Our Consulting Services help lay out a road map to guide your child and their support network forward on a path that will lead to improved academic, social, emotional, and behavioral outcomes, and to support the team along the route.
GPS Education Consulting L.L.C. provides expertise, knowledge, resources, and guidance every step of the way. Some of our most popular services are detailed below.
Our services
Comprehensive Record Reviews & Educational Recommendations
Thoughtful and extensive review of Educational Records and Outside Assessment Reports, which can help to:
Develop and organize the story of your child’s educational career;
Develop ideas regarding your child’s strengths, and ways to support and build on these;
Provides opportunities to identify potential mismatches between intervention method(s) and area(s) of need; and
Develop recommendations related to possible modifications to the child’s IEP or 504 Plan (including, but not limited to: eligibility/assessment data, data collected for the Present Levels of Academic Achievement and Functional Performance (PLAAFP) Section of the IEP, IEP Goals and Objectives, the Impact Statement of the IEP, Accommodations/Instructional Supports, Services (type, frequency, etc.))
Assessment Support
Effective & Collaborative Communication with School Teams
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Home / School Communication Liaison Support with Staff outside of the context of Meetings.
You can expect GPS Education Consulting L.L.C., to provide respectful, professional, timely, and knowledgable communication with clients and staff over a variety of formats (e.g,. email, phone, video-conferencing, attending IEP / 504 / School Meetings).
Assisting Clients and Teams with Proper and Accurate Documentation
Representation as a Non-Attorney Advocate at School Meetings (e.g., IEP, 504, etc.)
The Table can feel big and lonely at times. Enjoy some peace of mind by having an experienced professional to lean on.
Get access to needed resources and key stakeholders more efficiently.
Add an outsider’s creativity and problem-solving skills to the Team to help create a shared vision of success for your child, to help detail the steps needed to get there, and to help each other stay accountable to the agreed upon plan.
Get another perspective as to whether the IEP Team has exhausted its options to support your child.
Functional Behavior Assessments (FBAs) & Behavior Intervention Plans (BIPs)
As an IEP Team Member, Evan often led the Team in conducting Functional Behavior Assessments (FBAs) and developing Behavior Intervention Plans (BIPs). At times, these documents can be dense, outdated, and/or difficult to implement. GPS Education Consulting L.L.C. can provide an experienced outsider’s perspective and encourage creative problem solving to support the development and implementation of clear, consistent, and effective Behavior Intervention Plans that support your child’s dignity and personal growth.
Planning and Evaluating Academic, Social, Emotional, and/or Behavioral Interventions
After over 10 years of working in schools and supporting students and families from birth through high school, Evan has developed countless visual supports for social/emotional/behavioral interventions and data collection tools, and has a vast library of professional resources to support students, families, and school staff. This gives your child and their Support Team access to resources that can often times help busy school teams get supports and interventions in place faster.
As the Facilitator of the Instructional Intervention Team and School’s Problem-Solving Team, GPS Education Consulting L.L.C. harnesses training and experience in the areas of problem identification, designing research-based interventions, collecting baseline data and formative data to help evaluate the effectiveness of the intervention, developing objective and measurable goals for intervention progress, and evaluating intervention effectiveness.
While not an exhaustive list, GPS Education Consulting L.L.C. has training and experience related to interventions in the following areas:
Basic Reading Skills; Phonics/Decoding; Reading Comprehension; Reading Fluency; Oral Expression; Math Calculation; Math Problem Solving; Spelling; Written Expression; Executive Functioning; Social Skills; Emotional Regulation (e.g., anger, anxiety, sadness, etc.); Behavioral Regulation (e.g., compliance, attention, motivation, aggression, avoidance/escape, impulsivity, disruption, etc.).