Vulnerable students’ needs and rights in pandemic: Threats and opportunities

Diana MTK Autin, parent advocacy leader, describes how distance learning fails to meet the needs of many students and exacerbates inequities. She leads several organizations that help parents advocate effectively for their own families and also for systemic change. The pandemic’s impacts are likely to be felt by students for a long time, and unless students’ rights are defended, long-standing legal protections may be weakened with devastating effects.

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References

Center for Parent Information and Resources: parentcenterhub.org/coronavirus-resources
Multilingual resources on COVID 19: parentcenterhub.org/buzz-march2020-issue1
RAISE National Transition TA Center for youth with disabilities, their families, and the professionals who support them (special newsletter on youth with disabilities and COVID 19): myemail.constantcontact.com/RAISE-The-Standard-Newsletter—March-2020.html?soid=1115638112245&aid=mDii4ExNoJo
National Center for Leadership in Family Professional Partnerships: familyvoices.org/coronavirus
National Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health: ffcmh.org/crisis-hotlines
National Association for Family, School, and Community Engagement: nafsce.org/general/custom.asp?page=coronavirus
National Center for Parent Leadership, Advocacy, and Community Empowerment: www.parentsatthetable.org
Resources for parents and educators: schoolvirtually.org

Overview

00:00-00:42 Intros

00:43-01:45 How parent advocacy groups help vulnerable children and families

01:46-03:33 How the pandemic and distance learning is impacting these children

03:34-06:49 What communities, districts and schools can do to lessen negative impacts

06:50-11:08 What parents and advocates can do; resources

11:09-24:41 How Federal Covid-19-related actions have affected vulnerable children/families positively and negatively; ways to affect the government’s response

24:42-29:32 Specific issues affecting transitions of students with disabilities in last year of school

29:33-34:27 Long-term impacts of crisis and responses

34:28-36:00 Outro

Transcription

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Credits

Photo by Annie Spratt / Unsplash

Soundtrack by Podington Bear