Parents should be aware of their special child's rights and become an effective advocate.

1. ADVOCATING FOR
YOUR CHILD
Essential Skills
By: CeLT

2. Essential Skills to become Your
Childs’s Advocate
SKILL 1: Become INFORMED of your child’s disability.
SKILL 2: Learn the EDUCATIONAL RIGHTS of your child.
USA PHILIPPINES
Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act (IDEA 2004)
Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act (IDEA 2004)
Section 504 of the 1973
Rehabilitation Act
Early Intervention for Children and
their Families (P.L 99-457 PART H)
The Americans with Disabilities Act Magna Carta for Disabled Persons
(RA 7277)
UNConvention on the Rights of the
Child (1989)
UNConvention on the Rights of the
Child (1989)
UNESCO Salamanca (Inclusion) UNESCO Salamanca (Inclusion)
Provision for Children with SPED
Needs in the Asia Region (1994)

3. Essential Skills to become Your
Childs’s Advocate
SKILL 3: Learn to Become a Clear Communicator
ORGANIZE THE CHILD’S RECORDS IN ONE BINDER
Educational plans (IEP) or 504
accommodation plan)
Assessments
Medical / Diagnostic Information Meetings
Report cards Teacher notes (positive &negative)
Educational assessments and State
testing results
Any other written documents
pertaining to your child’s education
Communication log and copies of
all emails
Work samples
Requests for services

4. Essential Skills to become Your
Childs’s Advocate
Skill 4: Learn to Work Collaboratively With Your Child’s School
 focus on the positive
 sometimes parents are so focused on the child  unintentionally
 becomes DEMANDING/INSENSITIVE/PUSHY
Skill 5: Learn to Be In Charge of Your Emotions
 REAL FOCUS IS THE CHILD
 MEETING HALF-WAY