Privacy Policy

Sped Consulting (“we,” “us,” or “our”) provides school-based special education services to school districts in California. This Privacy Policy explains what personal information we collect, how we use it, who we share it with, and the choices you have. It applies to our website, spedconsulting.org, and to our communications with you, including SMS text messages.

What Personal Information We Collect

We collect the following types of personal information:

• Contact information, such as your name, phone number, email address, and mailing address, when you contact us, request our services, or work with us as a staff member, provider, or district partner.
• Professional information, such as credentials, employment details, and timesheet records, for our staff and providers.
• Service-related information, such as inquiries about special education services, scheduling details, and records related to the services we provide.
• Website information, such as information you submit through forms on our website.

We collect this information directly from you when you provide it to us by phone, text message, email, in person, or through our website.

How We Use Personal Information

We use personal information to:

• Provide, coordinate, and manage our special education services
• Respond to inquiries from school districts, parents, and caregivers
• Communicate with our staff and providers about schedules, assignments, and timesheets
• Send service-related notifications, confirmations, and reminders, including by SMS where you have provided your number
• Manage employment and contractor relationships
• Comply with legal and regulatory obligations

Who We Share Personal Information With

We share personal information only as needed to operate our business and provide our services:

• School districts we serve, as necessary to coordinate and deliver services
• Service providers that support our operations, such as scheduling, timesheet, and communications platforms, who are permitted to use the information only to provide services to us
• Legal and regulatory authorities, when required by law or to protect our rights

We do not sell your personal information.

SMS Consent

SMS consent is not shared with third parties or affiliates. Phone numbers collected for SMS communication are used solely by Sped Consulting to communicate with you and are never sold, shared, or transferred to any third party or affiliate for their marketing purposes.

SMS Terms & Conditions

By providing your phone number to Sped Consulting, you consent to receive text messages from us related to our services.

• Types of messages you may receive: responses to your inquiries, scheduling and assignment updates, meeting and session confirmations, timesheet reminders for staff and providers, and other service-related notifications.
• Message frequency may vary depending on your interactions with us.
• Message and data rates may apply. Please contact your mobile carrier for details about your plan.
• Opt out at any time by replying STOP to any message from us. After you opt out, you will receive a final message confirming your opt-out, and we will stop sending you text messages.
• For help, reply HELP to any message from us, or contact us using the information below.
• Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages.

Consent to receive text messages is not a condition of receiving our services.

Data Security and Retention

We take reasonable measures to protect personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure, and we retain it only as long as necessary for the purposes described in this policy or as required by law.

Children’s Privacy

Our website and SMS communications are directed at adults, including district personnel, parents, caregivers, and our staff and providers. We do not knowingly collect personal information directly from children through our website or text messaging.

Your Choices

You may contact us at any time to ask what information we hold about you, request corrections, or ask us to delete information where applicable. You may opt out of SMS messages at any time by replying STOP.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The effective date at the top of this page reflects the date of the most recent update. We encourage you to review this page periodically.

Contact Us

Sped Consulting
6701 Koll Center Pkwy, Ste 250, Pleasanton, CA 94566
Phone: (925) 396-0817
Website: https://www.spedconsulting.org
Email: contact@spedconsulting.org