How to Advocate for a Child’s Disability-Related Learning Needs with Retired School Principal, Debbie Stern - Pt 1
Disability Rights, and Wrongs: The David LepodcastShow Notes
It can be an immense stress to advocate for your child’s success in a school system. In this first of a two-part conversation, retired school principal, Febbie Stern, shares invaluable insight on how to do it.
You’ll learn how to approach your school board in practical ways that will be far more likely to achieve positive outcomes. The short version: the teachers are not your adversaries. They want to work with you, not against you. And you should be ready to work with them in return.
For more information, check out these videos: ,Tips for Parents of Students with Disabilities on How to Advocate for Your Child’s Disability-Related Needs at School : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtadvCvcGC0 Introduction to the Duty to Accommodate People with Disabilities under Human Rights Legislation and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms: https://youtu.be/y32XvjWmDAQ Blueprint for How to Make the School system Fully Accessible to and Inclusive of Students with Disabilities: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goIOu8WWFLI Video series on how & why to tear down disability barriers in the education system that impede hundreds of thousands of students with disabilities: https://www.aodaalliance.org/whats-new/check-out-new-captioned-video-series-on-how-and-why-to-tear-down-disability-barriers-in-the-education-system-that-impede-students-with-disabilities/ Take a look at these other resources: Final report of the K-12 Education Standards Development Committee: https://www.aodaalliance.org/whats-new/download-in-an-accessible-ms-word-format-the-final-report-of-the-k-12-education-standards-development-committee-on-what-the-promised-education-accessibility-standardshould-include/ Learn all about the AODA Alliance’s ongoing advocacy campaign to achieve equal educational opportunities for students with disabilities by visiting the AODA Alliance website’s education page: www.aodaalliance.org/education
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