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Frequently Asked Questions
Do VMA consultants provide advocates with support for meetings and educational accommodations?
Absolutely! Our consultants have a great deal of experience participating in meetings related to functional advocacy and educational accommodations. We guide by pointing families toward the necessary tools, resources, and information to help them reach their advocacy goals. Educational meeting consultations could be considered a goal within any consultation package. For more information, please see VMA Service Info.
Does VMA conduct evaluations, assessments, or screenings?
VMA has a great deal of experience with evaluations, assessments, and screenings!
VMA writes Literacy Assessment Reports, Structured Literacy Intervention Plans, and Consultation Reports. VMA also contracts with Thera-Play Pediatrics to provide comprehensive evaluations. Services. These services are recommended for parents of students with reading, writing, or learning concerns.
Consultations prior to evaluations are recommended to:
-provide recommendations for specific formal testing procedures that most efficiently identify areas of need for medical/educational-based services
-guide specific questions to ask during a formal evaluation based on individual concerns identified during the consult
-propose functional goals for an Individualized Plan of Care, Individualized Education Plan, and/or an Individualized Family Service Plan.
What is VMA’s Tutoring?
Tutoring is part of an educational model for service that assumes educational support is needed for a mutual educational goal.
VMA services are geared toward families seeking answers from an experienced expert for a predetermined educational skill.
VMA kindly supports tutors by empowering further exploration through guidance, education, actions, and resources.
VMA supports the team that participates in guiding children through tutoring services. This is a parent, teacher, tutor, therapist, advocate, or caregiver who supports a child.
VMA provides tutoring services through guided Reading Interventions and Camps in Northwest Arkansas.
How much do VMA appointments cost?
Pricing is based on your needs and starts at $120. Payments and documentation are conducted through Simple Practice; a safe and secure platform.
We also offer a FREE chat when getting started. We will ALWAYS be glad you reached out!
What is Case Management?
Case management is an area of specialty practice within the health and human services profession. With case management, everyone benefits when children reach their goals!
Case management facilitates the achievement of the client’s wellness and autonomy through advocacy, assessment, planning, communication, education, resource management, and service facilitation.
VMA’s CCM is based on the needs and values of the family, and in collaboration with all service providers, the case manager links clients with appropriate providers and resources throughout the continuum of health and human services and care settings, while ensuring that the care provided is safe, effective, client-centered, timely, efficient, and equitable.
CCM achieves optimum value and desirable outcomes for all!
Who does VMA Service?
Our team specializes in development from birth to twenty-one years old. We also have specializations in coordinating and implementing transitional services for young adult populations. See ‘Meet us’ for more information about our consultants’ individual specialty and age ranges.
Where does VMA provide clinical services?
Our team contracts with clinics like Thera-Play Pediatrics and is licensed to provide CLINICAL screening, assessment, intervention, training, and consultative services through other agencies that provide direction toward MUTUAL GOALS of INDIVIDUAL patients or clients with noted disabilities in the state of Arkansas.
VMA consults are intended to build rapport with ADVOCATES with the purpose of helping ADULTS effectively find appropriate solutions and resources.
It is important to note that Advocates have PERSONAL GOALS for their family that do not assume medical or educational necessity. If medical or educational necessity is indicated, VMA Consultants will skillfully point families toward appropriate local community resources.
What is the difference between clinical services and personal consultation services?
Clinical services assume MEDICAL or EDUCATIONAL NECESSITY for MUTUALLY PRESCRIBED GOALS.
Personal consults assume support to achieve a desired outcome.
Personal consultations are not clinical, nor therapeutic in nature; they are not focused on one person in particular.
VMA consultation services support individual clinical services by navigating efficient resources.
How are VMA appointments prior to educational and medical-based evaluations beneficial?
Consultations prior to formal evaluations are recommended to:
-provide recommendations for specific formal testing procedures that most efficiently identify areas of need for medical/educational-based services
-guide specific questions to ask during a formal evaluation based on individual concerns identified during the consult
-propose functional goals for an Individualized Plan of Care, Individualized Education Plan, and/or an Individualized Family Service Plan.
Does VMA accept insurance?
No, personal consult services for family advocates are not covered under insurance and do not qualify as a medical necessity.
VMA supports families financially by connecting families with available resources that are either unknown to them or that they may be unable to navigate or access appropriately.
VMA understands and seeks to resolve the financial burden that advocates face. Consultations SAVE advocates money by connecting families to accessible, appropriate resources!
What are some of the most common goals targeted during VMA appointments?
Because all of our families are unique, so are their needs and challenges. With that in mind, we do frequently assist with the challenges such as:
accessing resources in the community
navigating the models of intervention
thriving during family activities
communicating advocate concerns.
Does VMA support homeschooling for children with special needs?
Yes! VMA understands that for many families, homeschooling may be the best option to thrive educationally. Furthermore, VMA also understands that ‘homeschooling’ is a legal term that assumes advocates are the experts of their families. VMA helps families understand the local state’s homeschool requirements and how to apply the appropriate resources and laws available. It is important to note that in over 30 states, homeschooled students may qualify for special education services! VMA believes that families who thrive together have the tools to successfully give children a quality education at home.
