There are so many ways an educational advocate can help you. Your child’s education is one of the most important things. For your child to receive the best education possible, you may have to fight hard for extra services that your child needs. This can be hard and confusing. Here are some ways an educational advocate can help you:

IEP meeting

IEP meetings can be stressful. Sometimes it is hard to voice what you want for your child and receive it. An advocate helps with this. They will come to IEP meetings and help your child get what he or she needs. Advocates can also help you prepare for IEP meetings and explain to you what everything means.

Help with goals

An advocate will help you come up with appropriate goals for your child, as well as make recommendations.

Emotions

Meetings can be emotional. You love your child so much and just want what is best for him, but sometimes you don’t receive what you want. The stress adds to your emotions. An advocate will fight for your child’s needs and help take the emotion out of it.

Guidance

Overall, an advocate will provide guidance throughout each step of getting your child what he needs. You will always have someone on your team, helping you out and getting your child closer to his goals.