I’m Penni Romero, M.S., PT. I have been a Physical Therapist for 38 years and worked in Pediatrics exclusively for 37 years. I graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Physical Therapy from the University of Illinois Medical Center, Chicago in 1982. I relocated to Colorado, then Nebraska and received a Master's degree in Human Development and the Family, Child Development emphasis from UNL in 1988. This combination of higher education degrees is fairly rare but well suited for a career of working with young children. In the past 38 years I’ve worked in both medically related and school-based settings. I have extensive experience in developing and implementing IFSP's and IEP's as well as problem solving within these meetings. I personally understand the experience of parents, having had a child who moved in and out of Special Education and intervention services throughout her K-12 schooling.
I believe that parents need to be active in advocating and driving their child's experience in Special Education. You know your child best! However, the process is complicated and an uphill learning experience for many parents. My goal through Consultation is to equip the parents with the skills that they need to be effective advocates. I do have knowledge about the demands and requirements of both sides of the Team (home and school) and can help mediate appropriate expectations. I have a great deal of experience problem solving complex issues and can help parents find solutions in difficult situations. Please view my assistance to your family as one of many resources that you have to advocate for your child, while you remain in charge of the desired outcomes.
SERVICES:
Services are initiated by contacting the ”Company” by email (preferred contact) for preliminary information (promero0053@gmail.com) or by text at (402)-541-8065. Through email or text contact the “Company” will establish if we can be of service to you and to set an appointment time, if appropriate, to review your information with you personally in more depth. Cost of services is listed below:
Email or text consultation: Free. However this is only initially to gain information and/or for short communications such as setting up appointment and meeting times. promero0053@gmail.com
Initial consultation visit in person: Billed at $60/hr with 1 hour minimum. Additional time is billed in 15 minute increments. At this visit issues will be identified with potential strategies recommended as appropriate. The parent must have any relevant information (IFSP or IEP’s, MDT’s) available to the “Company” at or before this meeting. If only an initial consultation is desired, the parent will receive an email, within a week of the consultation, with a summary of written issues identified and potential strategies that were discussed.
Attendance at an educational meeting: Billed at 15 minute unit increments at $15.00 each unit (ie $60 for 60 minutes). The “Company” will be physically present at the meeting, if scheduling allows. It is recommended that parents work to limit meetings to under 90 minutes in total length. Opportunities to reduce meeting length (which benefit both parties) include requesting information with Present Levels of Performance, Goals and Objectives, Services offered and Service Delivery Times three (3) days prior to the meeting. Review of this information by the “Company” including some email exchange is at no cost.
Consultations between Initial and Meetings, or after Meetings, etc: 15 minutes at $15.00, billed in 15 minute unit increments. Some email exchange will be considered free for clarification or suggestions, but extensive email exchanges may necessitate a personal visit or phone call which would incur a charge.
Brief follow ups by email involve asking a few questions for clarification, or commenting on progress, with 1 follow up email from the “Company“ addressing the parent’s information. The email must be initiated by the parent.
A classroom or therapy observation at the parent’s request: 60 minutes at $60/hr.
Parents will be notified prior to a consultation for which there is a charge by the “Company”.
The “Company” reserves the right to refuse to provide a consultation or service due to “insufficient lack of knowledge in the area” by the “Company” representative; to refuse to provide a consultation or service due to previous nonpayment for services; and to refuse to provide further consultation or services due to discrepancies in the parent’s and the “Company’s” values.
Payment of services are expected within 24 hours of receiving an invoice, unless other arrangements are made.
Payments may be made via PayPal at promero0053@gmail.com or through the Paypal button on the Payment page. Credit cards as well as Paypal is accepted. You do not need to have a Paypal account to pay in this manner.
A prepaid purchase of a package of 180 minutes (prepayment of $180) earns 60 FREE minutes. The resulting total of 240 minutes from the prepaid purchase can be used for payment of any of the services without a time limit.
Below you will find a link to the forms required to initiate a consultation.
Docx file
https://1drv.ms/w/s!Aj69GVaeVC3Bokdq9DrGn91498a-
Dropbox pdf file
https://www.dropbox.com/s/4si39vesg9xs1mc/SPECIAL%20EDUCATION%20CONSULTING%20FORMS.pdf?dl=0