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How You Can Help Your Child Learn to be a Good Self-Advocate
It is never too early to start teaching youth how he or she can advocate for himself or herself. Like many other important life skills, self-advocacy is a critical tool youth need in order to achieve goals, increase self-sufficiency, and become a successful young adult. As youth become older, the ways in which students can participate in their Individualized Education Program (IEP) meeting increases.
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High Expectations: A Most Valuable Tool
Every parent has hopes and dreams for their child, even if those dreams aren't always openly expressed. When parents have a child with a disability, goals might need to be modified. This doesn't mean expecting less of your child, but it may mean expecting something different than what you had envisioned. It is important to understand the critical influence of having "high expectations" for your child. You need to instill those expectations in your youth.
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Help Young Adults Learn about Accessing Accommodations after High School
When young adults with disabilities graduate from high school, many aspects of their life will change. Services that had been provided under the Individual with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA 2004) will end, and youth with disabilities will need to find new ways to receive accommodations in post-secondary education and training, employment, and independent living.
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