Share your best advocacy advice with other parents. If you've been in a tough advocacy situation that turned out well, we want to hear your advocacy advice. Learning from others' successes is a great way to prevent advocacy mistakes and provide ideas for other parents to use to support their children. If you've got an advocacy pearl of wisdom, we want to hear it! Share Your Advice
Professor of Counseling & Psyhotherapy
- Very useful for my students and to those involved in Special school
- —Guest Rajamohan.G Dr
Do NOT Give Up--EVER!!!
- For both of my children, I am their biggest advocate. I have had difficult battles in the education and medical arena for both of them. Discouraging--yes. I didn't give up. Now, both boys are receving the proper supports after receiving the proper diagnoses. I have had school administrators, therapists, doctors, specialists and my own family question me, my motives and quite frankly--my sanity. However, my boys are both doing better since their Mom refused to back down--even taking on their Dad if necessary. NO ONE knows my children better & no college offers a degree in my children. It has been long & difficult at times; it would have been far easier to quit. Yet, perseverance has paid off. Now, CSE meetings are a little less confrontational because they know I will stand-up for my kids regardless. And, sheepishly, many of them have come to realize I just might know what I'm talking about. Stay civil but continue to fight the GOOD fight--the best advice I ever received.
- —Guest Sharon
Advocacy for children
- I have found that the best advocacy for a child is to be an informed teacher or parent with the knowledge content of the subject being discussed.
- —gladysayden
tape recorder
- Our tape recordings didn't come out clear. It wasn't helpful for taking notes at all.
- —Guest Boomer28
my advice
- Our advocate recommended a tape recorder because our meetings were hostile. The recorder kept everyone on their best behavior
- —Guest Kathy
