Services
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Advocacy Services
- Support students ages 3-21
- Specialization in complex needs such as ASD, communication delays, twice exceptional, EBD, trauma, dyslexia, seizures, medically fragile, truancy & school refusal, ADHD, bullying, suspensions, and more
- Identify and resolve Child Find violations
- Advocate for 1:1 Para Professional or 1:1 Nurse
- Assist families to transition from public school to home school
- Coordinate public school IEP services for private school students
- Advocate for Limited time travel accommodation
- Advocate for Porter services
- Develop compensatory service plans, health care plans, crisis plans, and behavior intervention plans
- Advocate for an initial request for evaluations and IEP eligibility
- Attend IEP or 504 Plan meetings
- Write a state complaint, Office for Civil Rights complaint, or an educator misconduct complaint
- Attend due process Hearings
- Participate and develop the strategy for a state-facilitated or manifestation meeting
- Build a case summary
- Speak at conferences & training engagements
Special Education Teacher Services
- Discuss students' Present Levels of Performance.
- Discuss proposed IEP goals
- Determine student accommodations and modifications
- Explain how progress will be tracked to evaluate student performance toward goals
- 1:1 Parent training on the elements of a strong IEP
- Analyze the IEP’s current programs, goals, services, support, and accommodations to provide alternate options for your child’s success
Psychologist Services
- Attend initial evaluation, initial eligibility, and re-evaluation meetings to ensure all of your child’s needs are assessed properly
- Analyze private and school evaluations to support IEP eligibility and improve the IEP so your child has a high rate of progress
- Review current FBA and BIP with recommendations for improvement
- Attend IEP meetings to improve the BIP, the staff training, and its implementation
- 1:1 Parent training on the purpose of each evaluation and how to interpret the data
- Connect and work with families looking for alternative education options such as residential placement
Speech/Language Pathologist Services
- Specialized in Apraxia, Deaf-Hard of Hearing, Dyslexia, and Autism
- 1:1 Parent training to explain language and speech evaluations, developmental milestones, and how to help your child at home and at school
- Review language and speech evaluations with recommendations for how to improve the IEP for greater success and ensure your child’s communication needs are met
- Review the current IEP and IEP goal progress data to identify your child’s language or speech strengths and struggles to develop the next steps for communication goals, services, and supports
- Attend IEP or 504 Plan meetings
- Communication goal progress monitoring templates
- 1:1 virtual therapy sessions
Speaker Services
With almost two decades of championing the rights of students with disabilities, Sophia Cousins has has garnered a wealth of information and experience that she now shares through Seminars, Workshops and Conferences. Whatever your Organization’s speaker needs are Sophia is happy to partner with you and impart valuable and insightful information to your community.
Other Speaking topics are:
- Anti-Bullying and the holistic remedial approach
- Transforming Education: The Power of Advocacy in Special Education
- Bridging the Gap: Collaborative Strategies for Inclusive Learning
Empowering Homeless Youth: Transformative Educational Solutions
At Aisles of Learning, we are dedicated to breaking down barriers to education and providing innovative solutions for homeless youth. Our specialized services are designed to help schools and organizations implement and execute initiatives that empower homeless students, dismantle inequities, and promote long-term success. Leveraging the McKinney-Vento Act and the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), we provide actionable strategies that meet federal mandates and create transformative change in the lives of vulnerable students.
Our offerings are designed to address the unique needs of homeless youth, with a strong focus on dismantling the school-to-prison pipeline, which disproportionately impacts students of color and those with disabilities.
Our Services Include:
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Comprehensive Identification & Outreach
Ensure all homeless youth are identified and supported by implementing proactive outreach and screening programs aligned with McKinney-Vento Act mandates. -
Immediate Enrollment & Continuity of Education
Support schools in providing homeless students with immediate access to education and ensuring no interruptions in their learning, as required by ESSA and the McKinney-Vento Act. -
Holistic Support for Homeless Students
Develop comprehensive, wraparound support services that address academic, social, emotional, and physical needs—ensuring students thrive in and out of the classroom. -
Addressing the School-to-Prison Pipeline
Implement preventive strategies that reduce suspensions, expulsions, and referrals to the criminal justice system, particularly for Black and Brown homeless students, while promoting restorative justice practices. -
Family Engagement & Support
Strengthen school-family partnerships by offering tools to engage homeless families effectively, provide them with resources, and ensure their voices are heard in the educational process. -
Training & Capacity Building
Deliver training and professional development for educators, administrators, and staff on implementing McKinney-Vento and ESSA requirements, with a focus on cultural sensitivity, trauma-informed care, and resilience building. -
Data-Driven Policy Advocacy
Advocate for policy changes based on data and research that promote equitable access to education for homeless youth, particularly those impacted by racial disparities.
Why Choose Aisles of Learning?
We understand the complexity and urgency of providing effective educational solutions for homeless youth. Our team of experts brings decades of experience and a deep commitment to equity and excellence in education. We partner with schools, nonprofits, and government agencies to create sustainable change, helping you build a future where every student, regardless of their housing situation, has the opportunity to succeed.
Restorative Practice Through Community Outreach
Our community outreach initiative is geared to helping families of children with special needs who maybe experiencing social and emotional challenges on their parenting journey. We are also partnering with schools and organizations in making the public education space more conducive to educators and students alike by creating programs and initiatives to address diversity and inclusion.
Stealth Initiative
This is an alternative approach aimed at revolutionizing the way we deal with bullying in the public education space. We seek to align values with steadied action. Research has shown that using a punitive approach as a measure to deter bullying incidents in school has has proven to not be the best alternative, therefore we have created the Stealth Initiative as a conduit with solution based interactive exercises geared to minimize the prevalence of bullying in the public education space using Restorative Practices accompanied with guided and demonstrative techniques.
Seeds Of Virtue
Our collaborative efforts in identifying and addressing the needs of families of special needs children are seeds of virtue sown through the uniting of parents, students and educators through a medium that contributes to social development, accountability and a clear and cogent understanding of rewards and consequences. We believe in fostering strong bonds and alliances which will have a lasting impact for years to come, we owe it to this generation
Stealth Initiative
This Initiative seeks to explore a more holistic and engaging approach in addressing bullying in public schools through a 12-week intensive exercise. The project offers a framework in an environment that helps students identified as bullies build emotional intelligence and awareness by placing them in a position of responsibility that encourages physical and psychological connection with their peers. Parents of troubled students will also be invited to participate in the Stealth Initiative as the home is central to the psychological and emotional growth of a child. We have created a series of events, simulations and engagements to accommodate participants in this initiative. We are a team of professionals, also known as advocates, and are also parents of children with special needs. This experience has provided us with valuable insight into the challenges with our educational system and we are passionately committed to the cause.
We invite you to connect and collaborate with us so we can assist you and your school on your journey in the fight against bullying in schools.
