Special Education Advocate Nicole Shelton spoke on "Parent Choices for Struggling Teens," a radio program hosted on L.A. Talk Radio, about how parents can make it through special education. She explained to host Lon Woodbury and co-host Liz McGhee the intricacies of navigating through the School District's Special Education rules and regulations. Her success in helping her clients depended on how willing a school district might be to do all they can for the unique needs of their special students. She also talked about when and why parents might need the aid of Special Education Advocates and Legal representatives.
The host of the show, Lon Woodbury has been helping family members and teenagers since 1984. He is a well-known Independent Educational Specialist and the author of the immensely popular Woodbury Reports.
Meanwhile co-host, Liz McGhee, who is the Director of Admissions for Sandhill Child Development Center in New Mexico, has been working with adolescents for nineteen years.
Background on Nicole Shelton
Nicole Shelton is the founder of Shelton Consulting, which is a private Advocacy Consulting firm that focuses on nationwide special education advocacy, individualized placement services for clients with special needs and consultative services to attorneys and therapeutic programs. Nicole holds a Master of Science in Educational Administration, a Master of Education in Special Education and BA in Psychology. She is currently working towards her Juris Doctorate.
The Skinny On How Parents Can Survive Special Education
"What is a special education advocate?" asked Lon after introducing his guest to the listeners.
Nicole described a special education advocate as someone who is knowledgeable and proficient with the special education rights of students in the United States. This advocate could aid parents with understanding the special education rights of their child, and, moreover, manage to initiate the steps to make sure that their child's needs were met though the school district. An attorney, was a different type of specialist, someone who handled the lawful facts of a case, and was only necessary if the situation had to be intensified because the school district showed no interest or initiative in helping a special needs child get their requirements met in the classroom.
A special education advocate was required if a mother or father really felt that the school district was denying the child a right to an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) or if the school district was supplying an IEP that was not favorable to their child's requirements. After comprehending just what a mother, father, and child needed from the school district and examining all the child's records to authenticate the parents claims, the advocate would then prepare a meeting with school authorities to determine a new course of action.
The host of the show, Lon Woodbury has been helping family members and teenagers since 1984. He is a well-known Independent Educational Specialist and the author of the immensely popular Woodbury Reports.
Meanwhile co-host, Liz McGhee, who is the Director of Admissions for Sandhill Child Development Center in New Mexico, has been working with adolescents for nineteen years.
Background on Nicole Shelton
Nicole Shelton is the founder of Shelton Consulting, which is a private Advocacy Consulting firm that focuses on nationwide special education advocacy, individualized placement services for clients with special needs and consultative services to attorneys and therapeutic programs. Nicole holds a Master of Science in Educational Administration, a Master of Education in Special Education and BA in Psychology. She is currently working towards her Juris Doctorate.
The Skinny On How Parents Can Survive Special Education
"What is a special education advocate?" asked Lon after introducing his guest to the listeners.
Nicole described a special education advocate as someone who is knowledgeable and proficient with the special education rights of students in the United States. This advocate could aid parents with understanding the special education rights of their child, and, moreover, manage to initiate the steps to make sure that their child's needs were met though the school district. An attorney, was a different type of specialist, someone who handled the lawful facts of a case, and was only necessary if the situation had to be intensified because the school district showed no interest or initiative in helping a special needs child get their requirements met in the classroom.
A special education advocate was required if a mother or father really felt that the school district was denying the child a right to an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) or if the school district was supplying an IEP that was not favorable to their child's requirements. After comprehending just what a mother, father, and child needed from the school district and examining all the child's records to authenticate the parents claims, the advocate would then prepare a meeting with school authorities to determine a new course of action.
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Lon Woodbury, the founder of Struggling Teens, has recorded the entire interview on his weekly L.A. Talk Radio show for people to at their convenience.
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