Tag: special education evaluation
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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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How to Read a Psychoeducational Evaluation Report
A parent-friendly walkthrough of how to actually read your child’s psychoeducational evaluation: what to read first, how to compare cognitive to academic, where the dyslexia signs hide, and how to know if the conclusions match the data.
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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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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…
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TOWRE-2 Explainer
A Parent Field Guide TOWRE-2: What parents actually need to know. Test of Word Reading Efficiency, Second Edition The TOWRE-2 is the test that asks one question: how fast can your child read words against the clock? Not how accurately. Not how comprehensively. Just speed and automaticity. In dyslexia evaluation, that question is the one…
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Beery VMI Explainer
A Parent Field Guide Beery VMI: What parents actually need to know. Beery-Buktenica Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration The Beery VMI is the test the OT or evaluator gives when handwriting, drawing, or fine motor coordination is on the table. It looks simple. Your child copies geometric shapes onto paper. But the three subtests together…
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KTEA-3 Explainer
A Parent Field Guide KTEA-3: What parents actually need to know. Kaufman Test of Educational Achievement, Third Edition The KTEA-3 is the achievement test you will see when an evaluator picks the Kaufman family of tools instead of the Wechsler. It measures the same domains as the WIAT-4 (reading, math, writing, oral language) but adds…
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GFTA-3 Explainer
A Parent Field Guide GFTA-3: What parents actually need to know. Goldman-Fristoe Test of Articulation, Third Edition The GFTA-3 is the test the speech-language pathologist uses when speech sounds are the question. It checks how clearly your child produces consonants in different parts of words. This guide walks through what the standard score actually captures,…
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CELF-5 Explainer
A Parent Field Guide CELF-5: What parents actually need to know. Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals, Fifth Edition The CELF-5 is the test the speech-language pathologist gives when language is on the table. It separates what your child understands (receptive language) from what they can express (expressive language), then digs into vocabulary, grammar, and language…
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GORT-5 Explainer
A Parent Field Guide GORT-5: What parents actually need to know. Gray Oral Reading Test, Fifth Edition The GORT-5 measures how your child reads aloud. It is the test most often given when a school or clinician wants to know how reading sounds in real time, with all the cracks showing. This guide walks through…