Presenter Alison Morse, led parents through a workshop explaining and discussing the new template for Individual Education Plans (IEPs). She explained that the role for parents in the process has changed, too.
Topics covered included:
What ways can parents best advocate for their children through the identification process?
What special challenges do newcomer parents face?
What do parents need to prepare?
About Alison
She is the Provincial Co-ordinator of the Ontario Association for Families of Children with Communication Disorders. She delivers parent education workshops, prepares newsletters and position papers, organizes workshops and conferences and supports a network of volunteer chapters. Alison has been a Special Education Advisory Committee representative, and sits on the Minister's Advisory Council on Special Education representing Physical Disability. Websites: http://www.oafccd.com/ and http://www.parents-as-partners.ca/
