Nominations are Open!
STEP, Inc. (Support and Training for Exceptional Parents) is accepting nominations for the 2020 Advocate of the Year Awards.
Each year STEP, Inc. recognizes extraordinary advocates across Tennessee who have made significant contributions to the lives of children and youth with disabilities. Award winners will be honored at the 2020 TN Disability MegaConference Annual Awards Banquet on May 20th in Nashville.
This award is given to a person who has exemplified using the information to assist their own child or someone elses child with a disability to receive a free appropriate public education. A person who demonstrates teamwork and collaboration and the zeal to share the information they have learned with others. Nominees may be a parent of a child with a disability, an advocate that works with families, a teacher who has been exemplary in the life of a student with a disability, or a service provider who has bridged the gap for a student or their family to assist in receiving a free appropriate public education.
Click here for an online nomination form or Click here for the nomination form.
Click here for an online nomination form or Click here for the youth nomination form.
This award honors a person who has embodied the positive character traits of being a strong self-advocate by accepting responsibility, speaking up for themselves and others, and above all, leading by example. The Scott Finney Self-Advocate of the Year Award is named after a man who has dedicated his life to leading by example.
Click here for an online nomination form or Click here for the self-advocate nomination form.
- Include in the subject line: Nominee for Advocate of the Year Award
- Nomination form
- Photo of the nominee (jpg format)
We look forward to your nominations!
Karen Harrison
Executive Director
STEP, Inc.
