Here you will find important documents to assist you in your personal advocacy efforts. Documents are sorted based on the age of the individual with a disability or by general or specific relevance. For example, some documents pertain only to Larimer County schools. Other documents pertain to a more general audience. We believe these documents contain some real helps and supports, so please take a look.

General Advocacy

• Tips for Advocacy Assistance
• Social Security Explained
• How Social Security and SSI Disability benefits differ
• Individual Private Accounts Effect
• Civil Rights Fact Sheet
• Children's Health Insurance Program SCHIP
• Rocky Mountain ADA Center

Educational Issues - General

• 99 Ways to Encourage a Child
• Accessing Students' Educational Records
• Administering Medications at School
• Communicating at IEP Meetings
• Discipline of Students under IDEA
• Discipline--Applying the School Conduct Code
• Discipline--Behavior Assessments, Behavior Support Plans & Manifestation Determinations
• Getting Off to a Good School Start
• Helping the Middle Schooler Get Organized
• Hot Tips for IEP Meetings
• How Objective is the IEP?
• How to Use a Resource List
• Parental Consent and the IEP Process
• Planning for a Successful Meeting
• Preparing for an IEP
• Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
• SLS Family Guide
• Transitions within School
• Understanding Extended School Year
• Understanding Sensory Integration Issues
• What are "related services"?

Adult Issues

• Conservatorship
• Guardianship
• What's Wrong with the R-Word?
• Direct Care Workers Fact Sheet
• Employment Fact Sheet
• Housing Fact Sheet
• Long Term Care Fact Sheet
• Medicaid Fact Sheet
• Voting
• Emergency Management