Rock Your Next IEP: Tips for a Successful IEP Meeting
Tips for a Successful IEP Meeting If you are like me, you begin stressing weeks prior to your IEP meeting! Then the anxiety sets in – where is my child...
Tips for a Successful IEP Meeting If you are like me, you begin stressing weeks prior to your IEP meeting! Then the anxiety sets in – where is my child...
Summer Time All things that mark the beginning of a great season called summer. But the thing about summer is that without some focus on learning, most children will encounter...
Parent Support I just received my acceptance letter from Family Café where I will be presenting “20/20 Hindsight – Clearing the Air on Vision.” Many emotions came flooding back to...
#30: How to set clear goals and plan naturally [Click to Listen to Podcast] As parents of children with special needs, we have to be able to not only set...
Parent Participation in an IEP Meeting As you walk into your IEP meeting, you see 6, 8, or 10 school/district personnel already seated at the table. Yes, you “expected” that...
Conflict, according to Merriam Webster, is a competitive or opposing action of incompatibles: antagonistic state or action (as of divergent ideas, interests, or persons). I am sure some of us...
Navigating the Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) in the IEP Process As parents sit at the IEP table, the team comes to the part of the meeting where they discuss the...
Know What To Expect At An IEP Meeting IEP MEETING … Just those two words can send a parent into a state of fear, anxiousness and worry, including the most...
Eligibility As you sit at the IEP Table, the Team is discussing your child and the school says that your child needs to be evaluated and then the Team will...
From Early Intervention to Special Education Services As I sat at our first IEP meeting transitioning from Early Intervention to Part B for our daughter who is legally blind,...