{"id":3712,"date":"2010-08-23T12:02:10","date_gmt":"2010-08-23T16:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=3712"},"modified":"2013-10-10T13:33:22","modified_gmt":"2013-10-10T17:33:22","slug":"advocacy-power-more-parents-leading-the-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/advocacy-power-more-parents-leading-the-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Advocacy Power &#8211;  More Parents Leading the Way"},"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=\"Advocacy%20Power%20-%20%20More%20Parents%20Leading%20the%20Way\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p align=\"left\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden; width: 450px; height: 25px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wrightslaw.com%2Fblog%2F?p=3712&amp;layout=standard&amp;width=450&amp;action=recommend&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=25\" height=\"240\" width=\"320\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We receive wonderful stories about parents who have become seasoned and powerful advocates for their children. Now these parents are <em>paying it forward<\/em> by providing advice and information to others, developing advocacy study groups, or training parents, service providers, and educators in special education advocacy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 2px; float: right;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/images\/sato.pr.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"101\" \/>Special education advocate<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gracetiscareno-sato.com\/index.php?p=advocacy-services\"> <span style=\"color: #000080;\">Graciela Tiscare\u00f1o-Sato<\/span><\/a> and her husband have compiled their knowledge of law and seven years of negotiating experience into a multimedia DVD for all parents, service providers and educators in the educational system. They attended a Wrightslaw <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/speak\/programs.htm#two\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Special Education Law Boot Camp<\/span><\/a>&#8230;<!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">before their daughter started public preschool. They learned about:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li>parental and child rights under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004 (IDEA 2004)<\/li>\n<li>how school districts make decisions about special education programs<\/li>\n<li>the importance of positive relationships built with IEP teams<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Building Bridges of Knowledge<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The Satos are eight years into raising a daughter who is blind and thriving in the local public school, within the California special education system. They are determined to build bridges of knowledge between parents and educators, so that children with disabilities receive continuous educational benefit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 3px 5px; float: left;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/images\/gotta.know.rules.gif\" width=\"175\" height=\"136\" \/>Read about their training program in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prweb.com\/releases\/2010\/07\/prweb4286494.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Just in Time for School Year: Special Education Advocate Launches Must-Have School Supply for Parents, Teachers of Children with Disabilities<\/span><\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prweb.com\/releases\/2010\/07\/prweb4286494.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">http:\/\/www.prweb.com\/releases\/2010\/07\/prweb4286494.htm<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Find more information about<span style=\"color: #000080;\"> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">the Satos Multimedia Seminar on DVD &#8211;<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gracetiscareno-sato.com\/index.php?p=advocacy-seminar-on-dvd\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">&#8220;You Gotta Know the Rules if You&#8217;re Going to Play the Game&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Parents Leading the Way<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 3px 5px; float: right;\" alt=\"Susan Bruce trains other parents\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/images\/parents.journey.bruce.jpg\" width=\"175\" height=\"212\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With so many <em>parents leading the way<\/em>, it seems a new Wrightslaw series is taking shape about the Power of Parent Advocacy.<\/p>\n<p>Susan Bruce leads the way at the Region 2 PTI Conference in Memphis as she trains other parents how to &#8220;Make a Difference.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Parent advocates learn about parental and child rights in IDEA by attending a Wrightslaw <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/speak\/schedule.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">training program<\/span><\/a> or using the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/webex\/index.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Multimedia training series<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Read more about parent advocates who are training and enabling other parents.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Sharon Mullen and Sharon Dobkin &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=1360\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The Power of Parent Advocacy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #000080;\">https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=1360<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Susan Bruce &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=2368\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Parents Leading the Way<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=2368\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=2368<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Nana Donna and Tiffany Moody &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=3106\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Miss Emma&#8217;s IEP Map for Success<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=3106\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=3106<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We receive wonderful stories about parents who have become seasoned and powerful advocates for their children. 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