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 Jefferson 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"?
Education--Specific to Jefferson County
- Charter Schools and Special Education
- Comparison between School and Adult Services
- Glossary of Special Education Terminology
- Schools of Choice
- Components of an IEP Power Point slides from training for parents, presented by The Arc in Jefferson County and Jeffco Public Schools Exceptional Students Services Directors
Adult Issues
- Conservatorship
- Guardianship
- What's Wrong with "Mental Retardation"?
- Direct Care Workers Fact Sheet
- Employment Fact Sheet
- Housing Fact Sheet
- Long Term Care Fact Sheet
- Medicaid Fact Sheet
- Voting
- Emergency Management
ArcJC Newsletters
- Arc Independent August/September 2009
- Arc Independent October 2008
- Arc Independent April 2008
- Arc Independent Oct/Nov 2007
- Arc Independent August 2007
- Arc Independent June 2007
- Arc Independent April 2007
- Arc Independent Feb/March 2007
- Arc Independent Dec 2006/Jan 2007
- Arc Independent Oct/Nov 2007
- Arc Independent July/August/Sept 2006
- Arc Independent May/Jun 2006
- Arc Independent Mar/Apr 2006
- Arc Independent Jan/Feb 2006
- Spring 2005
- Winter 2004
- Fall 2003
- Summer 2003
- Spring 2003
