How to Engage Parents Beyond Procedural Safeguards

This on-demand video focuses on strategies for effective parent and student support and engagement by schools/districts in special education evaluation and service provision. In order to build systems that truly benefit diverse learners and their families, it is important that we engage and support them beyond the provision of procedural safeguards.

You’ll learn more about Msaada, which means “help” or “support” in Swahili, which began as a capstone project for the Surge Institute. It’s an organization that supports the education, empowerment, access, and equity for parents and students within the special education process.

Jordan Owens is here to help you understand how to educate and empower students and parents towards educational equity and access in special education.

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Jordan Owens is an experienced speech-language pathologist and learning disabilities specialist with a demonstrated history of working in the education, education management, and non-profit industries. She spent 10 years in Chicago Public Schools and is currently the director of special education for Intrinsic Schools.