Experience:
Alex has been working with children in Special Education since 2012 when he started as a Special Education teacher. As a teacher he experienced the many ways that the Special Education System could better serve children and families and knew that as a Consultant he could be a part of making the system better while helping children get the education they deserved. Alex has a B.A. from St. Edward’s University, is certified to teach Special Education in Texas and is passionate about using his experience and knowledge to help families in the San Antonio community. He also LOVES tacos.
Tenure at Brighton:
Alex has been a Special Education Consultant with Brighton since 2018.
What Alex loves most about being a Special Education Consultant:
“I love working collaboratively with parents and schools in creating meaningful solutions to complex situations in hopes of enriching a child’s educational and life experience.”
One of Alex’s most proudest moments as an Education Consultant is:
“One of the first children that I represented as a Brighton Center Consultant involved attending a high school ARD meeting for a medically fragile, non-verbal student with an intellectual disability. Historically our program doesn’t take on a lot of high school cases, but after hearing mom’s story and trusting her maternal instinct that something was wrong, we created a plan for getting answers from the school. Our first ARD meeting with the school lasted four hours in which we discovered that her son’s speaking device had not been operational for the first three months of school. Remember, this is a child that requires an augmented speech devices to learn and communicate his needs. Needless to say mom was devastated at hearing the news that her child was denied the ability learn and express himself, and it was during that meeting that mom and I planted the seed for establishing a robust plan for ensuring that her son would not have to experience another day without a voice. As a result of that first ARD meeting, not only were we able to establish appropriate and compensatory services for my her son, but we also uncovered this particular school’s failure to provide an appropriate education to other children as well, which they were also held accountable for by the district.”
If Alex could offer one piece of advice to a family who has a child struggling in school or enrolled in Special Education, it would be:
“Knowledge is your greatest tool in the ongoing process of securing appropriate special education services for your child. You will always be your child’s biggest advocate, and it’s never too late to learn about laws and procedures specifically designed to protect your and your child’s rights.”
