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 meetings. This article focuses on the basics of IDEA, federal law, which...
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 meeting to hear the IEE findings is the most important IEP meeting you...
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 for your child. This is essentially what’s called “The IEP...
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 set up the IEP meeting to ensure a successful outcome. Part 3 will...
Lately, the conversation on my FB page has been about mandated IEP team members and lawful excusals. There are many parents who don’t know their rights when it comes to these issues and that’s the focus of Part 2 for my Blog series “Becoming...
There are many parents on my Facebook pages that write comments about what’s happening in IEP meetings. Many of these comments are so shocking to me and I am appalled with how many schools across the county blatantly lie to parents and violate parent participation...
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