Collaborative Special Education Advocacy

Tips and strategies to get the education your child with disabilities deserves.

What I was really afraid of when Dylan was born

Published: Tue, 06/16/26

Updated: Tue, 06/16/26

It wasn't what you'd e pect. And it changed everything. When Dylan was born, the neonatologist pulled us aside.If he lives to be 48 hours old, he…

I've never done this in a public training

Published: Mon, 06/15/26

Will you be there? Something stayed with me after our May trainings ended. We moved through a lot of the IEP: Strengths, present levels, goals,…

What you most want is simple.

Published: Mon, 06/15/26

Updated: Mon, 06/15/26

You want your child to belong at school. They came home at 3:15 and said the day was fine.But you could tell. Not sad e actly. Just somewhere else.

What your child's IEP is actually costing them

Published: Sat, 06/13/26

Updated: Sat, 06/13/26

There is a moment that happens every single time I do this. You are watching me go through an IEP and you start seeing your child's in a completely…

What did this year actually tell you?

Published: Thu, 06/11/26

School just ended, or is about to.And before you think about fall, before you think about ne t year's IEP, before you think about any of it, try…

The question nobody at that table is asking

Published: Wed, 06/10/26

There's a question I bring to every IEP I review.It's simpler than you'd e pect. *Does this IEP sound like your child?*Not the child the document…

A few hours in June prevents headaches in September

Published: Mon, 06/08/26

Updated: Mon, 06/08/26

You may walk in the school the same way you walked out... hoping this ne t year is different, but still not quite sure what to ask for, and trying to…

She almost missed it.A mom I know was sitting at her son's IEP meeting when someone at the table asked if there was anything new going on with him at…

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