Need something simple and sensory-friendly that actually helps your child calm down? Say hello to these free finger tracing calming cards, printable visual and sensory tools that can help kids with ...

Your child’s IEP says they’re supposed to receive 30 minutes of reading instruction every day. Or speech therapy twice a week. Or 45 minutes of specially designed math instruction. But the special ...

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 ...

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 ...

When I first published this article in October 2025, social media was in a tizzy over mass layoffs at the U.S. Department of Education, including major cuts to OSEP, the Office of Special Education ...

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 ...

If you’re looking for IEP goals for low functioning students, chances are you’re working with a student who needs significant support with academics, communication, daily living skills, behavior, or ...

Time is abstract. We adults forget that because we spend our entire lives watching the clock. We know what “later,” “before lunch,” “next week” and “in a little while” mean. For some kids, those words ...

Can a parent refuse special education services? Can you remove your child from an IEP? And what happens if a middle school or high school student wants to get out of special education? As a Special ...

Coordinate graphing can get repetitive pretty quickly. Plot (4,7). Plot (8,10). Plot another point. Try to remember which number comes first. Wonder when math became an elaborate game of Battleship.

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.