Educating and Empowering Parents, Advocates, and Organizations to Achieve
I am, Cynthia Moore. My pronouns are she/her/hers. I identify as a cis-gender, female. I began my professional life in the financial services sector, quickly rising to the executive level. In the process I gained extensive expertise in facilitative leadership, strategic planning, data analysis, and negotiation; skills that are invaluable in the world of special education advocacy.
I entered the world of special education 20+ years ago, advocating for my own children. Over time my volunteer advocacy efforts expanded to help family, friends, and eventually children who were wards of the state as a Special Education Surrogate Parent. I have received a plethora of training in special education, civil rights, and negotiating from a wide variety of places including, but not limited to:
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Wrightslaw (www.wrightslaw.com)
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The Federation of Children with Special Needs (www.fcsn.org)
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The Special Needs Advocacy Network (www.spanmass.org)
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The Council of Parents, Attorneys, and Advocates (www.copaa.org)
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The Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution and Training
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The Suffolk University Advanced Legal Studies Program
including, but not limited to, participation in:
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William & Mary Law School's Institute of Special Education Advocacy
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Parent Consultant Training Institute:
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Special Education Advocacy Training - SEAT 2.0 (year-long masters level program)
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The Business of Special Education Advocacy - SEAT 3.0 (non-profit advocacy program)
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Advanced Advocacy Certification - (20+ hours of training)
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Special Education Advocacy and Law Boot Camp:
and experience as:
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Vice President of Membership of the Special Needs Advocacy Network board
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President of the Northborough/Southborough Special Education Advisory Council board
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Trainer for the Federation for Children with Special Needs
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Teaching team member for COPAA’s SEAT program
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Autism Society of America speaker on “Single Parenting Those with Autism”
My ultimate goal is to empower individuals and organizations to become their own best advocates. I believe that if the special education system worked as designed, special education advocates would not be needed. I dream of the day this vision is a reality.