Helps families with children in kindergarten through second grade through home visits, advocacy in parent/teacher conferences, mediation, classroom observation and maintaining positive communication with the school system.

* Offers individual support for families of children with disabilities and suspected disabilities by providing information about navigating special education and disability systems. * Supports young and older adults with disabilities and their families with information, referral, and advocacy. * Hosts information on their website and hosts webinars and workshops.

A family-driven service in which caregivers partner with a Family Peer Advocate (FPA) who has lived experience helping parents navigate systems more effectively, learn from the experiences of other families, decrease isolation, and gain hope, ideas, and information. Families can enroll in one or all of the following service components to best meet their needs: - Individual Mentoring & Skills Development: Can be delivered in the home, community and/or office. A Family Peer Advocate provides mentoring, skills development, support, and information on community resources and linkage to other services. - Empowerment Groups: These services are support groups offering community resources, parent connections, and skills development. This service gives parents/caregivers an opportunity to connect and build natural community supports with other parents/caregivers with similar challenges. - Family Advocacy: This service is short term and provides instruction and support around advocacy in areas such as School and Committee of Special Education (CSE), court (preparedness and support), and systems navigation (working with providers in various systems of care). - Parent Education: Offers a variety of trainings and parenting classes throughout the year. Also offers GLOW Youth Peer Support, in which youth partner with a Youth Peer Advocate (YPA) who has lived experience navigating systems of care. The YPA supports youth in their resiliency, recovery, and wellness efforts by providing assistance in the following areas: - Skill Building - Coaching: Enhancing resiliency/recovery oriented attitudes (i.e., hope, confidence, and self-efficacy) - Engagement, Bridging, and Transition Support - Self-Advocacy, Self-Efficacy, & Empowerment - Community Connections & Natural Supports

Provides workforce workshops that include transition services, parent-student IEP advocacy, post-secondary exploration, work readiness skills, self-advocacy skills, volunteer opportunities, and job exploration for youth from 14 to 21 years of age.

A family-driven service in which caregivers partner with a Family Peer Advocate who has lived experience helping parents navigate systems more effectively, learn from the experiences of other families, decrease isolation, and gain hope, ideas, and information. Families can enroll in one or all of the following service components to best meet their needs: - Individual Mentoring & Skills Development: Can be delivered in the home, community and/or office. A Family Peer Advocate provides mentoring, skills development, support, and information on community resources and linkage to other services. - Empowerment Groups: These services are support groups offering community resources, parent connections, and skills development. This service gives parents/caregivers an opportunity to connect and build natural community supports with other parents/caregivers with similar challenges. - Family Advocacy: This service is short term and provides instruction and support around advocacy in areas such as School and Committee of Special Education (CSE), court (preparedness and support), and systems navigation (working with providers in various systems of care). - Parent Education: Offers a variety of trainings and parenting classes throughout the year.

A family-driven service in which caregivers partner with a Family Peer Advocate who has lived experience helping parents navigate systems more effectively, learn from the experiences of other families, decrease isolation, and gain hope, ideas, and information. Families can enroll in one or all of the following service components to best meet their needs: - Individual Mentoring & Skills Development: Can be delivered in the home, community and/or office. A Family Peer Advocate provides mentoring, skills development, support, and information on community resources and linkage to other services. - Empowerment Groups: These services are support groups offering community resources, parent connections, and skills development. This service gives parents/caregivers an opportunity to connect and build natural community supports with other parents/caregivers with similar challenges. - Family Advocacy: This service is short term and provides instruction and support around advocacy in areas such as School and Committee of Special Education (CSE), court (preparedness and support), and systems navigation (working with providers in various systems of care). - Parent Education: Offers a variety of trainings and parenting classes throughout the year.

* Provides treatment of autism and related disorders.* Offers school consultation and parent training for autism related issues.

* The attorneys and advocates of the Education Law program at the Legal Aid Society of Rochester provide support and legal representation to youth and their families in a variety of circumstances, including: School Attendance. Committee on Special Education (CSE) meetings. Section 504 Plan meetings. Formation of Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) and section 504 Plans. Student Discipline. Superintendent Suspension Hearings and Manifestation Determination Hearings. School Residency, and Enrollment cases, including Homeless cases. Responsibilities and Rights of Youth, Parents & Schools. Student Health and Safety - including bullying. Transportation matters. Sports elegibility. Independent educationl evaluations. General education appeals to the Commisioner.

Provides migrant students in Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego, and Wayne counties with educational and support services including in-school and/or in-home tutoring, summer tutoring, educational field trips, family literacy, preschool education, outreach, interpretation and advocacy.

Offers on-site English as a Second Language (ESL) classes in migrant labor camps and for out-of school youth ages 16 to 21 years.

Provides students in grades 7th through 12th with activities designed to promote career awareness, explore post-secondary options, perform community service and develop leadership skills.

Believing that every child in New York State deserves fair opportunity to achieve the learning standards established by NYS Board of Regents, the Alliance for Quality Education formed to increase resources for education so that every public school can provide quality education to all of its students.

Provides workforce workshops that include transition services, parent-student IEP advocacy, post-secondary exploration, work readiness skills, self-advocacy skills, volunteer opportunities, and job exploration for youth from 14 to 21 years of age.

Provides coordinators to assist and support families to understand the current system of services and benefits, and how to navigate them, also links families to medical and rehabilitation services in the community. Also educates families, individuals, and care providers on brain injury and its impact, connects families and individuals to other support groups, and offers support and advocacy for families dealing with the school system.

Provides migrant students in Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego, and Wayne counties with educational and support services including in-school and/or in-home tutoring, summer tutoring, educational field trips, family literacy, preschool education, outreach, interpretation and advocacy.

Offers on-site English as a Second Language (ESL) classes in migrant labor camps and for out-of school youth ages 16 to 21 years.

Provides students in grades 7th through 12th with activities designed to promote career awareness, explore post-secondary options, perform community service and develop leadership skills.

* Offers free civil legal services to low-income residents: Education Law. Foreclosure prevention. Health care access. Health care insurance. Medicaid (for clients outside of the LawNY coverage area). Social Security Law & SSI/SSD. Victims of crime. Civil Rights/Discrimination.Tenant Rights.

Offers parent advocates who assist parents of children with disabilities, to learn what community services are available, and how to apply for these services, along with accompanying parents to Committee for Special Education Education meetings. Parents are instructed in educational terminology and are exposed to standards and tenets of special education, such as the right to the least restrictive environment.

Rehabilitative services offered to children ages birth to 5 years suspected or diagnosed with a developmental disability and/or delay, and offers education advocacy for preschool age children which help parents to learn about support services and educational options.

Advocate available to train parents regarding a school's responsibilities to students with disabilities. Advocate can also contact schools on behalf of a parent to inquire about how to get specific services for their child.

Offers legal advice, advocacy, and representation for families who have questions or issues with a school district who is not giving students needed special education services.

Analyzes public policy issues and impending legislation; coordinates advocacy efforts by, and on behalf of persons with Alzheimer's disease and their families.

Works with individuals, community organization and government networks to promote inclusion of people with disabilities, heighten awareness, and understanding of disability-related issues and improve the implementation of existing laws that affect people with disabilities, such as advocating for parents with school-related issues, or interpreters for those with hearing impairments.

Provide referral and information to families of individuals with developmental disabilities who are searching for information, options, support or assistance in their advocacy efforts. Also works to enhance the decision making capacity of the family and provide orientation regarding the nature and impact of developmental disabilities upon the individual and their family, and inform them about service alternatives.

Assists women to achieve a level of independence, higher competencies in personal initiative, health and wellness, furthering education assistance, parenting skill, life skill and employment skills.

Advocacy services for students with special education needs

Provides free assistance with school-related questions and concerns to families of children with developmental disabilities, on an individual case basis, to resolve specific or ongoing educational concerns.

Rehabilitative services offered to children ages birth to 5 years suspected or diagnosed with a developmental disability and/or delay, and offers education advocacy for preschool age children which help parents to learn about support services and educational options.