Insiders Guide to Special Education Advocacy Handbook
The "Insiders Guide" provides a step by step process as you represent yourself as your child’s Advocate within IEP or 504 meetings. When your child’s learning is at stake, you need to be prepared! The handbook is written specifically for parents to assist with self-advocacy. I have been implementing these successful strategies since 1998 and consistently make adjustments in the handbook as new techniques develop. Simply put, the complexities of ADD/ADHD, anxiety, Autism, depression, and other Learning Disabilities significantly impact your child’s success at school and requires parent advocacy beyond what you are ready for. The "Insiders Guide" provides you the fundamentals in a step by step process so you can take lead as your child's advocate. You are now in control. Go to your next meeting knowing what to say, what to ask, and how to take charge!
This 60 plus page handbook includes:
- basic IEP & 504 definitions in real world language
- step by step strategies preparing for your child's next IEP or 504 plan meeting
- worksheets and note-taking templates for ready to copy use
- specific statements to exchange with school personnel
- follow up activities including: Independent Education Evaluations, Mediation, and Due Process "procedural safeqguards"
- internet resources for accommodations addressing ADD, ADHD, Autism, Learning Disabilities, Reading / Math / Language
For an easy to to download format, request a copy of the $25.00 handbook,