Family Support & Coaching

Staff and Family Consultation,
Training and Advocacy Services

Culturally tailored supports for families to best support their children across home, school, therapy and community environments.

Department of Disabilities Association (DDA) Approved Provider for Staff and Family Consultation Services, Washington State

*All Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Waivers are eligible for SFC:

Basic Plus , Children's Intensive In-home Behavioral Supports (CIIBS), Community Protection , Core, Individual and Family Services (IFS).

Manos Unidas’ Staff and Family Consultation and Training services are culturally tailored for non-native English speaking, refugee, immigrant, black or indigenous families within the disability community. Our goal is to help families best support their children across home, school, therapy and community environments.

*English and Spanish -language service delivery.

Our SFCT services provide consultation and training on school based Individual Education Plan’s (IEP’s) and Behavior Intervention Plans (BIP’s) for home adaptation and implementation to Support school-to-home crossover.

Manos Unidas SFCT services include:

Strategies to help families understand home-based or school-based recommendations (IEP Goals, Behavior goals, therapy goals, etc
Positive Behavior Support strategies in alignment with school-based Behavior Intervention Plans for challenging behavior and home-based accommodations that are culturally and environmentally relevant.
Special Education Advocacy Support
We provide individualized guidance for families navigating special education services, including support with IEP and re-evaluation preparation, reviewing Functional Behavior Assessments (FBA) and Behavior Intervention Plans (BIP), and understanding goals, objectives, and student progress. Our team helps facilitate effective communication between home and school, ensuring collaboration and clarity throughout the process.

Areas served: Families in Snohomish, King, Pierce and Skagit county.

Contact your DDCS Case Manager to request SFCT services

Sliding scale private pay available for non DDCS clients

Special Education Consultation and Advocacy

Our Special Education Advocacy services help families navigate the school system with confidence. We offer IEP review and meeting support, assistance with evaluations and re-evaluations, bilingual (Spanish/English) communication between home and school, and coaching for parents. Services include school observations, behavior plan review, and connections to community resources—all available on a sliding-scale fee.

Services offered:

IEP Review, preparation and meeting accompaniment
Request for evaluations, re-evaluations
School meeting interpretations (Spanish/English)
Family goal-setting
Facilitate communications between home and school
School observations
Parent coaching
Functional Behavior Assessment and Behavior Intervention Plan review and support across home and school environments
Community-Based resource connections
Sliding -scale fees

Partnership with Office of Education OMBUDS

MUI partnered with OMBUDS Education of Washington state to develop a video curriculum series “ Rights of Families and children within the Special Education System” in Spanish to help families better navigate, advocate and actively participate with the education of their child.