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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When you aren't lazy and do accurate data collection and write solid IEPs for your caseload, parents don't call advocates on you. I definitely had some questionable coworkers who met that criteria. [/quote]

Posts like this are what is making the forum negative. This is not at all true and this belief is harmful for teachers and parents. Are we saying that advocates should always be a welcome part of the eligibility or IEP process, or that they should only be used when there are "lazy" teachers? Or that the only reason a parent could want an advocate is because a teacher is lazy and not a number of other issues?[/quote]

NP. You need to read more carefully. The poster is saying that it's really rare for parents to seek to pay thousands of dollars to have someone help them if an IEP team is being helpful and careful. We have personally only called advocates for help when a team is being lazy or violating the law for other reasons and getting away with it and most parent we know only seek help when they are having a difficult time with an IEP team. I don't know if the parents are right or the IEP team is right but an advocate can help them come to a resolution.

No one said advocates are only used with lazy teachers.[/quote]

I did read carefully. The post said "When you aren't lazy and do accurate data collection and write solid IEPs for your caseload, parents don't call advocates on you." [/quote]

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