Tips and strategies to get the education your child with disabilities deserves.
Published: Wed, 10/22/25
Updated: Wed, 10/22/25
You open your child’s progress report, see the small bo es and official codes:“P for Progressing.” “1 for Satisfactory.”It looks legit.But does it…
Published: Wed, 10/15/25
Have you ever read an IEP Progress Report and thought:“Okay… but what does this actually mean?”Guess what? It's not your fault.As an advocate, one of…
Published: Tue, 10/14/25
I remember getting Dylan’s first Progress Report and seeing just one word:“Progressing.”I had no clue what it actually meant. Is "Progressing" good or…
Published: Tue, 10/07/25
Trying to use ChatGPT to help with IEP advocacy can feel… weird. Like everyone else has cracked some secret code, and you’re just watching from the…
Published: Tue, 09/30/25
Updated: Tue, 09/30/25
Do you have a guess? When my son Dylan was in kindergarten, he started using this big, clunky Dynavo communication device. And honestly? We got lucky.
Published: Wed, 09/24/25
Updated: Wed, 09/24/25
Without Getting Shut Down, Shut Out, or Shamed What schools call staff “training” usually lasts 30 minutes, and nothing changes in the classroom.Watch…
Published: Tue, 09/23/25
Updated: Tue, 09/23/25
Have you ever caught yourself wondering things like…This teacher has never worked with an autistic child before, how are they going to know what to…
Published: Tue, 09/09/25
Updated: Tue, 09/09/25
If you’ve ever heard one of these in an IEP, you were being manipulated. You know that dizzy feeling when an IEP meeting ends and you’re replaying the…
Published: Thu, 09/04/25
Updated: Thu, 09/04/25
That knot in your stomach has a name: gaslighting. I know the drive home after an IEP meeting all too well. The second-guessing. The WTF just…
Published: Tue, 09/02/25
Updated: Tue, 09/02/25
You know that moment when a new season of your favorite show is about to drop and you think, Shoot, maybe we should rewatch last season so we actually…