws, knowledge, tools, and skills for advocating for youth at any age in their educational journey. Workshops include tools for transitions planning, educational case planning, skills working with at risk youth, special and general education, discipline policies, trauma and mental health in education and more. Participants leave with a clear understanding of the educational system as well as documents and tools to use in the field with clients.
Direct Youth advocacy
Direct services consistent of directly with youth and their family to find an appropriate educational setting for the youth. Services include advocating for the best possible outcome for a youth educationally and explore all possible educational settings with youth and family. Fitting the right school with the right youth includes educational interviews, assisting with enrollment, setting up resources at the school, and navigating the special and general education system.