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Welcome to our podcast series, A Parent’s Guide. Matrix Parents at Marin Center for Independent Living is dedicated to empowering families of children with disabilities to successfully understand and access the systems that serve them. Our organization is a family empowerment center through the California Department of Education, a family resource center through the California Department of Developmental Services, a parent training & information center through the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education, and a center for independent living authorized by the State of California’s Rehabilitation Act of 1973. We receive core funding through these sources and welcome contributions. We serve children and adults with disabilities in Marin, Solano, Sonoma, and Napa counties. We are not attorneys and do not provide legal advice.
Positive Behavior Support (PBS), our first podcast, explores PBS and Behavior Intervention Plans (BIPs).
Podcast #1: Positive Behavior Support (PBS) by David Poeschl, Parent Advisor with Matrix Parents at Marin Center for Independent Living. Download PBS transcript here. English only at this time. Marin Center for Independent Living © 2024.
This month’s podcast, Universal Design for Learning (UDL), discusses ways to embed accommodations into general education classrooms for all students.
Podcast #2: Universal Design for Learning (UDL) by David Poeschl, Parent Advisor with Matrix Parents at Marin Center for Independent Living. Download UDL transcript here. English only at this time. Marin Center for Independent Living © 2024.
Our third podcast, Self-Advocacy, describes self-advocacy as a skill that continues to provide benefits to people with disabilities throughout their lifetimes.
Podcast #3 Self-Advocacy by David Poeschl, Parent Advisor with Matrix Parents at Marin Center for Independent Living. In this podcast David lists a subset of skills that create the foundation for self-advocacy: self-awareness • proactivity • perseverance • goal setting • the presence and use of effective support systems • emotional coping strategies. Listen to this episode to learn more about this critical knowledge. Download UDL transcript here which also lists references. English only at this time. Marin Center for Independent Living © 2025.