Collaborative Special Education Advocacy

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

Published: Sat, 06/20/26

Let's change the way IEPs are written. Your spot is saved. Now come on in.The IEPs for Belonging Facebook group is officially open and this is where…

Published: Thu, 06/18/26

Updated: Thu, 06/18/26

What one parent finally brought to the table, and what changed. There is something that happens in IEP meetings that nobody talks about.You walk in…

Published: Wed, 06/17/26

I did. This email reached some of you yesterday and missed others.Everybody gets it today. 😘You sat in that meeting. You shared everything you know…

Published: Wed, 06/17/26

Updated: Wed, 06/17/26

The goal meant nothing. She sat in the office. She did the bo breathing. She hit every number on her goal.And every single day, she still could not…

Published: Tue, 06/16/26

You were right. And I want to show you what you were seeing. You sat in that meeting. You shared everything you know about your child. What lights…

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…

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,…

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.

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…

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…