{"id":31875,"date":"2015-09-15T01:58:30","date_gmt":"2015-09-15T06:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=31875"},"modified":"2015-09-15T01:58:30","modified_gmt":"2015-09-15T06:58:30","slug":"free-workshop-iep-advocacy-for-parents-austin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2015\/09\/15\/free-workshop-iep-advocacy-for-parents-austin\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Workshop: IEP Advocacy for Parents &#8211; Austin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/tawny-ard.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"31877\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2015\/09\/15\/free-workshop-iep-advocacy-for-parents-austin\/tawny-ard\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/tawny-ard.jpg?fit=698%2C910&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"698,910\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"tawny ard\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/tawny-ard.jpg?fit=230%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/tawny-ard.jpg?fit=560%2C730&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-31877\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/tawny-ard.jpg?resize=500%2C652\" alt=\"tawny ard\" width=\"500\" height=\"652\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/tawny-ard.jpg?w=698&amp;ssl=1 698w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/tawny-ard.jpg?resize=230%2C300&amp;ssl=1 230w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/tawny-ard.jpg?resize=560%2C730&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/tawny-ard.jpg?resize=260%2C339&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/tawny-ard.jpg?resize=160%2C209&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>IEP Advocacy For Parents<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Free Workshop!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>IEP meetings: overwhelming? Want to understand the IEP\u00a0process better and be more prepared for IEP meetings?<\/p>\n<p>Tawny Holmes, a lawyer from the National Association of the Deaf, will talk about the special education process and your rights as a parent or a family member. Latest trends in Deaf education and resources will be shared. This workshop will help you as a parent to both become your child&#8217;s best advocate and build positive relationships with school personnel.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DATE \/ LOCATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Texas School for the Deaf Multipurpose Room<br \/>\n1102 South Congress Ave<br \/>\nAustin, Texas 78704<\/p>\n<p>Monday, September 21, 2015<br \/>\n9:00 AM &#8211; 10:30 AM<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, September 22, 2015<br \/>\n5:00 PM &#8211; 6:30 PM<\/p>\n<p>Refreshments Served.<\/p>\n<p>REGISTER By September 19, 2015!<\/p>\n<p>Register at this link: <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/forms\/MOVNj2RXNg\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/goo.gl\/forms\/MOVNj2RXNg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>First come, first serve! Limited Availability for Childcare.<\/p>\n<p>A Deaf Awareness Week event! CELEBRATE!<\/p>\n<p>No Ordinary Hero<br \/>\nFree family movie at TSD football field. Begins at 7:45 pm.<\/p>\n<p>Jointly Sponsored By<br \/>\nTexas School for the Deaf<br \/>\nTSD-Parent Teacher Staff Organization<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IEP Advocacy For Parents Free Workshop! IEP meetings: overwhelming? Want to understand the IEP\u00a0process better and be more prepared for IEP meetings? Tawny Holmes, a lawyer from the National Association of the Deaf, will talk about the special education process&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2015\/09\/15\/free-workshop-iep-advocacy-for-parents-austin\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[21,87,539,24,713,8904,291,100,630,22630,93,14628,604,80,24133,43],"class_list":["post-31875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deaf-news","tag-austin","tag-children","tag-daw","tag-deaf","tag-deaf-awareness-week","tag-iep","tag-movie","tag-nad","tag-national-association-of-the-deaf","tag-no-ordinary-hero","tag-parent","tag-tawny-holmes","tag-texas-school-for-the-deaf","tag-tsd","tag-tsd-parent-teacher-staff-organization","tag-workshop"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p752R-8i7","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":35893,"url":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2017\/06\/29\/35893\/","url_meta":{"origin":31875,"position":0},"title":"Advocacy Support and Training 8\/4\/17 &#8211; Austin","author":"Grant Laird Jr","date":"June 29, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"ASTra training has arrived in Texas!! 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