ERIC Number: EJ1216149
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 4
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1544-6751
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Parent Advocacy App: Assisting Families of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children in Grades K-12
Lightfoot, Mary Henry
Odyssey: New Directions in Deaf Education, v20 p39-42 2019
Advocating for deaf or hard of hearing child can be a daunting task … and intimidating. So many professionals around a table and the parent. What can parents do to advocate for deaf or hard of hearing children? Why is advocating for these child at school meetings important? As Apple says (2009), "There's an app for that!" The Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center, in collaboration with the American Society for Deaf Children (ASDC), Hand & Voices, and the National Association of the Deaf (NAD), has created an app to assist parents with understanding how to advocate for their child (kindergarten to twelfth grade) during educational planning meetings. The app details aspects of the IEP law and IEP meetings and the law regarding 504 plans and 504 plan meetings, and how to tell if a child may be eligible for one of these legal protections. The app "Parent Advocacy App for Deaf or Hard of Hearing" is described and explained in this article.
Descriptors: Parents, Advocacy, Computer Oriented Programs, Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Elementary Secondary Education, Parent Child Relationship, Individualized Education Programs, Disabilities, Federal Legislation
Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center. Gallaudet University, 800 Florida Avenue NE, KS 3600, Washington, DC 20002. Tel: 800-526-9105; Tel: 202-651-5340; Fax: 202-651-5708; e-mail: odyssey@gallaudet.edu; Web site: http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
Audience: Parents
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Rehabilitation Act 1973 (Section 504)
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