Improving Parental Involvement: Training Special Education Advocates

2011

Given that most parents of students with disabilities have difficulty navigating the special education system, advocacy training offers one way to aid parents in securing appropriate educational services for their children with disabilities. Two distinct models of advocacy trainings are: the Special Education Advocacy Training and the Volunteer Advocacy Project. This paper notes how: parents may need advocates to assert their special education rights and advocates may be trained in special education law and advocacy. Further, this paper discusses the consequences of special education advocacy trainings for the disability field?universities and services providers alike. The conclusion of this paper describes the need for additional research about family-school collaboration.

Peer-reviewed publications in scholarly journals submitted

Consumers/Families, Professionals, Policymakers

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