Advocacy and Support Meetup Groups

[loudounDad]

Here are a couple meetup groups that we've recently joined. Not sure how active these are, but hopefully something will be scheduled soon!

http://www.meetup.com/Is-Your-Child-...ing-in-School/

http://www.meetup.com/The-Loudoun-Social-Skills-Group/

Please reply with other groups that may be helpful.

[Brice]

Parent support and advocacy groups help a lot of parents. Over the last 20+ years many very good ones have formed and have helped a lot of parents.

One that I am associated with is the Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA). COPAA has well over 1,000 members who are a mixture of parents, advocates, and special education attorneys. One of the useful features of COPAA is its discussion group, which is active 24 hours a day. You can find this organization at http://www.copaa.org.

Something I can suggest about support and advocacy groups is select one that is actively involved in genuine support and education opportunities for the members.

- brice