Description

Requirements:

• Willing to attend all weekly sessions
• Willing to shadow an advocate at a special education meeting
• Willing to advocate for four families of children with disabilities

Training will cover:

• The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
• State law
• No Child Left Behind
• The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
• Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act

Fall 2010 dates
(Saturdays, from 9 a.m-3 p.m. CST):

• September 11, 2010
• September 18, 2010
• October 2, 2010
• October 16, 2010
• October 30, 2010
• November 13, 2010

The training is held twice every year in multiple sites across the state.

Fee: $30

For more information, visit http://kc.vanderbilt.edu/kennedy/vap/ or contact meghan.m.burke@vanderbilt.edu.

Click the link at the bottom of this page to view and print an application. If you have questions about the application, contact meghan.m.burke@vanderbilt.edu.

Collaborating Agencies

• The Arc of Davidson County
• The Arc of the Mid-South
• The Arc of Williamson County
• The Boling Center for Developmental Disabilities
• Center on Disability Employment (at UT Knoxville)
• East Tennessee Children's Hospital
• East Tennessee State University
• LifeLine
• Support and Training for Exceptional Parents (STEP)
• The Susan Gray School
• University of Tennessee at Martin
• Vanderbilt Kennedy Center
• West Tennessee Healthcare