{"id":1849,"date":"2010-06-28T11:54:53","date_gmt":"2010-06-28T15:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=1849"},"modified":"2010-08-19T12:32:32","modified_gmt":"2010-08-19T16:32:32","slug":"experienced-advocacy-what-i-rely-on-most","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/experienced-advocacy-what-i-rely-on-most\/","title":{"rendered":"Experienced Advocacy:  What I Rely on Most"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_pop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/gallery\/share-button-gray.png\" style=\"border:0px\" alt=\"Share\" \/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_icon_type = \"labels\";var hupso_background=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_border=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"wrightslaw\";var hupso_url=\"\";var hupso_title=\"Experienced%20Advocacy%3A%20%20What%20I%20Rely%20on%20Most\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p align=\"left\"><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wrightslaw.com%2Fblog%2F?p=1849&amp;layout=standard&amp;width=450&amp;action=recommend&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=25\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:25px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Recently, we heard from an experienced advocate in Vermont who shared some insight about his years as an advocate and what has served him well. We thought we would share, and also say &#8220;thank you&#8221; for the recommendation for Wrightslaw.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In my advocacy experience the things that I rely on most often are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Letting people save face &#8211; sometimes accompanied by blackmail\/extortion\/intimidation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Writing decent goals and transition plans in the body of a letter.\u00a0 That way I know at the very least, they will end up in the file even if they are not used.<\/li>\n<li>Documenting everything in writing.<\/li>\n<li>Making sure something <em>doesn&#8217;t get documented<\/em> in writing.<\/li>\n<li>Having an outside expert or an expert source of information (US Department of Education \/ National Reading Panel,\u00a0 State Department of Education \/ EdPubs.org, etc.)<\/li>\n<li>Knowing state academic content standards.<\/li>\n<li>Understanding what test scores mean.<\/li>\n<li>Having a growing collection of manuals for Wilson, Slingerland, OG, all the Lindamood programs, etc. and on the dark side, Reading Recovery, DRA&#8217;s, Everyday Math, etc.<\/li>\n<li>Making sure everyone stays focused on problem solving, <em>including me<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Having the ability to keep talking when I need to throw up.\u00a0 I also have magic underwear, magic jewelry, and magic pencils for meetings where I am not sure what will blow up first.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/bks\/feta2\/feta2.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">From Emotions to Advocacy<\/span><\/a> (second edition) book and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Wrightslaw website<\/span><\/a> are absolute necessities for advocacy.<\/p>\n<p>And, the thing that school personnel seldom understand.\u00a0 The last 3 meetings I went to&#8230;the parents never would have called me if the case manager had just been honest with them.\u00a0 In special education this sometimes means the same as apologizing on a fairly regular basis.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, we heard from an experienced advocate in Vermont who shared some insight about his years as an advocate and what has served him well. 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