Advocates exist to serve. We intend to affect, influence, and transform educational practices through direct educational support for families, systemic and general advocacy and by training parents, educators and other community members to work with and understand students with learning differences.
Parent Trainings
Parent/family training is to assist parents/families in acquiring skills to support the implementation of their child’s Individualized Education Program (IEP)
Training Can:
Assist parents/families in understanding the educational needs of their student’s
Provide parents/families with information about student's development
Training Can:
Providing support and basic information about a student’s initial placement in special education and
Provide parents/families with contact information about support groups, financial assistance resources, and other potential sources of information or support outside the school system
Educator & Community Trainings
Educator and community training is intended to benefit the child (and family) by helping schools, providers, and other agencies to make greater gains toward meeting student’s IEP goals and objectives by further understanding the IEP process and legal requirements.
Educator Training can help:
Understand the parent/families perspective
Develop their ‘soft skills’
In-depth training can help teach:
How to write an effective and robust IEP
How to facilitate an IEP meeting with open communication
Understanding and adhering to IDEA and other timelines
Understanding the legality of each IEP document and section
Educational process for ALP, 504, and IEP
Community Training can help:
Understand the parent/family perspective
Normalize educational advocacy and build a culture which supports students with learning differences
Collaborate with like-minded organizations
Understand the basic IEP process and necessity of educational advocacy