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Summer School for Advocates: Advocacy 101

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In This Issue . . .

Advocating for Your Child

What Advocates Do

So You Want to be an Advocate?

Advocacy Resource Directory

Circulation: 72,099 ISSN: 1538-320

Dear Jo,

Who can be an advocate? What do advocates do?

If you are the parent of a child with special educational needs, you need to develop and hone your advocacy skills. If you are a teacher or special ed service provider, you may want to fine-tune your advocacy skills on behalf of your students.

In this issue of the Special Ed Advocate you'll find Part 1 of our summer refresher course in effective advocacy - Summer School for Advocates: Advocacy 101.

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Please don't hesitate to forward this issue to other friends, families, or colleagues.

Advocating for Your Child - Getting Started

Good special education services are intensive and expensive. Resources are limited.To prevail, you need information, skills, and tools.

If you have a child with special educational needs, you may wind up battling the school district for the services your child needs. Learn more about basic advocacy skills...gathering and organizing information, planning and preparing, documenting, problem solving.

Let's get started! Find this week's assignment.

What Advocates Do

An advocate performs several functions:

Supports, helps, assists, and aids

Speaks and pleads on behalf of others

Defends and argues for people or causes

Find out about different types of advocates and what advocates do.

So You Want to Be an Advocate?

Here are three essential things you need to do:

Expose yourself to advocacy opportunities

Learn about special education, law and advocacy

Practice, practice, practice advocacy skills

Learn how to hone your advocacy skills...

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