Join us for a live webinar.

Youth who live with a mental health disability may be confused and frustrated if they don’t know their rights while going through school. Learn how to access the supports and services that will help you through this journey. We will outline your educational rights, define what they are and explain how you can advocate for your rights from pre-K to high school. This information will encourage you, give you hope and better prepare you for life after high school.

This webinar is for youth, parents, guardians, providers, and advocates who serve transitional age youth with mental health disabilities.

*This training is presented from a peer perspective by people who have lived experience with mental health disabilities.

Live Captions, ASL Interpreter Available

About the webinar:

Come join us as we discuss your educational rights, including your rights to access services, supports and request reasonable accommodations. Knowing your rights will empower you to advocate for your own needs and goals. We will also identify available services and supports through activities such as pod-mapping. 

We will cover the following:

• Rights applicable to students with disabilities in K-12 education.
• Academic accommodations, 504 Plans, and IEPs.
• Supports and services for TAY with mental health disabilities.
• Pod-mapping - an activity meant to help youth identify supports available to them in their community.

Speakers:

Zofia Trexler is a Peer Self Advocacy Trainer with the Peer Self Advocacy Unit of Disability Rights California. She has lived experience with mental health disability and navigating the mental health care system. She specializes in advocating for Transitional Age Youth populations.