Although it is your responsibility as a mom to be an advocate for your child, it is the school's responsibility to give your son the support he needs to be able to learn. It is important that you ask for a meeting with anyone at the school involved with your son, include his teacher, the speech therapist, and a reading specialist if there is one. Let them know your concerns about his progress. Find out what additional resources the school has to help better support your son.

Also, find out any suggestions the school has of things that you can do to help your child. If your child has special learning needs, he should have an Individualized Education Plan with goals that all of the different specialists should be working on. If you meet and still feel as if your concerns are not being understood, contact the school's principal. Ask for a meeting to voice your concerns and what you feel should be done to help your son.

As your son's most important advocate, you can help get him the support and resources that he needs to be able to learn.