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 ...

Thanksgiving is one of those holidays when you sometimes need an activity that requires approximately zero explanation. These printable Thanksgiving bingo cards are an easy activity for the classroom, ...

Kids can be pretty hard on themselves. One mistake on a math worksheet, one spelling word they can’t remember, or one activity that doesn’t go as planned, and suddenly they’re saying things like: “I’m ...

What happens if a parent doesn’t sign an IEP? In many states, refusing to sign an annual IEP does not stop the school from implementing it. However, parental consent is required before a child ...

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.

I’ve attended more IEP meetings than I can count. Or even care to count. I get it–parents only call in a Special Education Advocate when there’s trouble. If you were happy with things, you wouldn’t ...

Let’s face it. This is what keeps us up at night. Nothing has a special needs parent facing their own mortality more than having a child with disabilities and thinking of that developmentally disabled ...

Choosing between a charter school and a traditional public school can feel confusing, especially when people use the terms interchangeably. Both are publicly funded. Both are free to attend. But they ...

Most of the questions that I receive as a special education advocates are about the implementation of the IEP. Let’s face it. IEPs are not an easy document to understand at times because of its length ...

Charter Schools and IEPs or Special Education is a very misunderstood concept, even though the law is actually pretty clear. Some of that confusion? It comes from the charter schools themselves. They ...

Trick or treating is one of those childhood traditions that we’re all just supposed to love. But not every kid does. Some kids don’t like costumes. Some don’t like walking around in the dark, ringing ...

Show some respect. Make a good choice. Try harder. Get yourself together. Adults say things like this to kids all day long. And then sometimes we get frustrated when the child doesn’t do what we asked ...