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Guide To Education Advocacy.
Colby, Lily White Eagle.
Journal Article
Copyright
Published: September-October 2018
Fostering Families Today
Vol. 18, No. 4
, p. 24-25
Fostering Media Connections
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Los Angeles, CA 90014
Available From:http://www.fosteringfamiliestoday.com
This article discusses foster parents’ rights to view their foster child’s educational record under the Federal Educational Privacy Rights Act, State laws that include foster parents as education rights holders allowing them to make special education decisions, and the obligations of schools and child welfare systems to help foster parents transport their foster children to their school or origin unless it is not in their best interest to do so. Additional regulations relating to special education and the right of foster parents to be given notice of and be heard at their foster child’s dependency hearings are also reviewed, as well as strategies foster parents can use to instill a culture of education in their children.
Keywords:
children with disabilities; learning disabilities; special education; childrens rights; school issues; child advocacy; federal laws; SPECIAL NEEDS; guidelines; foster parents; foster children