You Can Become Your Child’s Special Education Advocate.

Grade A Advocate empowers parents to advocate for their child’s special education needs. If you are just getting started with asking for special education support for your child, or if your child already has an IEP, but you believe that your child is not benefiting or that every little thing becomes a battle, Grade A Advocate can help you get what your child needs. Grade A Advocate offers free information on the website. It also offers free informative podcasts with explanations of your rights as well as strategies to avoid and overcome any roadblocks in order to obtain services and accommodations that your child needs. Additionally, online workshops provide more detailed guidance on specific topics to ensure your understanding and success as you become an expert in speaking for your child, understanding your rights, obtaining needed services and accommodations.

Grade A Advocate

Empowering Parents to Advocate for Their Child’s Educational Needs

Parenting is a huge responsibility, often challenging, and the most important job there is. Parenting is stressful, costly, and time consuming. Multiply all of that by ten for parents of children with special needs.

Parents deserve the utmost respect for their dedication, patience, and every other aspect of themselves that they put into this important job. Parenting as a career requires commitment to life-long learning because of the diverse roles they are required to take: nutritionist, cook, accountant and bookkeeper, leader, counselor, teacher, nurse, caretaker, and many more.

Grade A Advocate empowers parents of children with special needs by providing support, practical strategies, and alleviating costs to navigate the IEP process, avoid and overcome roadblocks, and effectively speak for your child to secure the education and services their child needs.

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Time is of the essence. If you procrastinate, you’ll lose your opportunity. The more you let it go, the worse it gets. Think of the consequences. Stay on top of it. Even when you get what you want to get you gotta make sure that they are doing what they are supposed to do.

Erika

Mother of Juan Carlos, 10th grade

As a parent, you need to know what’s going on with your kid. It makes a huge difference. It has to be a priority. You may have legitimate excuses, but you make a choice for the priorities.

Jewel

Mother of Neil, 2nd grade

They called me a problem parent. She [the teacher] hadn’t been following the IEP. She said that he didn’t need that. She didn’t know why it was in his IEP. Then after that letter, now she is working on what is in the IEP. He’s finally making progress. He can already read and write better.

Verónica

Mother of Malik, 6th grade

After reading the first two chapters of his first chapter book, which was written entirely with three-letter words and few sight words, Alex said to his mom when she arrived at the office to pick him up from his educational therapy session: “We can go home now, Mom. I’m done. I’m smart now. I can read a chapter book.”

Alex

6 years old, first grade

Do you remember what it was like? He was so unhappy and he hated school. It broke my heart to see him that way. I was so worried about him, because he felt so defeated and he was only in the second grade. Now look at him. He has straight A’s in school and lots of friends.

Sharon

mother of Jake, 6th grade

I did it! I advocated for Sam all by myself! I feel so empowered! I called the Director of Special Education, and I got Sam a new case carrier, a new teacher, and more appointments with Dr. F.” [Dr. F. was a clinical psychologist contracted with the district to provide private psychological services to families in need.]

Michelle

mother of Sam, 15 years old, 10th grade

I don’t feel run over anymore. It’s up to me to do it. The teacher told me that they do more for me because I speak up.

Veejay

Mother of Mike, 5th grade

You Can Become Your Child’s Special Education Advocate.

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Empowering Parents to Advocate for Their Child’s Educational Needs

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