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…
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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…
An IEP should connect the dots. Most do not.
Published: Mon, 04/20/26
Updated: Mon, 04/20/26
It was late at night.The house was finally quiet. You were not sleeping. You had not been, not since that meeting. So you got up, went downstairs, and…
It stayed in its box, Optional.
Published: Thu, 04/16/26
Updated: Thu, 04/16/26
You have told the school what works for your child.Maybe you wrote it in the "About Me" profile you sent in.Maybe you said it out loud at the last IEP…
I’m doing this differently
Published: Wed, 04/15/26
Updated: Wed, 04/15/26
You know that feeling when something sounds helpful… but also sounds like one more thing you do not have time for? That is e actly why I want to tell…
Why Isn't The IEP Being Followed???!
Published: Tue, 04/14/26
Updated: Tue, 04/14/26
The IEP Is Written. So Why Isn't It Happening?She fought for three years.Three years of meetings she wasn't sure she was allowed to push back in.
What you probably were never taught to do
Published: Thu, 04/09/26
Updated: Thu, 04/09/26
Join me at Noon ET Join me live and find out what you probably were never taught to do.Today we're going live to talk about What's Missing in the IEP?…
Today's the Day
Published: Thu, 04/09/26
Updated: Thu, 04/09/26
Join me at Noon ET What is missing in your child's IEP?Chances are there are many missing things in the IEP.Today we're going live to talk about…