Free School Advocacy Resources
Your back to School Advocacy Roadmap
Fall Webinar Series – Three Free Recordings
This series of three free webinars is designed to provide you with practical, actionable strategies for navigating the BC public school system. Each session builds on the last, giving you tools for a confident start to your school year advocacy.
Cheatsheets & Checklists
Proactive Back-to-School Advocacy Checklist
A practical checklist to guide your proactive advocacy steps before school starts, helping you prepare for a confident and effective year.
PDA at School Cheatsheet
A practical cheatsheet of key PDA autism characteristics, designed to help you advocate effectively and share clear insights with your child’s school team.
BC Education Policy Cheatsheet
A list of key direct policy quotes from BC education legislation, complete with links to their official sources, to strengthen your advocacy.
Learning Needs Questionnaire
This questionnaire is a helpful tool to help you identify your child’s specific traits and characteristics across various school-related areas, such as self-regulation, sensory processing, social interactions, and academics. By reflecting on these key areas, you’ll gain valuable insights into your child’s learning needs, which can significantly strengthen your advocacy efforts and planning for their Individual Education Plan.
Intro to the BC Competency-Based IEP
Webinar Recording
If you’re looking to better understand the intention behind the BC CB-IEP framework, this video of a 2021 webinar will answer many of your questions.
After attending a training with Shelley Moore, the creator of the CB-IEP, there was a lot to share. For now, this is my most recent recording on this topic.
Blog Posts
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Are Parents Responsible for the Feelings of School Staff?
Question: Is a parent responsible for school staff’s feelings, in advocating for a child via email so documented communication? Is…
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Does the IEP Need a Spring Review?
If you think your child’s IEP is unchangeable until next fall, you’re not alone. But don’t overlook the spring as…
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What’s the Difference Between Integration and Inclusion?
At a glance, integration might look like inclusion. Integration places disabled and/or neurodivergent students in mainstream classrooms without altering much…