IEP goals for anxiety should address the specific skills a student needs to access and participate in school. That may include self-advocacy, emotional regulation, asking for help, starting tasks, ...

A little while back, I wrote a post about People First Language and why I don’t think it should be mandated, particularly by non-disabled people. At the end of that post, I said I was going to tackle ...

Kindergarten IEP goals can include reading, writing, math, fine motor, gross motor, communication, social-emotional, functional and classroom skills. You’ll find examples of all of those below. But ...

One of the biggest misunderstandings I see around private school and special education is the idea that a parent can simply pull a child from public school, enroll them in a private school, and make ...

Remember this? If you’re a Gen X’er like me, you probably do. And yes, while you were shoving those little yellow shapes into the Tupperware ball, you were practicing fine motor skills. When I was ...

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.

What is an SDI on an IEP? Specially Designed Instruction (SDI is the acronym) might sound like a dry, technical phrase, but it’s actually one of my favorite parts of the IEP to talk about. The name ...

Scissor skills take practice, and handing a kid a pair of scissors and hoping for the best usually isn’t much of a lesson plan. These free scissor skills worksheets give kids a fun way to practice ...

Advocating for your child shouldn’t feel like you’re drowning in a sea of confusing charts and numbers. Yet, for so many parents, the IEP progress monitoring reports they receive feel overwhelming.

Study skills are some of the highest and most complex of all the executive functions. Depending on the child’s grade and expectations, they will be expected to layer or stack multiple executive ...

“How often should I receive an IEP progress report?” sounds like one of those IEP questions that should have a simple answer. And, like most things with IEPs, it sort of does. Most parents are used to ...

When your child struggles with ADHD, dyslexia, dysgraphia, or executive functioning, the simple act of taking notes in class can become overwhelming. However, note-taking is an essential academic ...