Hold Your Team Accountable for Progress on Goals
Progress on goals is an important guide for parents to determine if their child is learning and making educational progress from year to year. The problem is that most parents don’t know how to hold...
Stop Discrimination Against Special Needs Students
Let’s talk about what I call “uncensored advocacy” which means, being a professional advocate doesn’t limit what I can say or can’t say about the school district, and I don’t believe that I must be...
Is your child receiving FAPE?
IDEA entitles your child to receive an appropriate education, but how do you know whether or not your child’s IEP is sufficient to meet their needs? Please understand, what we’ve witnessed happen...
Does your child qualify for ESY?
Parents, it is quite possible that your child was unlawfully denied ESY. Read this article so you can become educated on the true requirements for your child to be found eligible for ESY. ESY...
The IEP and 504 Plan, What’s the Difference?
Parents always ask, should I request an IEP or a 504? IEPs and 504s are both designed to provide accommodations for a student with disabilities but there’s a big difference between the two. The IEP...
What if you are not satisfied with your child’s IEP?
It is common for parents to feel their child’s special education program is not working. Their child may show a lack of progress, problematic behavior escalation, or just feel unheard during IEP...
How do you teach your child to understand their differences?
I have had the pleasure of working with hundreds of parents of special needs children for 25 years to assist in the development and provision of an appropriate special education program. I am also a...
I got an IEE… Now what?
As an advocate who has attended more than 3,000 IEP meetings and served hundreds of clients over the past 25 years, I can tell you that obtaining an IEE by a reputable provider and holding the IEP...
Annual Goals are the most important component of your child’s IEP
IEP goals are the most important component of your child’s IEP and this is why. Because Goals drive the frequency and duration of the related services, and the Goals and Services drive the Placement...
Part 3 – Becoming Autodidactic is the road to successful parent advocacy
In Part 3 of the series “Becoming Autodidactic is the road to successful parent advocacy” we will cover the Parent Agenda, Parent Statement, and Partial Consent. Part 1 and Part 2 focused on how to...