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Special Education and Disability Advocacy Services, LLC
(SPEDDA)
Advocacy for the unique learning needs of the individual
student.
Specializing in rural and urban educational
settings, home-based services, Community
Center Boards (CCBs), and hospitals.
Do not train children to
learn by force and harshness, but direct them to it by what amuses their minds,
so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of
the genius of each.
-Plato
When children are identified as having special needs, parents/caregivers
struggle to find the appropriate educational, medical, and community services to
meet their child's unique needs and learning styles.
We are here to help you.
SPEDDA helps parents understand their child's educational
rights under federal and state laws, navigate the appropriate
educational services available, empower parents with the tools to communicate
and work effectively with schools, hospitals, and community services.
Special Education and Disability Advocacy, LLC (SPEDDA)
began in 2005. SPEDDA has helped many students in special education attain appropriate
educational services with positive behavioral support. We help the team identify
individual unique needs and learning styles through evaluations provided by the district,
and/or independent educational evaluators. Parents are valuable members of
their child's Individual Educational Program/IEP team.
Stephanie James, JD, owner and senior advocate, has a law degree from the University of Denver Sturm College of
Law. Having a grown daughter who is on the Autism Spectrum, Stephanie brings
years of experience, along with her legal education, in advocating for
appropriate special education services. She brings together a team of parents,
educators, therapists, and community service providers to work in a cohesive,
non-adversarial manner for the child with special needs, the teenager looking
toward graduation, and the young adult entering adult services
post-graduation. Stephanie serves on the following boards:
- President Barack Obama's Race to the Top/American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act - "Great Teachers and Leaders: Teacher Effectiveness"
Committee
- COPAA/Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates - "Advocates Committee"
- Stephanie consults with the University of Denver's Morgridge
College of Education - "Child, Family, and School Clinic"
Contact Information
Stephanie James, JD
- Telephone
- 303-816-0264
- FAX
- 303-816-0264
- Electronic mail
- General Information:
slrj9557@q.com
- Webmaster: slrj9557@q.com
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