Spirit Lake Consulting, Inc Making Life Better

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Spirit Lake Consulting, IncMaking Life Better

• An Indian Owned Company
• Located on
• Spirit Lake Nation
• Fort Totten
• North Dakota 58335

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Making Life Better - Through Education

• We offer training designed to meet your needs.
• Our combination of on-site and on-line training
  allows us to put together a package to meet the
  unique demands of your school or program

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Caring for Our People Training Making life
better through education for school and agency
staff

• A series of four workshops offered on-site on
  reservations.
• A website and CD-ROM with web pages full of
  information.
• Extra resources including newsletters, entire
  books you can download for free, and Internet
  tours.

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Caring for Our People Training offers four
standard workshops

• INTRODUCTION TO DISABILITY
• SPECIAL EDUCATION
• EARLY CHILDHOOD
• VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION
• Need specialized training on Attention Deficit,
  Behavior Problems or other issues of particular
  concern to you? Contact us and well design it.

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Family Life Disability

• If you, or someone in your family, has a
  disability, this website will help you from
  beginning to end. It was made for you by members
  of the Spirit Lake Tribe, Three Affiliated
  Tribes and Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa.

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Family Life DisabilityMaking Life Better for
Families

• Disability Access
• Family Life Disability
• Young Children Disability
• Disability in the School Years
• Adulthood, Disability Aging
• Need a specific workshop on caring for elders,
  youth with behavior disorders or other special
  program? Contact us and we will work with you to
  design what fits your community.

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Courageous LeadershipMaking Life Better for Our
Tribal Leaders

• Spirit Lake Consulting, Inc. offers an innovative
  approach to training managers, administrators and
  leaders for tribal communities that combines
• 1) knowledge of Native American history
• 2) psychological and business research , and
• 3) knowledge of technology and management.

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Courageous Leadership .

• The potential benefits to tribal communities are
  great. Uses for leadership training include
  orientation or continuing education for members
  of the tribal council, school board, Board of
  Regents, Gaming Commission, and other elected or
  appointed offices, and, college courses for
  majors in business, tribal administration and
  related fields.

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The Unique Position of Spirit Lake Consulting,
Inc.

• As a consulting company based on the reservation,
  Spirit Lake Consulting, Inc. has unique insights.
• SLC has conducted extensive research on
  reservation organizations.
• Our years of experience make it possible for us
  to design training, write grants and provide
  evaluations to fit your school, program or agency.

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Cost of Educational Services

• Disability Workshops (Caring For Our People
  Disability Access) - 100 per person for a
  two-day workshop, a minimum of 15 people, up to
  30 participants at no extra cost.
• Courageous Leadership - a four-hour workshop for
  tribal leaders, with free CD for each
  participant, free on-line support services and
  free email follow-up. Offered as a service to
  communities for travel expenses and a 250
  honorarium.
• On-line courses - can be custom-designed in the
  areas of Developmental Psychology, Special
  Education, Behavior Disorders, Early Childhood
  Special Needs and Statistics.
• Special rates offered to tribal colleges only
  CEU costs 50 per student per unit. College
  credit courses 90 per credit hour.

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Other Services

• We also offer grant writing and evaluation
  services
  
• Grants are tailored to the needs of your
  program and your community. Both our grants and
  evaluations are a process where we work together
  with the client to create and support a funded
  project that fits the community vision of a
  better life.
• Hourly rate for evaluation and grant-writing is
  fifty-five (55) dollar per hour, plus expenses.

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About us We stand out

• Were a technical services company on an Indian
  reservation, run by two professionals with
  doctorates.
• Our rates are low for a company with our success
  in gaining funding because we sincerely believe
  in making life better. Holding our rates low
  allows us to choose to work with organizations
  that have the same vision. If you are one of
  them, please contact us. Wed love to hear from
  you.

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For More Information Contact

• Corporate Headquarters
• Dr. Erich Longie
• P.O. Box 663
• 314 Circle Dr.
• Fort Totten, ND 58335
• [phone]
• Fax [phone]

• California Office
• Dr Annmaria De Mars
• 2111 7th St. 8
• Santa Monica, CA 90405
• [phone]
• Fax [phone]