IEP guidance and resources, and advocacy-informed tools to support stronger IEPs and better outcomes for students. Created from years of real-world experience in IEP and 504 meetings.

If you’ve ever spent a school morning searching for a missing shoe, reminding your child to brush their teeth for the fifth time, or wondering how everyone is supposed to get out the door on time, you ...

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 ...

When a child is not attending school, the conversation often shifts quickly to attendance—how many days have been missed, what policies apply, and what steps come next. What is less often discussed is ...

Advocating for your child shouldn’t feel like you’re drowning in a sea of confusing charts and numbers. Yet, for so many parents, the IEP progress monitoring reports they receive feel overwhelming.

Work completion is a crucial executive function skill for students to learn as it plays a significant role in their academic and personal lives. For students with disabilities, however, completing ...

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 ...

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 ...

If you’ve been searching for American symbols worksheets that are actually easy to use, easy to print, and don’t require 47 prep steps and a laminator meltdown…here you go. This printable pack ...

I’m a big proponent of getting kids outdoors more than they currently are. It helps with everything, from climate change to mental health. Kids will not protect what they don’t know, and they don’t ...

Allowing a student to retake a test is a very common IEP accommodation. And, at first glance, it seems like a reasonable one. Reasonable? Sure. Helpful….mmm, not so sure. Last week I completed a post ...

When your child struggles with ADHD, dyslexia, dysgraphia, or executive functioning, the simple act of taking notes in class can become overwhelming. However, note-taking is an essential academic ...