The IEP has the pieces.

🔵 Strengths.
🟣 Present Levels.
🟡 Goals.
🟣 Accommodations/Modifications
🔵 Services/Specially Designed Instruction
 

On paper, it looks complete.

So why does it still feel like something is missing?
 

Because having the pieces isn’t the same as connecting them.

And when they’re not connected, your child’s strengths become decoration, not direction.
 

That’s the part you were never shown to look for.
 

You can write a thoughtful parent letter.
You can share detailed strengths.
You can attend every meeting prepared.

But if those strengths don’t shape the Present Levels…
If the Present Levels don’t guide the goals…
If the goals don’t align with supports…
If the supports aren’t clearly delivered in services…

Then the IEP falls apart.

Not loudly.
Quietly.

And that’s why inclusion ends up being a percentage instead of a lived experience.

Tomorrow, Thurs. Feb.19 I’m walking through the dot-by-dot strategy I teach parents to make the pieces connect.
 

We’ll use one simple example and show how to embed your input in each section, so the IEP tells one clear story from beginning to end.
 

Because inclusion isn’t something you add at the end.

It’s something you build from page one.
 

Join me live 

Thursday, Feb. 19

10:30 AM Mountain
9:30 AM Pacific
11:30 AM Central
12:30 PM Eastern

Join Us Live here

Let’s connect the pieces the right way.

P.S. Bring one of your child's strength. I’ll show you exactly how to connect it to the dots so that your child can be happy, safe, and learning beside their classmates every day.