IEP Meetings are NOT Dumping Grounds for Complaints
Your IEP meeting has an extraordinary amount of collective knowledge at the table. Let's not waste time by dumping all of our complaints into the middle to start sorting.
Instead, take these 3 steps and experience an extremely productive IEP meeting that yields results for your child/student.
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Student Safety in Special Ed - There's section in the IEP for Training!
One of the most unknown sections of the IEP is a box that is titled something like "Training for Personnel". Did you know this can include parents?
Did you know this can include safety and behavior training?
Listen to the latest episode of the Special Education Inner Circle Podcast to get ideas on how you can use this section of the IEP as both a school staff member and a parent!
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Summer Priorities to Avoid Fall IEP Chaos
Trust me. These 3 steps can make a HUGE impact for special needs parents and special education teachers looking to avoid chaos when we return to school in the Fall.
Finish all 3 step in under 30 minutes and sleep better at night knowing that you've made progress towards creating the best school year possible.
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PODCAST: n2y is Changing Special Education for Teachers, Parents & Students!
Special Education Teachers & Parents, This is EXCITING! Lean in and listen all about what N2Y is creating to help you navigate the IEP process with ease!
Worried about meeting education standards in the IEP?
Concerned about IEP compliance?
Searching for curriculum that works both online & in person?
Tired of endless emails sent back and forth during the IEP process?
Learn more at: n2y.com
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Never Underestimate My Brother
PODCAST: Crisis Schooling in Special Education - Less is MORE
Should we really be following our state recommended "distance learning" minutes? Probably not.
Our reality in our special needs community is that we don't take breaks from learning in the same way as others.
Our "recommended minutes" for learning will never be less because we are always striving to reach that next milestone that our peers have probably already mastered.
Less minutes with a worksheet or working on official academic benchmarks can actually mean MORE time for reaching new milestones and generalizing our skills.
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Crisis Schooling Lessons: Different Isn't Less & Less Can Be More
There are always debates happening in special education and with the current pandemic, the arguments are getting louder and louder.
I'm going to skip over the obvious frustration of what's going to happen when we get back into school. Compensatory education? ESY? We will have plenty of time to tackle those issues when the time comes.
Right now we have to really think about what is happening today, in your house, in your virtual classroom.
I've posted several times the recommended minutes of "school at home" from the IL State Board of Ed on my blog and social media sites. It's important for people to see that successful school is not sitting at a kitchen table for 6 hours, crying your way through worksheets.
Today somebody called me out and stated that I am sharing dangerous information. She thinks it's irresponsible that I let people know it's okay if we, as a special education TEAM, decide to do less than the recommended minutes. She thinks I'm promoting LESS learning for...
PODCAST: School is Closed: Stress Lowering Strategies for Special Needs Parents
Schools are closing left and right due to COVID 19 and the stress level of special needs parents is higher than ever.
Allison Sweatman shares 3 easy strategies you can do today to feel more in control and less chaotic as we tackle this uncertain time.
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Burnout is REAL for Special Needs Parents and Teachers
People ask me all the time how after two decades of working on IEPs I can still be excited, joyful and full of hope.
It's because I refused to get burnt out by all the fighting words and actions in Special Education.
Parents & Teachers, I get why Special Education struggles are real, but if you take these 4 steps... you'll be able to work through those exhausting days knowing that there is a bright future ahead for all of our children and students.
Resources: www.specialedinnercircle.com and www.masteriepcoach.com
Earning Inclusion is Not Ok
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We're going to talk today about three different things that you can do to avoid the trap of having students earn inclusion. We really do not want to approach inclusion from the standpoint of earning inclusion. If inclusion has to be earned it really starts to give a feeling not just for the student, but for the entire student body, that inclusion is something that you earn to be with the good kids. And if you don't earn inclusion, you go to the special education room, as if that's a bad thing.
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Now that's not the intention of the IEP team of the teachers, or the staff, or the team, but it's what the feeling is and that's really what inclusion is... Inclusion is a feeling. Now we've all felt excluded from activities, right? You as a parent, as a teacher, as an adult, you have felt excluded from a party or a community event or maybe a workshop that you're attending. You know what that feels like?
Let's really work on creating inclusive experiences on...