Educational Advocacy
We also offer educational advocacy and can represent families in IEP meetings, 504 meetings, etc.
A special education advocate helps families address previously identified learning challenges, as well as pinpoint overlooked factors that may be affecting a child’s ability to learn.
These include:
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Learning disabilities
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Intellectual disabilities
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Vision and hearing impairments
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Speech and language disorders
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ADHD
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Autism spectrum disorder
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Behavioral and emotional disorders
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Physical disabilities
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Chronic illness
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Traumatic brain injury
A special education advocate takes on many responsibilities. To empower families and give a voice to students, special education advocates perform the following duties:
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Advising parents about services, programs, and accommodations that meet their children’s individual needs
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Helping parents interpret reports and evaluations, as well as explaining their implications
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Drafting requests, responses, and complaints to schools
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Assisting parents with submitting written requests
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Preparing parents for IEP and 504 meetings (meetings that outline the services and accommodations students will receive and how schools will remove barriers to learning, such as providing a talking calculator to students with dyscalculia), which may include suggesting support materials or prioritizing goals and objectives
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Checking special education documents for accuracy and completion both before and after IEP and 504 meetings
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Accompanying parents to IEP and 504 meetings to offer advice and assistance
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Advising parents about the strength of their cases before review and offering referrals to special education attorneys when appropriate
Fill out and attach both the advocacy and HIPAA form to your request for it to be properly addressed and replied to.
