How to effectively communicate with your IEP team. There is so much to say about communication in the IEP process, I could ramble all day. But instead of that, I thought that I would focus on the five (six?) Ws-who, what, when, where, why and how. I thought it would be easiest to bullet point […]
Anxiety: 36 IEP and 504 accommodations and strategies
Do you have a worrier? I am a worrier and I have a worrier. So far we’ve been able to manage his anxiety without too much intervention or a 504. IEP/504 accommodations and strategies for anxiety-this one is requested so often in our Facebook group! I’m sorry that it has taken me so long to […]
“Alexa, ask IEP meeting advice.”
What if Alexa was able to give you IEP meeting advice? She can! It’s a work in progress, but it’s a start. I’m really proud of it! Learning how to build and put a skill on Alexa has been really challenging for me. But, it’s on there. Now I just have to continue to add […]
What you should know about who should attend an IEP meeting.
I have a friend and there are 18 school staff people, and her, at her IEP meetings. I’ve mentioned many times before how large Kevin’s IEP team is, and I don’t even have meetings that large. One time with a client, I was attending a parent-requested IEP meeting. This particular school just thinks that their […]
30 {best} Facebook groups you should join if you’re a special needs parent
The BEST Facebook group if you have an IEP! Can you believe that Facebook has been around for 10 years? It has completely revolutionized parenting among other things. I still think of my friend Maryann, and how she tells me that back in the 1970s she waited by the mail box for disability newsletters. Now […]