Bright Path Advocacy

22/08/2025

A new school year brings new goals, challenges, hopes and dreams. This is a critical time to ensure your child’s IEP truly reflects their individual needs. The process can feel complex and overwhelming, but you don’t have to navigate it alone. Im here to support, guide and empower families. Together we can confidently secure the services and accommodations your child needs to thrive. 🩵

21/08/2025

Guys this is an alarming problem.

20/08/2025

20/08/2025

These dual credits can add up.

The Missouri Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development is pleased to announce that the Dual Credit/Dual Enrollment Scholarship application is open for the Fall 2025 and Spring 2026 semesters. This scholarship helps eligible students cover the tuition and fees of dual credit and dual enrollment courses allowing high school students to earn high school and college credit for the course simultaneously.

Read More: https://buff.ly/LajNIC4

20/08/2025

I ❤️ how much our libraries do for the community. Here’s another great opportunity.

Teens—want to make a difference, gain experience and give back to your community? Apply now for our Teen Volunteer Program! Applications are open now through September 7.

To apply, fill out the form here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSedfYHrgZ-LXgc_FeaEbEqR5h6zswa_6fvjN0D9S17qNjLDew/viewform

17/08/2025

If it’s in your IEP or 504 already, don’t let the school take it out. If it’s not in there but your child has been using the phone for music, check-ins with you, blood sugar checks, etc. get the words cell phone out into their plans.

04/08/2025

Let’s support this family Monday by showing up to the virtual meeting!

Thank you to everyone who supported this family. The hearing is concluded and a decision will post in September.

It will be a deep and painful dive into years of failure to teach a bright young child to read, write or spell. The family is opening the hearing to the public. Allowing the public into these hearings is an important way to shed light on what happens inside of schools to children with disabilities. Please consider supporting this family by joining the Webex live next week.

Go to Webex and enter meeting ID above if link does not work

31/07/2025

This is a great service! Thank you St. Louis County Library!

Eye Thrive will offer free eye exams and glasses today at the Weber Road Branch and tomorrow at the Natural Bridge Branch. Any child age 4-18 is eligible. Exams will be scheduled on a first-come, first-served basis. View participating branches and learn more at www.slcl.org/eyecare.

18/07/2025

Shout it from the rooftops! Please use an advocate or an attorney for change of placement. Homebound is not appropriate for many students. And if it is appropriate for your student, five hours is not enough. DESE spells it out very clearly. However, the school will offer you and tell you that’s all they can give you if you don’t go in overly prepared.

Mythbuster: Homebound services are NOT limited to 5 hours per week. 5 hours is what schools must provide in Missouri to receive their funding for a student. DESE guidance states 5 hours is unlikely to provide FAPE. https://dese.mo.gov/faqs/frequently-asked-questions-homebound

Homebound is the most restrictive placement for a child’s education.

Homebound is not to be used for children with behaviors in lieu of providing them appropriate supports in school including paraprofessional support, ABA, etc.

17/07/2025

Please fill this out!

If you are a parent/guardian of a child with an IEP in Missouri, PLEASE take our very short survey and share it with others so they can do the same!!

https://forms.gle/qN6hujGaGxFNuYrH9

16/07/2025

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