FRN Needs Assessment: Parents Survey-English

Family Resource Navigators (FRN) is a non-profit agency in Alameda County. We help families who have children with special health care, developmental or learning disabilities access services for their child. This is a free service to anyone in the county who has concerns about their child. We offer services in multiple languages.
Our Family Empowerment Center serves Alameda County residents who have children 3-22 who need Special Education services though an Individual Education Plan (IEP), or special accommodations at school with a 504 plan. We do many outreach events to reach out to families who don’t know about our services. We have many workshops throughout the year. In FY 24/25 we have held over 30 workshops.
We would like your opinion on how well our outreach and educational programs work for parents, how we can improve these programs, and suggestions on what we might be able to add to further support parents.

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* 1. Do you live in Alameda County? (Required)

Yes

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* 2. Does your child have a disability? (Required)

Yes

Unknown / Under Assessment

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* 3. Have you received services from Family Resource Navigators? (Required)

Yes

I'm not sure

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* 4. How old is your child?

Preschool (3-4)

Elementary (5-11)

Middle School or High School (12-18)

Transition (19-22)

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* 5. These are the usual IEP workshops we offered this year for families in English, Spanish, and Mandarin. Can you let us know how interested you would be in attending each of these? Rank the workshops from 1-5 with 1 being most interested and 5 being least interested.

My First IEP “What is an Individualized Education Plan?”: Parents/guardians learn the basics of the IEP process such as who attends the IEP and how goals and services are developed.

Getting to know me:Teaches parents/guardians how to prepare a one-page document about their child’s accommodations, modifications, services as well as specific information they think their child’s new teacher should know.

Reading the IEP: Participants review an actual sample IEP and learn how the child’s needs are documented on the IEP itself, and how services need to be documented.

IEP 101: Advocacy: An Advanced IEP training for families to learn how to advocate for their child.

Transition to Middle School (MS) and High School (HS): In this workshop, participants learn how MS or HS is different from elementary school and how parents/guardians can partner with their school district to support their child with this transition).

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* 6. Do you have any comments about these trainings?

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* 7. These are the new, more focused, trainings we added this year. Please rank them 1 to 4 with 1 being the most important and 4 being the least important.

Related Services in the IEP: Discusses how services like Physical, Occupational or Speech therapy, Aides, Transportation and Extended School Year are determined. Families learn the importance of good evaluations and goals to support requesting these services.

Behavior and Behavioral Support in the IEP: Reviews how to support a child with behavioral needs at school, the process of developing a behavior plan and when to request a Functional Behavior Analysis (FBA).

Post Secondary Transition: This workshop reviews planning for what happens after leaving school, and how to help young adults with disabilities and their families plan for the future.

Summer and Afterschool Recreation Programs: How to find ideas for recreation using our Fun Activity document and how scholarships or Regional Center can help pay for these activities.

We have gotten suggestions from parents for other workshops and events which we are considering adding to our offerings for this coming year. Please rank these suggestions.

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* 8. Rank these suggested IEP workshops from 1-6 with 1 being the one you would be most interested in attending and 6 the least interested.

Developing an IEP for a child with Autism (Evidence Based Practices)

Advocating for IEPs or 504 plans for children with complex medical needs

Supporting a child with ADD/ADHD with an IEP or 504 plan

Communicating effectively with your school district and Alternative Dispute Resolution

Advocating for the Least Restrictive Environment in your child's IEP

IEP Clinics or Drop-in Help Desk Hours

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* 9. Rank these other suggested training programs for parents from 1-4 with 1 being the one you would be most interested in attending and 4 the least interested.

Series of workshops on other entitlement systems (applying for Medical, In home supportive Services (IHSS), Supplemental Security Income, and others)

Parenting a child with autism series

Workshop on Regional Center (RCEB) eligibility, how to apply and funded services

Transition to Adulthood planning (Individual Transition Plans)

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* 10. Are there other trainings or workshops you would like us to provide?

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* 11. What is the best time for you to attend trainings?

Weekday Mornings (10-11:30am)

Weekday Afternoons (3-4:30pm)

Weekday Evenings (6:30-8pm)

Weekend Mornings (10:30-12pm)

Other (please specify)

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* 12. How would you prefer to attend?

In-person

By Zoom or another online platform

Hybrid (zoom and in person)

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* 13. Which FRN services do you use? Check all that apply.

One to one peer parent support

Navigating the school district/IEP process

Attending our workshops or trainings

Outreach events

Website (FamilyResourceNavigagors.org)

Social Media (Facebook or Instagram)

Community events/conferences

Navigating other services (SSI, IHSS, CalFresh, MediCal, RCEB)

Other (please specify)

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* 14. What is your child's primary IDEA Eligibility?

Autism Spectrum Disorder

Deaf-Blind

Deafness

Emotional Disability

Hearing Impairment

Intellectual Disability

Orthopedic Impairment

Other Health Impairment

Specific-learning Disability

Speech or Language Impairment

Traumatic Brain Injury

Visual Impairment, including Blindness

My child is in the evaluation process

My Child has a 504 plan

My child has been found ineligible for school servicies

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* 15. Which school district is your child enrolled in?

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* 16. How did you find out about FRN?

Other Parent

FRN Website / Social Media

Doctor / Clinic

RCEB

California Children's Services

Outreach Events

Self-referral

Other (please specify)

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* 17. Do you have any suggestions of other ways we can reach out to parents like yourself?

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* 18. If you are willing to share your ethnicity, please select from the options below.

Hispanic or Latino

American Indian or Alaska Native

Asian

Black or African American

Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander

White

Other (please specify)

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* 19. Is there anything else you would like us to know?

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* 20. If you would be willing to schedule a 15 minute phone call to talk more about the reasons behind your responses please provide your name and a phone number or email where I can contact you.

Name

Contact Information