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Building Unit/Division Capacity for Policy and Advocacy

CEC Special Education Legislative Summit Alexandria, VA July 7, 2018

Presented by:

Sharon Walsh, DEC Government Relations Consultant Kim Sopko, DEC Advocacy Team Leader/CAN Coordinator

Welcome & Brief Intro

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Identify your successes and challenges

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DEC Policy & Advocacy Committee

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Questions & Discussion

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AGENDA

Outcomes

• Identify unit/division current successes and

challenges

• Understand the history of and the new DEC

Policy and Advocacy Committee Structure

• Consider new ideas and strategies to employ in

your unit/division

Table Discussion

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In your unit / division, what have been 1) your greatest successes 2) your biggest challenges regarding policy and advocacy efforts?

A little history….

• DEC has always been an active member of CAN

network

• Tried many, many, many, strategies over the years
• Tried a variety of structures
• Modest success but many challenges
• Always trying to engage members across the

generations

• Providing needed information without
• verwhelming members

Meeting DEC Ends

• DEC exists so that young children (0-8) who have or are at risk for

development delays and disabilities participate as full members of families and communities and benefit from knowledgeable, informed, and connected professionals, families, and policy makers.

• DEC exists so that professionals, families, and policy makers have an
• pportunity to connect, engage, and influence each other in a way that

supports full community participation and desired outcomes for young children (0-8) who have or are at risk for development delays and disabilities.

Working Committees

• Family
• Policy & Advocacy
• Inclusion & Equity
• Leadership Development
• Community of Practice

Development

• Subdivision Support
• International
• Membership
• Research

Policy and Advocacy Committee 2018

Some of our partners

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• Welcome to the new USDOE

Secretary/ Priorities for the new administration

• Comments on disproportionality

regulations

• Drafting IDEA reauthorization

recommendations

• Development of Part D paper
• Comments on Head Start data

collection

Policy Writing Team

Advocacy Team

• Built on the work of previous member of PAC
• Training materials
• DEC annual conference sessions
• Re-energizing our CAN Network
• Increased communication with members
• At least weekly posts to facebook and twitter
• DEC News post on the website
• Monthly E-communicator from Executive Director
• Emails to CAN Coordinators
• Emails to all DEC members (used sparingly)
• Connecting members to the CEC Legislative

Action Center

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Dissemination Action Guide

Dissemination Vehicle Tier 1:

(Urgent and DEC Priority Topic) Tier 2:

Tier 3:

(Not urgent, or no action needed/FYI

• nly; as time

and resources allow) Who Develops [A] Action needed, not urgent, but DEC priority topic [B] Action needed, Not DEC priority topic

Twitter ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Advocacy Team (with Exec Office Approval)8 Facebook ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Advocacy Team (with Exec Office Approval) DEC News Section

• n website

✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Advocacy Team (with Exec Office Approval) CAN Network Activation ✔ ✔ Advocacy Team (with Exec Office Approval) DEC E- Communicator ✔ ✔ Executive Office Full Twitter/Facebook Advocacy Campaign ✔ ✔ Advocacy Team with Exec Office Approval Direct Email – All Member Activation ✔ Advocacy Team with Exec Office Approval

Website NEWS post

Facebook Posts

Tweets

Priority Issues Agenda

What we have learned

Have expectations

• f volunteers

Meet your volunteers where they are Discount for DEC Annual Conference registration Use partnerships and join coalitions CEC Legislative Action Center Support from Deb Ziegler, CEC P & A Director

What are two things you take away from this discussion that may help your unit/division to build capacity for policy and advocacy?

• Margaret Mead

“Never doubt that a small group

• f thoughtful, committed

citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever does.”

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Thank You!