COMPASS Family Center
COMPrehensive Access to Services and Support for Special Needs Families
About COMPASS
Mission Statement
The COMPASS Family Center helps special needs families find direction. Our mission is to promote and support the well being and empowerment of famillies of children with special needs.
A compass guides and directs, but it is the individual navigator who decides which course to take. The COMPASS Family Center at USD provides direction and support for parents searching for ways to cope with the challenges and provide the best care for their special needs child.
COMPASS Family Center's Programs
S ervices
Develop and provide integrated services.
T raining
Train graduate students and professionals to provide effective services.
A dvocacy
Support advocacy services and positively impact existing policies, laws, and practices.
R esearch
Generate applied research to identify families' needs, best practices and new models.
COMPASS Family Center's Partners
USD
School of Law:
Special Education Advocacy Clinic
School of Leadership and Education Sciences:
Marriage and Family Therapy Program,
Special Education, Counseling Program and Center for Student Support Systems (CS3)
Counseling Center
Community Alliance
Child and Adolescent Services Research Center (CASRC)
Training Education of Research Institute (TERI)
COMPASS Staff
Dr. Moisés Barón, Ph.D. - Founder
Sharna Langlais - Director of Development and Community Relations
Jennifer Johnston, MFT - Program Coordinator and Counseling Intern
