Island in the Mainstream

Published: Sat, 05/02/26

Updated: Sat, 05/02/26

If this is how your school defines inclusion... You don't have to accept this. Your child deserves better.Not just given minutes. Not just helped in…

The IEP Has the Pieces. It’s Missing the Connections.

Published: Fri, 05/01/26

Updated: Fri, 05/01/26

Yesterday, we looked at this question:What will adults actually do to support your child’s learning?Today, let’s step back. Where is this IEP leading…

The dots start connecting now

Published: Thu, 04/30/26

Welcome.You belong here.Thank you for making a decision that says your child’s belonging matters, and that their IEP should be built to support it.

30 minutes a day… doing what?

Published: Thu, 04/30/26

Updated: Thu, 04/30/26

“I see the minutes,” she said.“But what are they actually going to do?”Her daughter’s IEP was spread out across the kitchen island.She had read every…

Do you know where IEPs unravel?

Published: Wed, 04/29/26

Updated: Wed, 04/29/26

His name is Marcus. He's nine years old, in third grade, and he cannot wait for science on Fridays. Ask him anything about the ocean, and you may be…

What does your child’s school day reveal?

Published: Tue, 04/28/26

Hi {!firstname_fi | there}Picture your child’s day at school tomorrow.Where do they start the day?Are they walking into the general education…

Your child is not a list of deficits

Published: Tue, 04/28/26

Updated: Tue, 04/28/26

She sat across from me after the IEP meeting, still holding the copy they handed her. "I don't even recognize my son in this," she said. She flipped…

They wrote it down. Then ignored it...

Published: Mon, 04/27/26

Updated: Mon, 04/27/26

And your child's strengths are still sitting there, unused. If you looked at your child’s IEP right now, what would it say in the strengths section?…

Not just helped. Needed.

Published: Thu, 04/23/26

Updated: Sat, 04/25/26

Your child came home quiet again.Not upset. Not crying. Just... quiet. The kind of quiet that tells you something happened at school and they don't…

The school district gave you one option.

Published: Tue, 04/21/26

Updated: Tue, 04/21/26

They didn't tell you about the others. When our son Dylan was three, we filed for due process.Not because I wanted a fight. Because I wanted my son in…