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Cheryl specializes in teaching clients to successfully understand the learning issues their child has and identifies specifically the appropriate strategies that clients must use to access school board services and programs for their child’s academic success in the classroom. After a successful career as a corporate administrative assistant in the fields of Marketing and Sales, Cheryl now teaches other people to achieve academic success for their children who fall under the Special Education umbrella in Halton and surrounding regions. As a regular attendee of school board meetings, both SEAC and as a school council parent member, you will find her asking difficult questions, seeking clarity and volunteering to provide input and participate in various school board and ministry initiatives and committees. She is also a former participant of the provincially directed “Parent Voice” consultative panel.

A graduate of the Ontario Association of Education Advocates (OAEA) program and active working member of CADDAC (Canadian ADD/ADHD Advocacy, Canada), , Cheryl is no stranger to the difficulties parent’s face navigating the Special Education process from Catholic schools to the Public and Private schools. Cheryl has a personal and professional understanding of the importance of effective advocacy, having made mistakes in her own personal journey.(read the full story)

As a former member of the HDSB early kindergarten registration committee she recognizes the time sensitivity of effective advocacy for children falling behind in school and she dedicates her professional efforts to expediting the access of up-to-date and accurate information for other parents who will travel the same road she has over the past 10 years.

To contact Cheryl please email ccoates@passforkids.com