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Your student has an IEP. You've attended transition meetings...place. Pre-ETS isn't a replacement for IEP transition services. It's a parallel...counseling, and instruction in self-advocacy. Both systems work together. Accessing...shadowing in workplaces that match their IEP employment goals. Work-based learning...

...Starting April 24, their websites and mobile apps must meet WCAG 2.1 Level AA technical standards for accessibility. That includes Medicaid applications, IEP request forms, transportation services, voter registration, and emergency information: digital services families with disabled children use daily. What...

...more free appropriate public education. No more IEP. The support structure that's been there since preschool...transition planning is the section of your child's IEP that prepares them for life after high school. It's...at the latest (many states require it by 14), the IEP team must include measurable postsecondary goals...

Your child's IEP follows them from school to school....assessments. You sit in that first IEP meeting at the new building, and unless...again in 8th, and requires the same advocacy muscle each time. When to Start Elementary-to-Middle...adjustment. The staff who wrote their IEP won't be there. The institutional memory...

...modified assignments, IEP meetings happened on...What replaces it is self-advocacy. And here's what makes...schools provide self-advocacy instruction in transition...good news is that self-advocacy is a skill, not a personality...ever leaves home. Self-Advocacy Is Procedural Knowledge....and parents treat self-advocacy as something you either...

...plan" to succeed in school. An IEP. A 504. Maybe both have been...and require different kinds of advocacy from you. Choosing the wrong...advocate effectively. What an IEP Provides. An IEP (Individualized...effectively. What an IEP Provides. An IEP (Individualized Education Program)...performance. Both parts matter. What an IEP provides is more than most families...

...but the process requires a different kind of self-advocacy, and most students don't realize that until they're...you, develop an Individualized Education Program (IEP), and provide services to help you succeed. Teachers,...monitored your progress. Your parents attended every IEP meeting and signed off on your accommodations. The...

Self-advocacy doesn't start at graduation....to start teaching self-advocacy. The answer is earlier...seven-year-old can't lead their IEP meeting, but they can...transition from parent advocacy to self-advocacy isn't...parent advocacy to self-advocacy isn't a single handoff....5–10. At this age, self-advocacy means understanding their...

...with Disabilities Education Act. They can cite IEP timelines, know what FAPE means, and understand...everyday spaces. That knowledge is the foundation for advocacy in every other domain of life. The Gap Most Parents...recreational facilities. Parents who can recite IEP timelines often don't know which ADA title applies...

Your child has a rare disorder. The school district has never served a student with this condition. When you request an IEP evaluation, staff tell you they don't know how to write accommodations for something they've never seen before. This is not a valid reason to delay or...

...trying to teach self-advocacy skills that needed developmental...low-stakes contexts. Add self-advocacy to the IEP as a transition...self-advocacy to the IEP as a transition goal....post-secondary goals. Self-advocacy is a measurable, observable...belongs in the plan. A self-advocacy goal for freshman year...settings (classroom, IEP meeting, conversation...

...than anyone else in that room. Advocacy isn't about becoming a legal...uncertainty into effective advocacy at school, in medical settings,...Start with Documentation. Good advocacy begins long before you walk...long before you walk into an IEP meeting or appeal a denied...diagnosis reports, evaluations, IEP documents, therapy notes, medical...