Educating and Empowering Parents, Advocates, and Organizations to Achieve

I am, Cynthia Moore. 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 which are invaluable the world of special education advocacy.

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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)

• The Federation of Children with Special Needs (www.fcsn.org)

• The Special Needs Advocacy Network (www.spanmass.org)

• The Council of Parents, Attorneys, and Advocates (www.copaa.org)

• The Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution and Training

• The Suffolk University Advanced Legal Studies Program

including, but not limited to, participation in:

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• Parent Consultant Training Institute:

• Special Education Advocacy Training - SEAT 2.0 (year long masters level program)

• The Business of Special Education Advocacy - SEAT 3.0 (nonprofit advocacy program)

• Advanced Advocacy Certification - (20+ hours of training)

• Special Education Advocacy and Law Boot Camp:

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and experience as:

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• Board member SPAN

• Board member of the Northborough/Southborough Special Education Advisory Council

• Trainer for the Federation for Children with Special Needs

• Teaching team member for COPAA’s SEAT program

• 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 advocate. 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.