Summary: If I had to select two people to represent extra needs children I could do no better then Pat Howey and Ellie Goldberg. Both are nationally known. Each has been an advocate for children with special needs for over 20 years. Pat speaks at Wrightslaw presentations, training parents to be effective advocates. Ellie has a dynamic consulting practice specializing in children with chronic health conditions and healthy schools and is a board member of the Massachusetts PTA and its Legislative chair. Today we first look at what has changed in the last 20 years and then we discuss what the situation is today and what parents face in schools. The last segment of the chat gets "very political" and we face head-on some of the public health issues, what all parents need to know, and what we can all do to effect change. Pat Howey and Ellie Goldberg leading the charge for equity and justice
