The Volunteer Advocacy Project (VAP) is a 36-hour advocacy training program for individuals who want to become special education advocates. You can find different iterations of the VAP at these websites:

Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, Nashville, Tennesseehttps://vkc.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vkc/services/project/volunteer-advocacy/

Family Resource Center on Disabilities, Chicago, Illinoishttps://frcd.org/tag/special-education-advocacy/

Community Inclusion and Development Alliance (CIDA), Bayside, New York

Volunteer Advocacy Project (VAP)

Human Development Institute, Kentucky

http://www.hdi.uky.edu/?s=fund+for+excellence&submit=Search