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 ...

What is an SDI on an IEP? Specially Designed Instruction (SDI is the acronym) might sound like a dry, technical phrase, but it’s actually one of my favorite parts of the IEP to talk about. The name ...

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 your child hears the words “summer reading log” and suddenly forgets how to read entirely…same. That’s why I loved using reading bingo instead. I wish this printable went up to high school, because ...

Handwriting can become a barrier for students who know what they want to say but cannot efficiently get it onto paper. And this is where I see an unnecessary either/or situation all the time. Either ...

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 ...

If you’ve been in the special education world for even a short time, you’ve probably already realized that time can feel very different when it comes to schools and paperwork. For you, every week ...

I’ve been taking my kids to the Atlantic City Airshow for over a decade. Usually, we just get up early and go down for the day. It’s a long day trip for us, but definitely doable. This year, since ...

You know that moment when you realize your kid has been “getting support” for months (or years), and still can’t decode a simple word or solve a basic math problem? Yeah. That. It’s one of the most ...

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.

If you’re a parent or caregiver of a student with an IEP, you’re probably already juggling enough. Now you’re staring down the next hurdle: college. Cue the stress. But here’s some good news: There ...