You want ideas to submit to your IEP or 504 Plan team, but you just don’t know where to start. Well, here you go! You asked for it, you got it! I’ve received many reader requests for a list of SDIs or ...

If you have an IEP meeting coming up and you’re digging through emails, folders and piles of school paperwork trying to find the one document you need, it’s time to get it all in one place. I created ...

Many parents of children with disabilities, including autism, wonder: can I stay home and get paid for caring for my child? The answer is: “sometimes, under very specific programs.” It depends on your ...

So yesterday we talked about special education teacher salaries. But maybe, you’re already there. But what if you go to school, get the degree, land the job, and then… hate it? What careers after ...

As an advocate who has attended hundreds of IEP meetings, IEP transition time is one of the most frustrating times for me. I find a lot of IEP predetermination from IEP teams as far as what the ...

So I know I’ve told this story 1000 times, as it’s the incident that inspired this site so many years ago. It was my first IEP meeting with my school district. I was already in training to become an ...

Navigating the maze of Extended School Year (ESY) services can feel like trying to assemble IKEA furniture without the instructions—frustrating and confusing. While the Individuals with Disabilities ...

You’re in a school refusal crisis. Either you’re being called daily to come get your child, or their absences are now well into the double digits. Every morning is a struggle, you’re missing work and ...

Let’s talk about something that’s not often on our radar until it’s suddenly looming large: age of majority. If your child has been receiving special education services, you’ve likely been navigating ...

In Your IEP Playbook: A Parent’s Guide to Confident Advocacy, disability parent and special education advocate Lisa Lightner delivers a practical guide for parents and caregivers of children with ...

Inside: Yes, an IEP is a legally binding document. Understand the framework and laws behind IEPs and what to do if you have a legal dispute. Is an IEP a legal document? The short answer is yes. Yes, ...

Study skills are some of the highest and most complex of all the executive functions. Depending on the child’s grade and expectations, they will be expected to layer or stack multiple executive ...