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My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys: Special Education Parent Advocacy
And they still are it seems. Sadly in search of and one step in back of Themselves and their slow-moving dreams.[1] That is a passage from my friend Sonja![Words have Meaning: Respectful Adoption & Person First Language](https://www.inciid.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/child-adoption.jpg)
Words have Meaning: Respectful Adoption & Person First Language
Words Have Meaning I first learned about the use of Respectful Adoption Language (RAL) from Patricia Irwin Johnston more than twenty years ago. RAL refers to attribution of “maximum respect,![Advocacy: Parental Participation](https://www.inciid.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/asian-girl-walking-to-school.gif)
Advocacy: Parental Participation
Parental participation. By Brice Palmer Is it a right? [NOTE: Come to the Webinar with Brice Palmer speaker and bring your questions about parental rights and participation. REGISTER HERE. ]![Words have Meaning: Respectful Adoption & Person First Language](https://www.inciid.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/child-adoption-1.jpg)
Words have Meaning: Respectful Adoption & Person First Language
Words Have Meaning I first learned about the use of Respectful Adoption Language (RAL) from Patricia Irwin Johnston more than twenty years ago. RAL refers to attribution of “maximum respect,![What Does “Appropriate” Really Mean?](https://www.inciid.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/appropriate.jpg)
What Does “Appropriate” Really Mean?
by Brice Palmer [NOTE: Register for the Webinar on Thursday July 16, 2005 7:30 PM] The question about what the word appropriate means in the IDEA is one of the most![Advocacy: IEP’s, A Box of Chocolates: “You never know what you’re gonna get.”](https://www.inciid.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/box-of-chocolates2.jpg)
Advocacy: IEP’s, A Box of Chocolates: “You never know what you’re gonna get.”
“My momma always said, life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.” Forrest Gump: Isn’t the “You never know what you’re gonna get” feeling![IEP’sWebinar: Are Like a Box of Chocolates – You Never Know What You’re Gonna Get](https://www.inciid.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/box-of-chocolate.jpg)
IEP’sWebinar: Are Like a Box of Chocolates – You Never Know What You’re Gonna Get
Direct Link to the Recording [Note: Webinars are recorded using GotomyWebinar by Citrex. For some reason the first 10 minutes of this presentation did not record. However the majority of![Special Education: A twenty-four part series on advocacy](https://www.inciid.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Equality-red-sign.jpg)
Special Education: A twenty-four part series on advocacy
The following is a list of the articles in the advocacy series. FERPA and Special Education Advocacy: The Gordian Knot Published in the INCIID INsights Newletter January 15, 2015 Organizing![Making Decisions and Analyzing the Facts](https://www.inciid.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/cartoon-decision-process_1.jpg)