Advocacy

About CAN

CEC’s Children and Youth Action Network (CAN) is an organized group of volunteers who are dedicated to helping advance policy affecting students with disabilities and gifts and talents. CAN seeks to (1) effect the necessary governmental changes at the local, state, and federal levels that will make possible the implementation of CEC policies relating to the education of exceptional children; and (2) further vitalize CEC units by providing meaningful vehicles for membership and CEC public visibility.

The Idaho chapter of the CEC is Tina Grieve. If you have questions and/or would like to be involved in advocating for Idaho’s Exceptional Children, please contact her at tgrieve@kunaschools.org

Tina Grieve is Idaho CEC’s newly appointed CAN Coordinator. 

What is CAN?  CEC’s Children and Youth Action Network (CAN) is an organized group of volunteers who are dedicated to helping advance policy affecting students with disabilities, gifts and talents. To learn more go to: https://www.cec.sped.org/Policy-and-Advocacy/Children-and-Youth-Action-Network 

CAN seeks to:
(1) Effect the necessary governmental changes at the local, state, and federal levels that will make possible the implementation of CEC policies relating to the education of exceptional children; and (2) Further vitalize CEC units by providing meaningful vehicles for membership and CEC public visibility. 

As the CAN Coordinator, Tina is Idaho CEC’s leading advocate for students with disabilities, gifts and talents.  She plays an integral role in advancing Special Education policy in federal/state governments.  She represents CEC members from Idaho, and seeks to ensure that members are well informed of the current special education policy issues.

If you are interested in helping Tina:

2. Contact Tina at tgrieve@kunaschools.org and become a member of the Idaho CEC CAN Committee.

3. Look for emails from Tina at idahocec@gmail.com about ways you can become active in helping to effect policy change.

4. Email your members of Congress directly from CEC’s Legislative Action Center – https://cqrcengage.com/cek/?0 and tell your family, friends, and colleagues to do the same!

5. Sign up for CEC’s weekly Policy Insider https://www.cec.sped.org/Policy-and-Advocacy/Policy-Insider-Blog

6. Sign up for Special Education Today for the latest news sent directly to your inbox every week.  https://www.cec.sped.org/Policy-and-Advocacy/Current-Sped-Gifted-Issues

7. Continue to monitor CEC’s Web site for breaking news and information.  For additional information on the CAN program, please contact:

CEC Policy & Advocacy Coordinator pubpol@cec.sped.org