Parent Survey IDEA Advocacy Experiences, sponsored by National Organizations

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Survey on IDEA Advocacy experiences, sponsored by National Disability Orgs!

Please take part in the IDEA National Survey, a survey of whether the rights of students with disabilities and their parents are protected. The survey is sponsored by the National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD), National Down Syndrome Society (NDSS), Autism Society of America (ASA), Autism National Committee (AutCom), and The Advocacy Institute (AI). Go to http://www.ideasurvey.org

The survey looks at whether parents are treated as equal partners in their children’s education. Topics include whether the rights of students with disabilities and their parents protected throughout the special education process, including IEP meetings and IEP issues, eligibility (child find), Due Process hearings (impartial hearings), and other education issues. There is also a survey for those parents whose children have been denied access to IDEA services.

All disabilities are welcome! We are studying these issues for all students, regardless of their disability or special need. There are surveys for all community members:

-- Parents of children with disabilities

-- Self-advocates (people with disabilities)

-- Attorneys, advocates, and other professionals

The survey will run March-May 2011. The results will be compiled into a report about experiences under the IDEA that will be published this summer. You can take the survey and read more about it at http://www.ideasurvey.org

PLEASE SHARE THIS NOTICE BROADLY AND PLEASE FORWARD.

We would greatly appreciate it if you share this notice widely. Feel free to add a link to your webpage. We are happy to acknowledge all organizations and groups which distribute our notice in our report if you wish to be acknowledged. Please contact me for further information.

Thank you,

Coordinator, IDEA National Survey Project

website: www.ideasurvey.org

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