Self-Advocacy and Victim Blaming in Education
I have put this blog under my IEP category because this is a topic that parents deal a lot with during their IEP meetings. There are expectations around kids self-advocating written into IEPs and expected to do during an IEP meeting. Some parents aren’t even being invited to attend, just the student. Parents are also […]
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!
How is hindsight an important issue to understand in education? Well, if anyone is going to claim that their child is experiencing discrimination and go through the human rights tribunal process, a defence the school could use is “hindsight” . Student by Parent v. School District BCHRT 237[99] Next, in B v. School District, 2019 […]
