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The Advocate's Eye and the Open Heart
On this day of the New Year I would like to focus on what happens when someone finally develops the eye of an advocate. What does that really mean and does that process of developing the Eye of an advocate have any impact on your life and if it does what does ...
The Eyes Can Be Deceiving
My guess is that you did not notice that the words in the picture are not mirror images but the quite different words of Teach and Learn. This was an intentional optical illusion. Unfortunately, 25% off ALL children have a vision problem significant enough to affect their ...
Getting Lost in LD
You get the call from the parent but they are not sure whether they want to hire an advocate or a lawyer. All they know is that their child is not doing well in school and something has to change. Frustration, anger and confusion seem to be a constant state of affairs and no one ...
You Called?
The goal of Education Advocacy is to give a child true access to their education through the development of a functional IEP that has functional goals supported by appropriate SDIs, clinical interventions, and research-based programming. This is what creates transformation for the child...
High School to College - IEPs are not 504s
The transition from high school to college is usually difficult for most teens because many of the rules have changed. In addition, there are no nagging adults demanding that you follow through, finish your work or go to class. It all sounds wonderful unti...
504's & ADA do not = IDEA
LESS THAN 17% OF STUDENTS ELIGIBLE FOR ACCOMMODATIONS IN POST-SECONDARY PROGRAMS, ACCESS THEM.
Only 34% of special education students who go on to post-secondary education graduate within 8 years.
Students who started using available accommodations during their first ye...
WHO GETS TO GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL
According to the Special Education Elementary Longitudinal Study (SEELS), 92% of parents expected their child to graduate from high school with a regular diploma and
75% expected their child go on to post-secondary education after high school.
GRADUATION RATE...
Where Am I? Where Am I Going?
And just how am I going to get there? Questions that all students struggle with and those in special education programs struggle with even more because those answers demand so much self- knowledge, self- advocacy, empowerment and direction. Traditionally, schools have...
Empowerment = Self Advocacy
Empowerment is the process of becoming stronger and more confident in controlling one's life and claiming one's rights.
Empowerment is one of those things you gift to yourself. Empowerment can not be given to you by someone else. The more you practice empowerment the e...
CAREER AWARENESS/EMPLOYMENT GOALS
The assumption of competence on the part of parents, teachers and other authority figures who have contact with students who have intellectual or physical challenges can have a huge impact on post-secondary employment, education, lifestyle and life satisfaction. Pa...
Self Advocacy Makes Transitions Work
If the truth be told, when it comes to transition, parents are frequently in the dark as to all of the areas that transition covers and just how comprehensive the umbrella of transition can be for their student. When there are inexperienced teachers, or other fa...
Go To Guide To Healthcare Transition
A GO TO GUIDE for HEALTHCARE TRANSITION that ensures that all of the students needs are being addressed. Transition in the healthcare domain is the process of changing from a pediatric to an adult model of healthcare with the goal of optimizing health an...
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