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Category: Special Education

Parents and Educators / Special Education

Seeking Understanding

The special education experience and dyslexia diagnosis journey can be exciting, stressful, and daunting. I want to share what I have found to be helpful in my experience working with …

Parents and Educators / Special Education

Five Ways Educators Can Build Rapport with Parents During Meetings

As a practicing speech-language pathologist in a high school, I realized the majority of times I called a parent, it was to get something from them–availability for a meeting, an …

Parents and Educators / Special Education

We’re All Human

One of the best things we can do as members of special education teams (parents included) is to remember that we are all human. What we see from an outsider’s …

Parents and Educators / Special Education

Key Components of an IEP

Understanding your child’s IEP is critical. It does not have to be difficult. Check out our post, Key Components of an IEP – A Parent’s Guide. It covers what to …

Parents and Educators / Special Education

Improving GenEd Teacher Confidence with IEP Meetings

As confusing and complicated as the IEP process can seem to parents and caregivers, general education (gen ed)  teachers may feel the same way. The special education team has strong …

Dyslexia Information / Parents and Educators / Special Education

Streamlining the IEP Process for Greater Parent Inclusion

It’s no secret that the IEP process is overwhelming for parents unfamiliar with it and can continue to be confusing or complicated for parents with more IEP experience. These feelings …

Special Education

Goals: Not Just Smart, but Wise Too

One of the most rewarding parts of being a speech-language pathologist is discussing goals and progress with my clients’ families. Hours of therapy, meetings, and stress associated with having a …

Dyslexia Information / Special Education

The History of IDA

Without understanding, there is confusion. For many years I struggled to comprehend why there was no support for my learning differences. What I’ve come to know is that the structure …

Our Stories / Parents and Educators / Special Education

The Message Matters

There is nothing wrong with your son—he doesn’t need to be fixed.~ Whitney Stein, Dyslexia Connection Looking back, Whitney gave me a gift by saying those words to me. After …

Our Stories / Parents and Educators / Special Education

A Parent’s Guide – Request for an Evaluation

There are lifelong repercussions of being identified as a struggling student late in the educational process. I know because I have lived them. Not being identified until middle school, I …

Parents and Educators / Special Education

From Bystander to Active Participant

Steps Every Parent Should Take Before Entering The Special Education Process I felt like a bystander in the special education process.  Then I changed. Entering this journey, even though I was …

Parents and Educators / Special Education

School Evaluation Process and FAQs

The evaluation process in a school can seem overwhelming to unfamiliar parents. Numerous acronyms, meeting several staff members in addition to their child’s general education teacher, and the thick packet …

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