Progress Monitoring: What You Need to Know to Help Your Child Succeed
Parents and schools have tools to help students learn and succeed. Progress monitoring is one of those tools. Even if a child has a disability, they can still learn and...
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Positive Behavior Support: How to Collaborate
How many of us remember when we heard our child has a special need? Time stops, and all that matters is finding out information on how to support them. In...
Filing a Due Process Complaint
Complaint Parents who have children with special needs have options when they disagree or are in dispute with a decision of a local school district regarding the services their child...
Stuck in IEPLand
Feeling stuck is one of the most miserable feelings in the world. Stuck in a bad school, stuck in a toxic relationship or friendship, stuck at work, or stuck dealing...
How to Find a Special Education Advocate
Special Education Advocate The special education and IEP process can be stressful and confusing. Many parents turn to a special needs advocate to guide them as they seek services for...
Take Your First Steps With Early Steps
Take your first steps with Early Steps The welcoming of a new child can bring parents a plethora of emotions. Who will they look like? How can we best care...
Three Tips for Highlighting and Color-Coding Your Child’s Draft IEP
We suggest that once parents have requested evaluations and draft IEPs before scheduled school meetings, they read through the documents and then highlight in various colors any questions they have...
Requests Prior to IEP Meetings: Eval Reports and Draft IEPs
Request Eval Reports and Draft IEPs As you are getting ready for your upcoming eligibility or IEP meeting, have you requested a copy of the evaluation reports or a draft...
IEP Meeting Overwhelm? How to Avoid It!
Video: IEP Meeting Overwhelm? How to Avoid It! https://www.parentingspecialneeds.org/article/politics-special-education-information/ You May Also Like The Politics of Special Education: The Information You Need Right Now Early Intervention: First...
Be Prepared…
Be Prepared Fifteen years ago, we had no voice …. and didn’t even know we needed one! Boy, were we wrong! Not knowing the IEP process, the verbiage, or our...