Disabilities Support Coordinator

The Disabilities Support Coordinator works with the Education Team to support students with disabilities and their families. Working in partnership with our Mental Health Specialist, Site Team Leader's, educators and parents to ensure agency services are designed to create inclusive classrooms and nurturing center-based and home-based environments. This position will focus on collaboration, teaming, coaching and solutions-based problem solving to achieve positive, trauma-informed learning environments supportive of students' social and emotional development, and educator wellness.

This role will encompass providing direct support to students, staff and families, in addition to providing professional development, policy and procedure oversight, and plan development to ensure services offered are tailored to the needs of the individual child (5 and under), our classrooms, and their families.

• Serve as the primary contact for school districts responsible for developing Individualized Family Service Plans (IFSPs), Individualized Education Plans (IEPs), and/or Individualized Support/Behavior Intervention Plans and attend all related meetings. Partner with other agencies to support children in need of individualized care.
• Monitor IEPs and IFSPs on an ongoing basis and ensure individualized plans are implemented in the Head Start classroom.
• Develop and deliver content designed to increase knowledge of child development, with a particular focus on the first 5 years of life.
• Partner with mental health consultants to facilitate educator, staff, and parent understanding of both normative and non-normative influences in the complexities of child development; ensure appropriate support and interventions when needed.
• Partner with others throughout the organization to implement practices that are trauma-informed, culturally responsive, developmentally appropriate, and person-centered.
• Assist with and/or complete Functional Behavioral Assessments and/or program observation instruments, such as the Teaching Pyramid Observation Tool and/or Infant-Toddler Scale.
• Serve as primary support during transitions to Head Start programming, Kindergarten, and/or other programs, as deemed appropriate.
• Complete all required paperwork according to program policies and procedures.
• Assist with family education, events, home visits, and/or playgroups, as requested/assigned.

• Serve as a core member of the Education Team.
• Lead and assist with coaching and professional development related to best practices for supporting children and families with high or differing needs.
• Assist with goal development and participate in the agency’s process for continuous quality improvement; monitor, analyze, and present pertinent agency data.
• Participate in meetings and other activities designed to ensure collaboration and promote consistency for both agency staff and those served.
• Collaborate with other members of the leadership team to support training, education, and professional development opportunities.
• Participate in program design and development of the annual calendar; contribute to planning efforts, evaluation, and reporting of annual information to funders.

• Adhere to a schedule for reviewing and revising policies, procedures, and other organizational processes to ensure provision of quality services.
• Assist in supporting team members with resources related to child development, trauma-informed care, disabilities, and strategies to support individualized support.
• Assist with ensuring compliance with all safety work rules and regulations.
• Assist Program Support staff in maintaining program inventory records.

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