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Speak up for parent's rights by July 28! Learn about important proposed changes to IDEA Federal Regulations! More

Our Kids Count: Our newest project keeps you up to date on the reauthorization of No Child Left Behind in the U.S. Congress. Learn all about it.

Understanding the Standards-based Individualized Education Program (IEP): Learn about a better way to formulate IEPs with this Advocacy Brief written by The Advocacy Institute for the National Center for Learning Disabilities. Get it here. (PDF)

The Advocacy Institute teams up with Exceptional Parent magazine to provide important information about education issues. Read our current article, Excusing IEP Team Members: Why, When, Who, and How.

Why Students with Disabilities Need No Child Left Behind: Our perspective on how NCLB is having positive impact on the nation's 7 million students with disabilities. (PDF, 8 pgs) Get it here.

Rewards and Roadblocks: How Special Education Students are Faring Under No Child Left Behind: A comprehensive report on the impact of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) on students with disabilities. Prepared by The Advocacy Institute for the National Center for Learning Disabilities. Get it here.

Extended School Year (ESY) Services: Learn why some students with IEPs may need special education services beyond the normal school year. Read this article written by The Advocacy Institute for GreatSchools. The archive of our recent Advocate Academy Webinar on ESY is available here.

NEW REPORT
Challenging Change: How Schools and Districts are Improving the Performance of Special Education Students
Learn what's making a difference for students with disabilities! From Boston to San Bernardino, these educators have implemented real change that is resulting in dramatic academic improvement.
Get it here. (PDF, 30 pgs)

Registration Now Open

FALL 2008
Advocate Academy Webinars
Essential training for special education advocates

Independent Educational Evaluations (IEEs):
What Special Education Advocates Need to Know
DATE: Wednesday, August 20, 2008
PRESENTER: Steve C. Imber, Ph.D.

Measuring Student Progress: Developing IEPs that Work
DATE: Wednesday, September 24, 2008
PRESENTER: Carol Kosnitsky

Details and easy online ordering available here.

No Child Left Behind and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act:
What Parents of Students with Disabilities Need to Know and Do

This new information brief, written by the
The Advocacy Institute for the
National Center on Educational Outcomes,
provides parents with an understanding of important provisions of NCLB and IDEA
designed to work together to improve academic
performance for students with disabilities.
Get it here. (PDF, 23 pgs)

Alternate Assessments Based on Modified Academic Achievement Standards

This new guide for parents, written by
The Advocacy Institute for the
National Center on Educational Outcomes,
provides information on an allowable alternate assessment for students with disabilities, now offered in some states. Get it here.

Our Web project devoted to information and resources to help Virginia students with disabilities plan for and succeed in college. Take a look at this exciting project.

IDEA 2004 Close Up:
A series of short, parent friendly articles on key provisions of IDEA 2004 and specific changes that parents and advocates should know and understand. Written by The Advocacy Institute for Schwab Learning.org. The IDEA 2004 Close Up series is available here.

Parent Guide to IDEA 2004:
This new guide uses accessible language to help parents understand their rights and responsibilities in the special education process and includes a series of audio clips of parents sharing their special education experiences. Written by The Advocacy Institute for the National Center for Learning Disabilities. Go to the Guide.

No Child Left Behind:
An information series on the nation's federal education law and its impact on students with disabilities. Written by The Advocacy Institute for the National Center for Learning Disabilities
with support from
Schwab Learning.
They are available here.

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