Resources

Here are some organizations that are eager to work with and for you and your scholars. The Louisiana Special Education Cooperative is in no way endorsing or recommending these organizations.

Accelify

Accelify provides cutting edge software and best in class consulting services to help schools maximize their Medicaid reimbursement and gain unprecedented visibility into special education operations. We have a proven ability to increase Medicaid reimbursements by an average of over 200% while maintaining complete compliance. Our cutting edge tools manage all aspects of SPED operations - IEP/504 development, service delivery management, automated scheduling, and extensive administrative decision-support analytics tools.

website

www.accelify.com

Contact info:

Julie Robinson

(888) 922-2354 ext. 252

jrobinson@accelify.com

Saddleback Educational, Inc

Saddleback Educational Publishing is the leader in Hi-Lo (high-interest, low-readability) curriculum solutions for grades 3 to 12. We strive to create age-respectful content with complex and mature themes to engage the most reluctant and struggling learners.

website

www.sdlback.com

Contact info:

Tim McHugh

tmchugh@sdlback.com

(714) 640-5233

Special Olympics Louisiana

Special Olympics Louisiana offers education, leadership, health, family, training and sporting programs throughout the year for people with intellectual disabilities.

website

www.laso.org

Contact info:

Charles Courville

1-800-345-6644

ccourville@laso.org

EIS Medclaims, LLC

EIS Medclaims is a 3rd party Medicaid reimbursement company, has been in business for over 32 years and works with over 75 traditional school districts and charter schools, exclusively in Louisiana. Locally owned and operated, and in our32+ years every school that has ever signed up with us, is still with us todayā€¯

website

http://www.eismedclaims.com

Contact info:

Gregory Bergeron

VP of Business Operations

225.275.9040

greg@eismedclaims.com

E. W. Osborne & Associates, LLC

E. W. Osborne & Associates, LLC is a private counseling practice located in New Orleans, Louisiana. E. W. Osborne & Associates has been in existence since December of 2009. The company provides outpatient mental/behavioral health services. We also provide adult Medicaid Assessments (IA/CBCM) and substance abuse counseling/therapy. Although our specialty is in working with children/adolescents and their families/caregivers, we also provide services to individuals, couples, families and groups.

Contact info:

Earline W. Osborne, M. Ed., NCC. LPC-S

Clinical Director/Owner

Phone: 504-610-8283

Email:ewosborneassociates@gmail.com.

Fax: 504-617-7570

Mailing Address - P. O. Box 872035, New Orleans, LA 70187

Office Location: 7240 Crowder Blvd., Suite 307, New Orleans, LA 70127.

Obyke Healthcare Services, LLC.

Obyke Healthcare Services offers outpatient mental health rehabilitative services for adults and children from age 2. OHS offers assessments, assigns Social Workers, handles psychotherapy, and psyche evaluations through contracted MHP's, LPC's, LCSW's, & Psychiatrists/MDs as well as assistance with medication management.

Website:

http://www.obykehealth.com/

Contact info:

Angela Walker

Administrative assistant for Obyke Healthcare Services

3028 Gentilly Blvd,

New Orleans, La. 70122

Emergency: 504-952-6080

Phone: 504-948-6080

Fax: 504-948-6089

Vorenkamp Educational Consulting LLC

Vorenkamp Educational Consulting LLC provides educational software, training and customized professional development and site support to schools across Louisiana, Texas and Oklahoma. VEC represents the following software:

  • Failure free Reading- a 1st-12th vocabulary based reading program that specializes in helping the lowest level readers and provides catch up growth to their peers. The website is www.failurefree.com.
  • Brainchild- a 1st-8th grade reading and math intervention in the state specific skills to provide intervention for schools who are interested in raising standardized test scores. Thewebsite is www.brainchild.com.
  • Flink Learning- a company that provides numerous packages of software ranging from Prek-12th grade and it is created of the only vocabulary program endorsed by Marzano Research laboratories

Website:

www.voedco.com

Contact info:

Vorenkamp Educational Consulting LLC

Donna Vorenkamp M. ED., NBCT

Cell:281-686-0210

Email:voedco@gmail.com

Fax: 888-556-3352

Missy Tatum, LOTR, ATP

Kurzweil Educational Software & Sonocent Audio NotetakerRepresentative Audio Optical Systems of Austin, Inc.

Website:

www.kurzweiledu.com

www.sonocent.com (Audio Notetaker website)

Contact info:

Missy Tatums

225.978.0969 (cell)

800.888.0305 (toll free)

512.454.0514 (fax)