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The Educational Strategist & Consultant and the Art of Advanced Special Needs Advocacy...
It's more than just knowing legal rights and how to recite the law. It's knowing when and how to recite the law, how to transition from using the law against the school to using the law for the child, using creative pre-emptive strategies and their school assessments, knowing how to read a file, developing effective documenting letters, assessing the goal or theory of the case, using effective communication and advocacy skills, having a high level of confidence, and supporting informed decision-making and meaningful participation. It's about...
Learn how to Master the Process... say the Right Thing and Write the Right Thing to the Right Person at the Right Time and at the Right Place...
Advocacy in general...
Self-advocacy- the process of exercising, defending, and promoting one's rights; more often refers to people with disabilities speaking and acting on behalf of themselves.
Advocacy- full and active support for and representation of an individual, group, cause, or idea.
Self-determination- the right, power, opportunity, etc. of both individuals and peoples to determine their own destinies.
Empowerment- promotion or attainment of autonomy and freedom of choice for individuals or groups.
Individual power- feeling of power to effect changes in one's social and physical surroundings by decision making.
Self-motivation- need or desire that arises from within the individual and causes action toward some goal; doing, or not doing, something simply because one wants to, irrespective of external stimuli.
Goal orientation- psychological disposition toward achieving ones objectives.
Mentor- trusted and experienced supervisors or advisers who have personal and direct interest in the development and/or education of younger or less experienced individuals.
Help seeking- searching for and requesting assistance from others through formal or informal mechanisms (note: do not confuse with "information seeking").
Helping relationship- relationship characterized by the provision of assistance; helping behavior may be one-sided or reciprocal.
Social cognition- conceptions about interpersonal and social phenomena (e.g., persons, the self, motives, feelings, relations, social rules, societal institutions); also, cognitive processes and skills used in social interaction (e.g., communication skills, perspective taking, empathy).
Thinking skills- interrelated, generally "higher-order" cognitive skills that enable human beings to comprehend experiences and information, apply knowledge, express complex concepts, make decisions, criticize and revise unsuitable constructs, and solve problems; used frequently for a cognitive approach to learning that views explicit "thinking skills" at the teachable level.
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