The Book Every Foster Parent, Educator, and Advocate Needs
When a child enters foster care, their education is often the first thing to fall apart.
School moves, missing records, trauma, and low expectations make it hard for them to succeed, unless someone steps in to fight for them.
That someone is you.
From Placement to Graduation and Beyond gives you the knowledge, language, and confidence to advocate for every child’s right to an education that heals and empowers.
You’ll get over $50 worth of advocacy tools, scripts, and expert guidance for just $14.99
What You’ll Learn Inside
How to use the laws that protect students in foster care, including ESSA, IDEA, and Section 504.
What to do when schools delay enrollment or services and how to get immediate action.
Step-by-step IEP and 504 guidance for children with learning or behavioral challenges.
Trauma-informed strategies to support learning, behavior, and emotional health.
Checklists, sample letters, and scripts that make advocacy easier.
Transition planning tools to prepare teens for independence and success beyond foster care.
Who It’s For
Foster & kinship parents
CASA, GAL, & other child advocates
Teachers, social workers, and school liaisons
Anyone who believes education is the game-changer in foster care
Why It Matters
Children in foster care are:
2x more likely to repeat a grade
3x more likely to be suspended
Less than 50% graduate high school on time
Education changes that story.
Included Companion Toolkit
ESSA Educational Stability Checklist
IEP Meeting Prep & Goal Review Sheet
Advocacy Communication Log
Learning Style Observation Form
Sample Letter to Request Special Education Evaluation
About the Author
Sharon Dunlevy is a nationally recognized foster care trainer, speaker, and educational advocate.
Through Foster Care Training Today, she has trained thousands of caregivers and professionals to navigate schools and systems with confidence.
Her mission: Every child in foster care deserves educational justice and it starts with us.
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