Advocacy

Working to make a better life for a child with special needs and to help them gain access to equal opportunities in all areas of life are the main goals of Advocacy Groups. These groups have many different special ties and can be made up of parents, teachers and others who want to fight for the right of the focus group that they are involved with. I have selected only three artifacts of the many that are available that give information on advocacy for individuals with special needs to show you on this blog page.

The first artifact is: Inclusion & Parent Advocacy: A Resource Guide. It is a site that is geared towards both parents and teachers to help them provide inclusive environments for students with disabilities. It provides different links that provide great information for people interested in inclusion and how to make it possible. I found this site very interesting and hope you do as well. To access this site use the link below.

http://www.disabilityresources.org/DRMincl.html

The second artifact is the site of a group called PAGER. This site is dedicated to bringing quality education in reading to students who have language based learning differences. They want “to bring the quality of general and special education reading instruction, at the State and local level, to current research based standards”. To read more about PAGER use the link below to access their site.

http://www.pagergroup.org/

The final artifact that I would like to present is provided by LD Online. This is a list of advocacy groups that can give advice and information to parents and educators on how to advocate for their children and students. There are many links to take you to specific groups that will meet the needs of different individuals and will provide information that could help parents become more informed on the rights that they and their child have. Use the link below to access this information.

http://www.ldonline.org/resources%20new/c715/