Supporting Your Children + Students: Understanding the IEP Process and How to be an Effective Advocate
with The IEP Mom Courtney Aseltine
Courtney Aseltine joins us to share key messages about how we can best support our children and students who learn differently. From professional and personal experience, Courtney has incredible tips, strategies, and insights about the whole IEP Process as well as how to be an effective advocate for our kids (and for our kids to advocate for themselves!).
In this Masterclass we discuss:
Goals of an IEP
Questions to ask in an IEP
What a good (helpful!) IEP contains
Parents' roles in an IEP
The importance of parents as advocates for their kids
How to best advocate for our kids
How to teach our kids to advocate for themselves
Watch and Enjoy!
Video One:
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Courtney Aseltine
Courtney Aseltine began her career in education as an ESL teacher and later obtained a Master’s in TESOL. After nine years in public education, she left to pursue special education advocacy after experiencing the challenges of the system while advocating for her own child with disabilities.
Courtney is the owner of Special Education Advocacy of the Carolinas and works advocating for the educational rights of students with disabilities alongside their families, not just in the Carolinas, but across the country.
She provides incredible tips, strategies, and insights as @theiepmom on social media. Her knowledge about advocacy and the IEP process has helped countless parents and professionals.
https://www.advocacyofthecarolinas.com/
https://www.instagram.com/theiepmom/
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