IEP tips for parents

How to Improve your IEP Meetings.

By Lisa Lightner on March 25, 2019

IEP Meetings This is a really old post that I have been meaning to update for ages. I see the image show up on Pinterest and I just cringe because I know that the information that is on this site now is just so much better than it was in 2015. The old post didn’t […]

How to Get a 1:1 Aide/Para added to your child’s IEP.

By Lisa Lightner on February 24, 2019

How to get a 1:1 Aide/Para on your child’s IEP Some schools call them 1:1 aides, some call them paraprofessionals. Here in my state, we even call them PCAs. Yes, another special education acronym. But, regardless of what your state calls it, you landed here because you think that your child needs a 1:1 during […]

IEP Meeting Advice for Parents

{School Refusal} 8 Parent Tips when your Child Refuses to go to School.

What Parents Can Do About School Refusal Every morning, I go into my son’s room (he’s 9) and wake him up. And every morning, he looks at me, then rolls over and says, “Pass.” It’s an ongoing joke between us. After a few minutes, he drags himself out of bed and either he gets dressed or […]

{Anxiety} 43 Helpful IEP and 504 Plan Accommodations

504 Plan Accommodations for Anxiety 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. This one is requested so often in our Facebook group. I’m sorry that it has taken me so long to […]

Over 500 IEP/504 Accommodations and Strategies~The last list you’ll ever need!

IEP Accommodations and Strategies You want ideas to submit to the IEP 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, many reader requests for a list of SDIs or strategies. I hope this list of SDIs, strategies, and accommodations for […]

Manifestation Determination for IEP/504 Students, explained.

What is a Manifestation Determination Review? “A Manifestation Determination is required by IDEA 2004. It takes place when the school district (LEA) is considering the exclusion of a student with a disability via a disciplinary change in placement such as a suspension or expulsion.” “Help! The principal called and I have to go to a […]