“Equipping and Empowering Parent Advocacy” with Dr Sandy Robinson

Special Education Series:

“Equipping and Empowering Parent Advocacy” with Dr. Sandy Robinson

We’re starting this year off with a podcast series on Special Education. You’re really going to enjoy this informative and heartfelt interview with Dr Sandy Robinson, Master Trainer and International Training Coordinator of The Champions Club. Dr Sandy shares with us some great insights for parents looking to advocate for their child in the IEP process as well as her family’s personal journey with special needs and mental health.

Episode Links and Resources:

• Dr. Sandy Robinson drsandyrobinson.com
•  www.wrightslaw.com/info/iep.index.htm
• www.parentcenterhub.org/webinar-training-modules-on-iep-idea
   OSEP funded parent training and information Centers (PTIs). They provide info for parents regarding IEP process and IDEA. Center for Parent Information and Resources (CPIR)
• Parentcenterhub.org https://www.parentcenterhub.org/pa12/
• Autismspeaks.org
• US Department of Education - Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)
• Individual state’s website for Special Education Programs
• Individual district’s special education website
• Individual Special Education Local Planning Area (SELPA) website

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More about Dr. Robinson:

Dr. Sandra Robinson, Ph.D. is the Master Trainer and the International Training Coordinator for the Champions Club Organization. For over 34 years she served as an educator, administrator, and school psychologist in the public school system. She has been the Director of Special Education in two different districts. She has taught teacher preparation courses at California State University, Riverside. Dr. Sandy has trained educators, administrators, and parents in the areas of positive behavior techniques (including crisis intervention), teaching and learning strategies, resilience training in the face of trauma and other mental health challenges, and Special Education law, policies, and procedures.

She brings her extensive experience in the field of special education to faith communities. Dr. Sandy is an inclusion specialist and wrote the first full-scale curriculum for Champion Club with Pastor Craig Johnson in 2014. She also co-authored the Champions Curriculum Home Edition in 2016. Incredibly Dr. Sandy, and a team of volunteers she trained, opened the first Champions Club on African soil.

She has been married to Rob Robinson, the love of her life, for over 30 years and they have two amazing daughters and one grandchild, Abigail Joppa, with one on the way.