Advocating for Your Child With Learning Disabilities: Overcoming Roadblocks

As a parent, you probably already know the importance of advocating for your child with learning disabilities, like dyslexia or ADHD. But what happens when that advocacy hits a roadblock? ...

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I think when parents, or if parents, hit a brick wall, one thing that I found that'svery useful is to try to incorporate what we instill in our children, which isa sense of resilience that not everything that we ask for is going towork immediately. And so if we go down one path and we find a roadblock, whatwhat other paths might we be able to take when we do hit into somethingthat's not working. So for example, if you ask for an evidence-based readingprogram for your child, and the school district doesn't have that available,what might you do? You might look to the state department of education, or educateyourself on what the laws are and what your child is entitled to. Because Ithink that that could be really helpful. Knowing what you're ...