Thanksgiving week is one of those times when you need activities that don’t require a complicated lesson plan. The kids are excited. The schedule is probably changing every five minutes. And you’re ...

Looking for an activity on Thanksgiving that don’t require a trip to the craft store, 45 minutes of preparation, or a printer full of colored ink? I’ve got you covered. Thanksgiving week can be a ...

Thanksgiving is almost here! For many families, that means food, football, relatives, and a few days off from school. For families like mine, with a disabled child, it can mean all of those things.

Parents are often told that a child qualifies for special education under a specific disability category, but rarely are they told what that label actually means in practice. The box gets checked, the ...

Your child’s teacher sees a completed worksheet. What they may not see is the 90 minutes, repeated directions, tears, and adult help it took to finish it. Completed homework can make it look as though ...

If you’ve ever spent a school morning searching for a missing shoe, reminding your child to brush their teeth for the fifth time, or wondering how everyone is supposed to get out the door on time, you ...

Many parents of children with disabilities, including autism, wonder: can I stay home and get paid for caring for my child? The answer is: “sometimes, under very specific programs.” It depends on your ...

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.

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.

Work completion is a crucial executive function skill for students to learn as it plays a significant role in their academic and personal lives. For students with disabilities, however, completing ...

Your child is mostly fine at school…until it’s time to switch activities. Or leave the classroom, or walk into school, or deal with a substitute teacher. Or, or, or. For many kids with IEPs, ...

If you’ve ever been told your autistic child is “just doing it for attention,” or that elopement is “a behavior problem,” I want to slow that conversation down. Because sometimes it’s not ...