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Tools for Advocacy: Understanding the Ins and Outs of Navigating School-Based Support for Students in Special Education and At-Risk Students

  • Live Webinar United States (map)

Course Description:

This 3 hour training that will provide a framework for understanding and navigating for school-based supports and resources for students receiving Special Education and students considered “at-risk”. It will include a framework to understand the continuum of students with disabilities in educational settings. This training will include information regarding (a) categories of Special Education eligibility, (b) differences between 504 plans and IEPs, (c) Child Find and Special Education procedures, laws, and regulations, and (d) Personal Curriculums. This training will focus on providing tools and knowledge to navigate and advocate for relevant services based for students with a variety of needs. This training will devote 1.5 hours to ethical practice. This training will discuss how to intentionally integrate ethical practice to advocate for at-risk students.

To date, it is difficult for parents, teachers, social workers, and other professionals to understand and navigate school-based services for students who are at-risk. Their implementation often varies from district-to-district throughout the state. The variety of needs that children have, coupled with the complexity of services add to challenges to navigate these services. Social workers and other professionals working with kids and adolescents should have a comprehensive understanding of the myriad of supports, resources, services, and laws that exist to help them advocate and navigate school supports for at-risk students. Knowledge can be used to promote effective advocacy.

Sponsor Name:
Eastern Michigan University

Contact Information:
Julie Newland
734-487-4926
mailto:jnewland@emich.edu

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