Founder of special education advocacy helping parents navigate the special education gifted and behavior maze since 1998 through intuitive insightful consultation and direct advocacy never go it alone there has never been a more important time as now to navigate the special education maze during the covid virus era with the support of an advocate lets talk advocacy support . Special education advocates build paper trails they compose letters requests and documents effective written communication plays an important role in a special education advocates success research skills special education advocacy requires gathering information about local support systems it also involves researching information . Advocates in special education can help parents get important services for their children with disabilities most people use them when schools or other service providers deny services treatments or equipment a child needs when weighing whether to involve advocates parents should ask for specific reasons their requests for services are being denied when determining the need for advocates . Special education advocates lobby for the special education services that a child with disabilities needs they work on behalf of the child and his or her family to demand these basic education requirements from the childs school a child with special needs requires a specific environment to ensure a high standard of learning unfortunately not all schools have this and public schools are