Emails – Q & A
Emails can be stressful but they are stressful for good reason. They are very important. They are a key tool to your advocacy. Here is a collection of information that I have either learned from other people who have been advocating in the system for a long time, have learned through research, or from life […]
Self-Advocacy and Victim Blaming in Education
Self-Advocacy for Students in School I have put this blog under my IEP category because this is a topic that parents deal with a lot during their IEP meetings. Teachers expect students to self-advocate during IEP meetings. Which can be really hard for kids, under that kind of pressure. They are also very eager to […]
What is the Ask? Email Writing for School Advocacy.
Before I jump into the theme of this blog, I do want to mention that if you email someone in the district (head office) and you don’t cc: the principal, the email you send to the district will be sent to the principal of your kids’ school first. They will check in with them before they touch base […]
Let’s Talk about Hindsight!
Hindsight and Meaningful Inquiry Want to get the school moving on providing your child supports? Remove their hindsight defence and trigger the duty to accommodate. Why does the school want a defence at all? To avoid a finding of discrimination if a parent was to ever bring their case to a hearing at the BC […]
