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 ...

October 16, 2026 Update: Oregon School Shooting Yesterday, a gunman opened fire at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon. Three children and a teacher were killed, and two others were injured.

Writing IEP goals is one of the most important parts of developing an effective IEP. After all, the goals are supposed to identify the skills your child needs to learn and give the team a way to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...