Perspective Changes
Jan Serak
Perspective Changes
6900 Horizon Drive
Greendale,
WI 53129
Telephone: 414-425-0763
Fax: 414-425-0743
E-Mail: jserak@wifacets.org
Website:
I am a certified mediator and facilitator of strategic planning. I have 17 years of nonprofit organization administration experience, currently as the Executive Co-Director of Wisconsin FACETS. I have experience in community mediation and serve on the Milwaukee County Adult Guardianship Mediation roster. I provide strategic planning services, especially for nonprofit organizations. I provide training about mediation, early conflict resolution, IDEA and the Wisconsin Special Education Mediation System within the state and nationwide.
Services Offered
- Advocate
- Conflict Prevention
- Conflict Resolution System Design
- Facilitator - Group
- Facilitator - IEP
- Facilitator - IFSP
- Facilitator - Wraparound
- Interagency Collaboration
- Mediation Services - Facilitative
- Multicultural Experience
- Organizational Development
- Parent of Child with Disability
- Psychologist
- Trainer - Basic Mediation Skills
- Trainer - Communication Skills
- Trainer - Negotiation Skills
Academic Degrees
M.S. Educational Psychology, Marquette University; Graduate Certifcation, Dispute Resolution, Marquette University; B.S. Dietetics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Special Education and Conflict Resolution Experience
I have been one of three partners in the Wisconsin Special Education Mediation System for seven years. The team has been responsible for development, administration, and evaluation of the System. We have planned and conducted training for our roster mediators and System stakeholders. We have trained on Early Conflict Resolution, mediation, IDEA, stakeholder involvement in system design, and the Wisconsin Special Mediation System. I have 17 years of experience as an educational advocate for parents of children with disabilities, with a high priority of fostering improved communication and increased parent-school collaboration and early conflict resolution. I am the parent of a son with autism. I serve as CADRE Advisory Committee member, Immediate Past-President of the Autism Society of Wisconsin, Board member of the Autism Society of SE Wisconsin, Chapter Advisory Panel (and past Secretary/Board member) of the Autism Society of America, Co-Chair of the Wisconsin Special Education Stakeholders Council, Wisconsin Quality Education Coalition founder and member.
Practicing in
Wisconsin
