Children Deserve the Best Advocate in the Room
- particularly when those children have special needs.
Clinicians and parents alike often play a dual role when working with children with special needs. On one hand, clinicians and parents, as their first priority, must do all they can to help their children with special needs reach their full potential. Then, as if that were not enough, they are compelled again and again to become special advocates to help obtain resources desperately needed by the children they serve.
Clinicians and parents can learn vital advocacy skills to increase their effectiveness in their role as advocates. The information provided on this site is designed to give general information which will help transform you into the advocate your children need you to become.
Remember, "advocate" does not have to be a scary word. It can be an empowering, proactive word that allows you to make an incredible impact in the lives of your children.
Your children depend on it.
- Michele K. Nigliazzo
Parent Advocate/Attorney