The Landscape of Accessing Education for our Kids: Discussion with IEP Expert, Aaron Wright
Moms Talk Autism Podcast01/10/22 • 49 min
You can see their Beginner's Guide to IEPs here.
Additionally, this is an Advocacy Toolkit, which is mentioned that Jean, Co-Host recommends to the families she mentors, along with acquainting themselves with Wright's Laws.
Top Tips:- To Advocate is to be curious and keep asking questions.
- It is up to the parent to "police" the system.
- Educating the parents is universal but it doesn't exist for everyone.
- It is important to be conscious of your mental health because this can serve as chronic aggravation.
- Eligibility is different from a diagnosis.
- What is medically necessary isn't educationally necessary.
- You don't have to agree to anything in the actual meeting. Take your days.
- Foster & Maintain relationships with your child's team.
- It is automatically, by design, a contentious relationship.
- Get to know your Procedural Safeguards: Designed to protect the rights of parents and their child with a disability, and at the same time, gives families and school systems several mechanisms by which to resolve disputes.
01/10/22 • 49 min
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