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Advocates teach parents how to negotiate for their children. In the Advocacy Center, advocates share ideas and tips with you.  

Sue Heath answers questions about reading, research based instruction, advocacy strategies, school improvement, and other issues in Doing Your Homework.

Pat Howey answers questions from parents in Ask the Advocate.

You will find hundreds of articles, cases, newsletters, and resources about special education law and advocacy in the Advocacy Libaries and Law Libraries.

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Learning to Negotiate is Part of the Advocacy Process by Brice Palmer. This article includes rules, advocacy tactics and techniques. Read article

How to Use a Parent IEP Attachment by Judy Bonnell. When I had difficulty getting districts to take parent IEP attachments seriously, I turned to Prior Notice specifying that suggestions on the table must be accepted or rejected, and the IEP team must list the reasons for accepting or rejecting the proposal. I devised a simple form... "

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Parents Must Understand the Playing Field by Pat Howey. Parents need to learn about trust, expectations, how to avoid power struggles, the parental role, and how to understand different perspectives. Read article.

How to Prepare for a Due Process Hearing by Brice Palmer. You need to present your case in an organized manner that gives the decision-maker enough good factual information to reach a conclusion in your favor."  Read Brice's advice 


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