Tag: parent rights
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Practice the IEP Meeting Before You Walk In (Free AI Prompt for Parents)
Here is the thing nobody tells you about IEP meetings. You will walk in prepared. You will have your folder. You will have rehearsed what you want to say in the shower for three weeks. And then someone will smile warmly across the table and say “We’re really pleased with how she’s responding,” and you…
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504 vs IEP: Which Does My Child Need?
504 plans and IEPs sound similar but are very different legal tools. Here’s how to tell which one your child actually needs, what each one provides, and what to do when the school pushes one over the other.
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How to Read Your Child’s Special Education Evaluation (Without Getting Talked Past)
Every single standard score on a special education evaluation has measurement error baked into it. If you get a report with a score of 81, the 81 isn’t a single fixed point. It’s the middle of a range. Depending on the test and the subtest, the actual ability the score is trying to capture could…
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When a Diagnostic Pretends to Be a Screener
This is the third post in a series. If you started here, you might want Part 1 for the overview of what California and Michigan said about i-Ready, and Part 2 for the line-by-line of Michigan’s review. This one is the personal one. The one where I tell you what i-Ready missed for my own…
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The Special Education Paper Trail Schools Don’t Volunteer (And How to Find It)
The first time I sat through an IEP meeting where I felt completely outmatched, I left the room thinking the same thing every parent has thought at some point. “I have no idea if any of what they just said is actually true.” The school had a process. They referenced their process. They said things…