what's inside The Advocacy uncensored toolkit?
You shouldn't need a law degree to sit at your child's IEP meeting.
The Advocacy Uncensored Toolkit is a 70+ page digital resource for parents navigating IEPs and special education, because I know an educated parent is a collaborative partner, and this toolkit is how you become one. It's everything I've learned advocating for families since 2018, organized into four sections you can actually use:
Know It, Plan It, Say It, and Own It.
Special education, decoded. IEPs, evaluations, eligibility, and the alphabet soup that comes with them — broken down so anyone can follow it.
Prep that travels with you. Worksheets, checklists, and planning pages
Language so you can ask the harder question without the conversation going sideways
How to document, when to put it in writing, and how to make sure the plan on paper matches the plan everyone discussed.
For: Parents who've been to one meeting or twenty meetings and still leave wishing they'd said more.
For: Parents who just left a doctor's office and were told to contact the school about whether their child qualifies for special education
For: Teachers, providers, and new advocates who want better support their families
$29
One time payment
Available as an immediate download
Creator
Kate Cortelyou
When I started this journey almost 10 years ago after my son was diagnosed autistic, I had to look a million places just to piece together how to navigate the IEP world. I walked out of my first meeting knowing I needed to do my part to fix this for my son, and for every other family sitting in that same seat.
In 2018, I finished my special education advocacy program at Vanderbilt's Kennedy Center and have been helping families ever since—hired by parents, recommended by teachers, district employees, doctors, psychologists, and therapists, throughout Tennessee and the rest of the country.
This toolkit is the product of thousands of hours spent reading IEPs and evaluations, sitting in meetings, studying the IDEA and federal regulations, and watching where this process breaks down for families.
I know not everyone can afford to hire an advocate or a lawyer. So, to every new family sitting in the same seat I was, this toolkit was designed with you in mind so that you and your child have the access to information you deserve.
Kate
www.advocacyuncensored.com