Advocacy in Schools

Learn skills and precedents to effectively advocate for your children in the school setting with the ASN’s Executive Director, Nancy Walton.

Presentation

When your child is experiencing difficulty in the school system, it is up to you, the parent to offer solutions.

Nancy Walton, Executive Director of Autism Support Network and speaker in our video series will give examples of quality school programs so that parents can better identify what to ask for. She will then offer tools for effective communication and advocacy so that parents can effectively support their child at school. These tools are also useful when advocating with MCFD or CLBC or any organization where your child might need better support.

After the presentation, parents and caregivers will have an opportunity to share experiences and ask questions.

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Bio: Nancy Walton

Nancy Walton, a mother of two, has been involved in meetings with MLA’s, MP’s and School administrators regarding ABA services for all children with ASD, since her son was diagnosed in 2000. She facilitated meetings for parents for 7 years first through the Autism Society of BC and later through the Autism Support Network Society, an organization which she founded in 2007. She was also one of the founders of the ABA Advisory in the Surrey School District and was instrumental in the development of the ABA Support Worker program in the district. Nancy is a secondary mathematics teacher.