IEP Resources for Special Needs Parents
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The IEP Playbook
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Walk into every IEP meeting prepared. Know your rights, the process, and the exact language to use when the team pushes back.
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IEP Meeting Checklist
39 items to bring to every IEP meeting — so you never leave the table without what your child needs. Print or use on your phone.
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Guides & Articles on IEPs
16 articles
Transition IEP: The Complete Parent's Guide to Post-Secondary Planning for Special Needs Teens
The pillar post for our Transition to Adulthood cluster. What a transition IEP is and when it triggers (14 vs. 16), what…
Read Article →Supported Employment for Young Adults with Disabilities
What supported employment actually is under WIOA, how to apply for Vocational Rehabilitation and Pre-ETS through the sch…
Read Article →Guardianship vs. Supported Decision-Making for Adults with Disabilities
The "you have to get guardianship at 18" advice is wrong more often than it's right. The HIPAA, FERPA, healthcare power…
Read Article →Post-Secondary Education Options for Students with Disabilities
The 4 paths after high school — 4-year college, community college, trade school, and Think College inclusive postseconda…
Read Article →When Your Child Exits Special Education: Life After Age 21
The services cliff is real but it is not inevitable. What stops at exit and what continues, the urgent Medicaid waiver w…
Read Article →ADHD and School: The Complete Parent's Guide to IEPs, 504 Plans, and Classroom Accommodations
Does your ADHD child need a 504 or IEP? The pillar post for our ADHD cluster — IDEA and Section 504 protections for ADHD…
Read Article →ADHD IEP Goals: What to Ask For and How to Write Them
12 SMART IEP goal examples specifically for ADHD across the four domains where ADHD shows up most — attention and task c…
Read Article →Getting Sensory Accommodations in School: IEP and 504 Plan Strategies
The master list of sensory accommodations worth requesting — movement, auditory, visual, tactile, oral, vestibular, tran…
Read Article →IFSP vs. IEP: What's the Difference and What Comes Next
IFSP vs IEP explained — side-by-side comparison of the two federal documents that govern your child's services from birt…
Read Article →504 Plan vs. IEP: What Special Needs Parents Need to Know
504 Plan vs. IEP — side-by-side comparison of legal basis, eligibility, services, parent rights, and cost. Learn when ea…
Read Article →The Complete IEP Guide for Special Needs Parents: Rights, Process, and Everything You Need at Every Meeting
You are not a guest at your child's IEP table — you are an equal legal partner. This complete guide covers what an IEP r…
Read Article →How to Request an IEP Evaluation: Your Legal Rights as a Special Needs Parent
Any parent can request an IEP evaluation in writing — today, without a doctor's referral or a diagnosis, without waiting…
Read Article →IEP Transition Planning: How to Prepare Your Special Needs Child for Every Major School Transition
The transition IEP operates under a different legal standard than the annual review — and most parents don't find out un…
Read Article →How to Write IEP Goals for Autism: Real Examples + What Schools Get Wrong
IEP goals for autistic children are too often vague and unmeasurable. Learn the SMART framework in plain English, copy-p…
Read Article →Potty Training an Autistic Child at School: A Home-School Strategy That Actually Works
School is where potty training falls apart for autistic kids — different bathrooms, different routines, different staff.…
Read Article →Potty Training and the IEP: How to Get Toilet Training Goals Written into Your Child's Education Plan
Most schools won't add potty training to an IEP unless you ask — but you have the right to request it. Here's how to get…
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