Webinar: Advocating for Success: Helping Students with Juvenile Arthritis Thrive at School
Learn how students with juvenile arthritis can advocate for the support, accommodations and understanding they need to succeed in school.
Advocating for Success: Helping Students with Juvenile Arthritis Thrive at School
Speak Up and Thrive
School can be challenging when you're living with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), but the right accommodations and support can make all the difference. In this empowering webinar, Arthritis Foundation advocates Candace and Sophia share practical strategies for educating teachers, building relationships with school staff, securing 504 Plans and IEPs and developing self-advocacy skills that last a lifetime. Learn how to navigate fatigue, pain, absences, mobility challenges and other invisible symptoms while creating a pathway to academic success. Whether you're a student, parent, or caregiver, this session offers real-world guidance for advocating confidently in the classroom and beyond.