For parents who need to communicate clearly, document concerns, prepare for meetings, and push for support without losing the thread.
Perhaps you noticed your child’s IEP progress report came back showing their goals are not being met. Maybe your child said they haven’t met with the guidance counselor for social skills in a long time. What if the long-term substitute in an ICT class isn’t a special-education teacher. Many parents assume that once a child…
Nobody tells you this when you get the diagnosis, but an IEP meeting is a fight, and you are walking into the ring whether you feel ready or not. That is not me being dramatic. It is me being honest about what it actually feels like to sit across a table from a team of…
You just got the diagnosis. Now what? Maybe you already suspected it, maybe it caught you completely off guard, but either way, here you are holding a piece of paper that changes everything. And then come the remarks. Your child does this more than that, “compared to other students in his or her class.” You…
