We asked one of our attorneys here at The Law Office of Matthew Storey what they felt were the top 3 ways a parent can better advocate for their child!

  1. Read the records!
  2. Understand the records!
  3. Get involved!ย 

**๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—œ๐—˜๐—ฃ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ.**

Not surprisingly, parents often skim through the IEP and trust that the school wants the best for their children, and in most cases this is true. But, teachers change, teams change, and schools change.

๐™’๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™™๐™ค๐™š๐™จ๐™ฃโ€™๐™ฉ ๐™˜๐™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™š ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™– ๐™˜๐™๐™ž๐™ก๐™™โ€™๐™จ ๐™‰๐™ค. 1 ๐™–๐™™๐™ซ๐™ค๐™˜๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š โ€“ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ž๐™ง ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ง๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™จ.ย ๐˜ฝ๐™ช๐™ฉ, ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™™๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™„๐™€๐™‹, ๐™– ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ง๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฉ ๐™š๐™›๐™›๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™–๐™™๐™ซ๐™ค๐™˜๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™˜๐™๐™ž๐™ก๐™™.ย 

And if youโ€™re looking for ways to get involved in the special needs community, let us know, and we can help guide you!