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TIP: Self-Advocacy

SELF-ADVOCACY 1-2-3

According to the brilliant minds at Wrightslaw, there are three components to effectual self-advocacy:

1)     Know yourself

2)     Know your needs

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This book is an invaluable resource for parents, educators, advocates and attorneys. Every parent should own one!

3)     Know how to get what you need.*

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* Peter W.D. Wright, Esq., Pamela Darr Wright, MA, MSW and Sandra Webb O’Connor, M.Ed., All About IEPs (Virginia, Harbor House Law Press, 2009), 87.