Empowering Parents to Transform the Lives of Their Children with Disabilities
Mission
Provide educational advocacy services to individuals with disabilities and their families
Provide guidance to parents to develop and utilize their advocacy skills to meet the educational needs of their child with a disability
Provide guidance to individuals with disabilities to assist them to develop their own self advocacy skills in order to have their educational and life needs met
Special Education Advocate
The role of the Special Education Advocate is:
To educate parents about their child's educational rights in order to receive services
To educate parents how to be effective mentors for their child
To assist parents to model successful strategies to meet the needs of their child in the educational process, ie., eligibility, IEP, 504, etc.
All services focus on supporting the needs
of the individual with the disability
Confidentiality is a critical component of the services we provide to families
Pam Labellarte
Special Education Advocate
FROM ADVOCACY TO ACTION
Phone: 847-401-5053
Fax: 847-566-4431
