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<blockquote data-quote="confuzzled" data-source="post: 344419" data-attributes="member: 8831"><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">what credentials does this advocate have?</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">you might be surprised to find out she has little, if any, more than you do. maybe she has a few "training" seminars under her belt. unless she was just preparing you for the worst possible outcome--she's pretty out there. the advice to "play their game" is astounding to me....how could that possibly be in <em>anyones</em> best interest?</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">while i'm a huge fan of advocacy, and there are certainly some excellent, credentialed AND non credentialed ones out there...there are also a lot that arent all that. i cant speak for all states, but at least in mine pretty much anyone can call themselves an advocate...even those actually affiliated with "advocacy organizations". </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">i still <em>really</em> think there needs to be a lawyer involved who has a good grasp of spEd law--this isnt a game.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">as others have said, there are umpteen alternatives between LRE and MRE (homebound)....unless for some reason homebound is the outcome you are hoping for.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">hope the new medication helps--i know its scary, but there must be a reason the doctor wrote for it.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="confuzzled, post: 344419, member: 8831"] [FONT=Comic Sans MS]what credentials does this advocate have?[/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS]you might be surprised to find out she has little, if any, more than you do. maybe she has a few "training" seminars under her belt. unless she was just preparing you for the worst possible outcome--she's pretty out there. the advice to "play their game" is astounding to me....how could that possibly be in [I]anyones[/I] best interest?[/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS]while i'm a huge fan of advocacy, and there are certainly some excellent, credentialed AND non credentialed ones out there...there are also a lot that arent all that. i cant speak for all states, but at least in mine pretty much anyone can call themselves an advocate...even those actually affiliated with "advocacy organizations". [/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS]i still [I]really[/I] think there needs to be a lawyer involved who has a good grasp of spEd law--this isnt a game.[/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS]as others have said, there are umpteen alternatives between LRE and MRE (homebound)....unless for some reason homebound is the outcome you are hoping for.[/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS]hope the new medication helps--i know its scary, but there must be a reason the doctor wrote for it.[/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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