If you're parenting a non-verbal student, IEP season can feel like trying to decode a language no one taught you. You're not ...

Ever stumble across the phrase “supplemental educational services” in your kid’s IEP and think, What even is that? Is it a ...

My state (PA) is one of the states that acknowledges gifted students and requires IEPs for gifted students. It's an area ...

Transition planning is one of the hardest parts of special education paperwork, especially when your student is blind, ...

In Your IEP Playbook: A Parent’s Guide to Confident Advocacy, disability parent and special education advocate Lisa Lightner delivers a practical guide for parents and caregivers of children with ...

Sometimes I marvel at the existence of my two boys. I look at them, and both are just oozing characteristics and traits of my husband and me. And yet, at the same time, they are complete opposites in ...

Sometimes the “happily ever after” just isn’t. Life changes. People grow apart. And before you know it, you’re not just navigating a divorce—you’re also trying to parent a child with an IEP… with ...

So you finally got the school to agree to a Behavior Plan. High fives all around, right? I know the feeling. I’ve been a Special Education Advocate for 15 years, and early on, I was begging schools to ...