When parents first hear the phrase Specially Designed Instruction (SDI), it can feel overwhelming and abstract. You might ...

I’ve had many clients whose kids qualified for IEPs under the Emotional Disturbance category. And while that label comes with ...

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Expert advice from special education advocate Lisa Lightner on navigating the IEP process, understanding your parental rights, and achieving better outcomes for students.

Click Here to Share or Save. As parents, our job is to teach and guide our little people into becoming adults. We are supposed to spot their weaknesses, or where they need to grow, and set them up to ...

Click Here to Share or Save. Here it is, all new and rewritten. This list is new and expanded so you can focus on the Behavior IEP Goals. The “fluff” is at the bottom now. Though, I do not consider it ...

The sections are now in alphabetical order. If it helps, you can scroll up, and unfold the table of contents, and that will then show the different sections. And, now ...

Click Here to Share or Save. Inside: How do you know if your child’s inclusion classroom is truly an inclusive environment? Let’s break it down so you know what to look for. What is an inclusive ...

Click Here to Share or Save. Here you will find Executive Functioning IEP Goals, executive functioning IEP goals for ADHD, and some IEP Organizational Goals. This is one of the oldest articles on the ...

Click Here to Share or Save. It’s no secret that many kids with disabilities struggle socially and struggle to build and maintain friendships. When Brian tells me stories of kids at school who sound ...

Click Here to Share or Save. One of the biggest obstacles that some IEP students have is lack of appropriate, functional communication. A lack of functional communication is often one of the biggest ...

Click Here to Share or Save. Reading comprehension is such an essential skill. Being able to decode is not enough. Once a student has the ability to decode, then they move on to reading comprehension ...