Advocating for Your Child: Navigating School and Community

Learn real-life, practical tips on how to navigate your child’s school system, including:

How to communicate with your child’s school
Understand 504, IEP plans, and which one is right for your child
How to navigate sun protection issues, social issues, P.E. class, and other classroom accommodations

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Presented by:

Michelle Best, special education and mental health advocate

Sue Carpenter, special education resource specialist teacher

Both Michelle and Sue are moms to children with juvenile myositis.

Cure JM’s 20th Year Opens With the Promise of Four New Research Grants

Research Grants: New Grantees and Exciting Updates From Existing Grant Recipients This year saw a very strong field of grant applications across a variety of

Meet with the Researchers Behind Two New Exciting JM Drugs

Hear directly from the researchers behind two exciting new treatments for juvenile myositis. Learn details of the new treatments and what these drugs could mean for you and your child with JM.

Doctor and young juvenile myositis patient.

What is Juvenile Myositis?

Juvenile myositis, including juvenile dermatomyositis and juvenile polymyositis, is a group of rare and life-threatening autoimmune diseases, in which the body’s immune system attacks its own cells and tissues.

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Advocating for Your Child: Navigating School and Community

Cure JM’s 20th Year Opens With the Promise of Four New Research Grants

Meet with the Researchers Behind Two New Exciting JM Drugs

What is Juvenile Myositis?

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