At a holiday networking event several years ago, an educational therapist asked Leigh why parents needed help advocating for their children; why do parents need an advocate? The simple answer: special education rules and regulations are complicated. There is a…
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Need Special Ed Advocacy Santa Cruz Part 3 A lot of our clients are capable parents who have done their research. Many know almost as much as we do about special education regulations, and know their child a lot better…
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Need Special Ed Advocacy Santa Clara, Part 2 Why hire a special education advocate? After all, the school knows the rules and will help you. Won’t they? Yes and no. They know special education rules and regulations. If the services…
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Effective Special Education Advocate Santa Cruz Hiring an advocate to help navigate the IEP process is a positive step to further the federally outlined process. There are so many many rules and policies and laws that it be get very…
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Special Ed Advocate Silicon Valley Accommodations vs Modifications In the educational setting, there two ways to change curriculum so that as student can do the work so that it is appropriate and accessible. Many people, including educators, interchangeably use the…
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Can You Be Effective and Have Good Working Relationships with the School District? Part 2 of 2 The answer to the question posed above is “It depends.” If you live in a combative or even a passively resistant school district,…
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Special Education Advocate Parent San Jose Can You Be Effective and Have Good Working Relationships with the School District? Part 1 of 2 This is a tough one. Dads play a crucial role in their children’s lives and are important…
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IEP Assistance Santa Clara The Boxes on an IEP Did you know that every little box on an IEP document is important? Some are more important than others but they all correspond to necessary information about a student. Often how…
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Ethics and Advocacy in Special Education Are ethics and special education mutually exclusive? As parents try hard to advocate for their children with regards to special education services, placements and supports, it can often seem like a very unfair discussion. Parents want…
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Special Ed Advocate Info San Jose -District cannot arbitrarily limit IEP to 30 or 60 minutes. We were recently at an IEP where the District’s administrator said “My IEPs usually take 30 minutes, and a maximum of one hour.” Like…
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