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Special Education Advocates Are Highly Valued -
By The U.S. Department Of Education
In a land where coffee flows like rivers and memes reign supreme, there exists a peculiar group known as special education advocates. These valiant warriors of inclusion, armed with stacks of paperwork and hear...
You know what I mean. We’ve all seen that poor frazzled mom in the grocery store, right? Talking through her teeth, trying to reason with a crying child, while both voices escalate and frustration bubbles over. Then, what follows is the inevitable look of defeat on one of their faces, depending o...
Not Just Another Job
Effective Advocacy More Than Theory and Law
We recognize the need to shift the role of education advocates into Servant Leaders. This comes from understanding a bigger mission and the gifts advocates can offer. Education advocates learn to make decisions and discern the import...
EFFECTIVE IEP COMMUNICATION REQUIRES ADVOCATES
There Are Too Many Agendas And Biases That Exist
As an education advocate, you have the power to transform IEP meetings from:
"INCREDIBLY
EXHAUSTING
PARTIES" To
"INTENTIONALLY EMPOWERING PROCESSES"!
Yes, I just made up a ...
EDUCATION ADVOCACY IS FOR EVERYONE
IT IS AN ESSENTIAL COMMUNITY RESOURCE
When I think of education advocacy I see Batman’s utility belt, but instead of gadgets, it endows parents with superpowers to fight for their children’s education rights. You could think of it as a mix of Professor X’s tel...
Should An Education Advocate Run For The School Board?
There have been several cases where a person with special education advocacy experience has run for the school board. There was, of course, hue and cry on both sides of the issue any time it presented itself.
Some people were afraid that the a...
PLAYING NICE IN THE SANDBOX
MANAGING DISAGREEMENTS
Managing disagreements and ineffective interactions is a core skill of professional special education advocacy. We must choose whether we want conflict or peace. Learning peace comes from getting out of the inner conflict of attack and grieva...
EDUCATION ADVOCACY
AND CONFLICT
Below you will find a link to the LEWIS IEP COMMUNICATION LIST. This is free. It is part of the Board-Certified Special Education Advocate Program TM offered by the National Special Education Advocacy Institute - NSEAI. It reviews the steps in effective profess...
20 Highly Effective Questions Experts Ask - Make a Difference in Your IEP
Everyone knows that Individualized Education Plan (IEP) meetings determine the type of support and accommodations required for the student to achieve their educational goals. At these meetings, your child’s team of profession...
WHAT IEP ISSUES CAN A PARENT LETTER OF ATTACHMENT ADDRESS?
WHAT IS A PARENT LETTER OF ATTACHMENT?
The Parent Letter of Attachment (PLA) is a document that most parents are pretty clueless about. They either have no idea what to do with it and so never do anything with it and there are some...
WE HAVE 45 MINUTES FOR THE IEP ON THURDAY.
Comment from a BCEA student (JS) : LEA only allows 45” for an IEP.
Why are advocates there?
Why do you say "Its cool with me" sarcastically - when clearly what you're referring to is NOT ok??!!! As an advocate, no, covering a 43 page IEP in less tha...
EDUCATIONAL INEQUITY IS THE MOST PRESSING
SOCIAL PROBLEM FACING OUR COUNTRY AND
THE CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE OF OUR DAY
To solve this problem one must be an expert in IEP development. The goal is to support students learning academically, emotionally, behaviorally, socially, and adaptive skills so t...
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