In This Issue ...

• Expose Yourself to Advocacy Opportunities
  

• Practice Your Advocacy Skills
  

• Train! Train! Train!


• Session 3: Homework Checklist

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August 13, 2013

Summer School 2013: Part 3

In this issue of the Special Ed Advocate get a game plan for honing your advocacy skills.

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

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

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Expose Yourself to Advocacy Opportunities

If you wanted to catch the flu, you would hang out with folks who had the flu. If you want to become a good advocate, hang around with folks who do advocacy work.

The best way to become a good advocate is by exposure. Here's your Advocate's Game Plan.

Practice Your Advocacy Skills

1. Hook up with a special education parent attorney to help prepare cases for due process hearings and IEP meetings.

2. Offer to go to IEP Team meetings with parents to learn about tactics & strategies and the players' roles and personalities.

Read more about representing the special education child in A Manual for the Attorney and Lay Advocate.

Become a More Effective Advocate! Train. Train. Train.

Attend a Wrightslaw Special Education Law & Advocacy Training Program. Wrightslaw programs often sell out early. Don't delay - register today.

Or, consider - Wrightslaw Special Education Law & Advocacy Multimedia Training

Summer School Session 3: Homework Checklist

  1. Identify a local attorney who wants volunteer help for advocacy cases.

  2. Join a disability organization or information group. Sign up for their newsletter.

  3. Become a member of COPAA.

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