Calm Your Nerves – Know What To Expect At An IEP Meeting
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...
Education
Why Chores Are Good for Your Kids and How to Get Them to Do Them to Do It
One question most parents ask themselves is whether or not they should require their kids to do chores and, if yes, what is the best way to go about it?...
Eligibility How Is It Determined?
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...
Group Homes: Can My Experience Help You?
How much can you do from the grave? In today’s podcast, I’m speaking with Louis Burman who has a son with multiple disabilities and requires full-time supervision. Four years ago, on the...
Sex Education for Special Needs Children
Sex Education for Special Needs Children In many school districts, Sexual Education begins in fifth grade. Parents find their nightly talks with their children punctuated by “ew’s,” “no ways,” “disgusting,”...
Persistence & Goal Setting in Children
Persistence & Goal Setting in Children When I ask students in my classroom to write down their personal goals for the school year, I often hear things like: “Get good...
A Review…What Is Special Education
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,...
How Can Parents Prepare for an IEP Meeting? (Part 3)
Part 3: We’re talking now about, “After the IEP meeting, how can you stay on top of your child’s IEP and goals?” What if you don’t think your child’s IEP...
How Can Parents Prepare for an IEP Meeting? (Part 1)
Episode 1 What does being prepared mean or look like? [Listen to Podcast] If your child is part of the special education system, you know that at some point during the...
Where Do I Go for Evaluations
Evaluations Your child has just been given a medical diagnosis of a disability…OR… you suspect your child has a disability but are not sure. Now what? Many of us parents...
