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Turn AI into Your Advocacy Ally: Top Tips for Using ChatGPT to Support Your Child

December 2 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST

Advocating for a student with learning differences can feel complex, but you don’t have to navigate it alone.

In this practical and empowering webinar, you’ll learn how to use ChatGPT to support every step of your advocacy journey. From drafting communications and decoding evaluations to preparing for IEP or 504 meetings and exploring effective accommodations, discover how AI can help you save time, gain clarity, and communicate with confidence.

Whether you’re a parent, educator, or advocate, this session offers real-world examples and actionable tips to help you harness the power of AI to support diverse learners and strengthen collaboration across the educational team.

Key Takeaways During this webinar, participants will:

  • Understand how ChatGPT and similar AI tools can assist in navigating special education systems, from eligibility to ongoing support.
  • Learn how to prompt AI effectively to create advocacy documents such as parent input statements, email templates, meeting summaries, and accommodation requests.
  • Explore how AI can simplify technical language in evaluations, IEPs, and expert reports—making complex data more accessible.
  • Gain confidence in leveraging AI ethically and responsibly as a tool for collaboration between parents, educators, and service providers.

This webinar is free to attend live and will be recorded, however the recording will only be made available to current LDA Members. Please register using the form below. If you’d like the replay and are not an LDA Member, an option is available via this form to become a member.

Jennifer Bernheim, is the founder of Right to Read Advocacy, where she helps parent navigate the special education process and advocate for students with learning disabilities. As the parent of a dyslexic student, she combines lived experience with formal training through the Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates Special Education and Advocacy Training, Orton-Gillingham Academy’s Subscriber course, and Wrightslaw programs.

With more than two decades of experience in strategic communications, Jennifer blends her expertise in advocacy, education, and emerging technology to help families and educators collaborate more effectively. She holds a master’s degree in communication studies from the University of Rhode Island. Jennifer lives in Weston, Connecticut with her husband, three children and Australian Labradoodle.