Special Education Inner Circle

Time management success can build independence, productivity, and community relationships. This isn't about learning to tell time, it's about using our time wisely! Learn 3 ways you can build more skills with time management techniques and get a closer look at my new favorite time management tool - Time Timer®! Get your own Time Timer® here:    Time Timer Grab Your Free IEP Checklist at   www.iepc...

Crushing pressure for Special Education Parents and Teachers is REAL! Maybe you need permission to say NO or maybe you don't even realize what's zapping you of your energy. Let's talk about what could be stealing your joy this holiday season! Grab Your Free IEP Checklist at www.iepchecklist.com Find a Master IEP Coach® Workshop Near You! www.masteriepcoach.com/learn

If you've ever wondered if you can really make a difference as a teacher or if you're a parent who feels defeated by how archaic Special Education feels, you need to hear this teacher's story through his memoir... Unsilenced: A Teacher's Year of Battles, Breakthroughs, and Life-Changing Lessons at Belchertown State School  It will fuel you for what is possible for where we are now in our school sy...

Special Education Parents and Teachers, have you ever popped on a video hoping that you could just catch a few minutes to get something done while your child or your students are entertained by something educational? I've been there too! Let me show you a better way to use video modeling for mastery of skills! Resources: Gemiini: https://gemiini.org/ Learn More About Becoming a Master IEP Coach®:...

What if FBAs and BIPs are feeling like the same thing over and over without big results? What if you find another child's name in the IEP? What should parents ask during a classroom or special education program tour? Get answers to these 3 questions on this episode of the Special Education Inner Circle podcast! Learn About Master IEP Coach® Programs: https://www.masteriepcoach.com/learn

For the parents and teachers who have tried EVERYTHING to help your child or students stop getting upset and shutting down... this one is for you. In Special Education, we are either saying "wait and see" or jumping to all the fancy jargon of Functional Behavior Assessments and Behavior Intervention Plans What if we took a step back and looked at the entire environment and family unit BEFORE we st...

What's the Special Education Bus Schedule at your school? Do Special Education busses get loaded at a different time than other busses? How do you feel about it? It's a hot topic right now that we need to talk about, so lean in and listen to this episode of the Special Education Inner Circle Podcast! Then, Grab the 12 HARD IEP Questions You Need to Ask Before Your Next IEP Meeting at www. IEPCheck...

Individualizing visual supports can feel overwhelming for both parents and teachers! Barriers like time, manpower, and lack of training can cause us to cut corners when it comes to customizing visual supports. I've got some easy ways to help support our students, schools, and families, starting with Smarty Symbols, an online visual support resource that you need to know!   Learn to Become a Master...

We need to work together to reduce the roadblocks that are standing in the way of student access to communication devices and digital learning tools. In this episode of the Special Education Inner Circle Podcast, we're diving deep into assistive technology, and the barriers that are currently in place, and I'm giving you a peek at an awesome AAC tool from Otsimo!   Learn to Become a Master IEP Coa...

Discipline is always a concern in Special Education. Brad Weinstein from TeacherGoals joins us in this episode to talk about how discipline can be helpful rather than hurtful for our students.   Brad Weinstein founded TeacherGoals in 2014 to give educators inspiration and laughter to help them find joy in their jobs. He is the primary content creator for TeacherGoals and oversees the organization'...

Independent Education Evaluations (IEE) are something that we typically talk about in Special Education under very high-stress situations.   With worried parents, stressed school staff, and a scramble to collect all the data needed - it's no wonder all that can lead to stress!   In this episode, I'm bringing a couple of solutions to you when it comes to IEE.   I can't wait for you to check out Par...

IEP goals should prepare a child for further education, employment, and independent living, and that includes their speech goals!   I'm always talking about how to do IEP resets and think about IEPs differently. We have to apply that strategy and find the tools and resources to truly help a child now and in the future.   I can't wait to tell you all about Sago Mini First Words!     Learn to Become...

Are you not a "math person"? Do your students talk about how hard math is? Math anxiety is real and I'm excited to dive into some simple strategies and a program called 99math that can help alleviate that anxiety for your child or student.       Learn to Become a Master IEP Coach Get free weekly IEP training!  Get expert IEP Help you can't get anywhere else!    Get Started using 99Math Today!

Fitting in is important to everyone.   I love the trend I'm seeing in the community of helping people with disabilities fit in in a comfortable way.   Feeldom is a great resource to truly provide One Bag for All!   Learn to Become a Master IEP Coach Get free weekly IEP training!  Get expert IEP Help you can't get anywhere else!    Grab Your Feeldom Bag Today!:   Feeldom Life Site Feeldom Bag Store...

Helping neurodiverse students access the curriculum can be tough!   That's exactly why I brought Dr. Emily W. King to the Special Education Inner Circle Podcast!   She's been at the IEP table as both a professional and a parent to a child with an IEP, and you're definitely going to want to hear what she's got to say about DIR/floortime.   Dr. Emily King is a Child Psychologist in Raleigh, North Ca...

I will never ever give up on bringing more collaborative strategies to Special Education. I will never stop bringing parents, teachers, admin, and therapists to train together, to learn together, to understand each other better and work together at a different level.   Recently, I got an email that reminded me exactly why I'll never give up the preachy, sunshine attitude about what's possible at t...

Recently, I presented an IEP workshop to a group of parents and a question came up: "Can I go see my child at school?" YES! Of course you can. Lean in and listen to these three things that you should look for when you visit your child's school.   I love working with parents and professionals who want to dig into IEPs at a whole new level! If you're a parent, a school, or an organization that needs...

Special Education technology can be both FUN and FUNCTIONAL!   Let me tell you all about Hoglets!   It's a computer mouse and a fidget- how fun is that!?   Lean in and listen to find out how you can snag a Hoglet for Free!   Learn to Become a Master IEP Coach Get free weekly IEP training!  Get expert IEP Help you can't get anywhere else!     Grab Your Own Hoglet Today

The bottom line is you don't know what you don't know in Special Education and the disability community.   So today we're going to tackle a topic you might not know about!   I'm excited to talk about this because some people can be embarrassed about it, but we need to have these conversations!   Christina Abernethy is here to talk all about inclusive and accessible restrooms!     Learn to Become a...

IEP Parties are not what you think they are...   I've spent the last few months traveling across the country to work with both Special Education and General Education teachers and one conversation about "IEP Parties" really caught my attention!   Learn to Become a Master IEP Coach Get free weekly IEP training! Get expert IEP Help you can't get anywhere else!

Individualizing an IEP can be so tough, but it doesn't have to be!   I'm so excited to have Alli from n2y here because there's so much that they deliver to our Special Education community.   Master IEP Coach®️ and n2y have been working together for a few years now to help provide better solutions to Special Education programs and parents across the country, and build a team atmosphere at the IEP t...

Let's share some IEP wins! We're always talking in Special Education about all the struggles, all the overwhelm, all the exhaustion! But I have to share with you 3 WINS that have been happening inside the Master IEP Coach community over and over! These are the exact words coming from our Coaches and what is truly possible in Special Education. There's so much that we can do differently, so much th...

Stress, anxiety, overwhelm... that's an understatement of what's happening in our school systems, especially in Special Education!   That's exactly why I've brought Michael and Luce from Calm Strips to the Special Education Inner Circle podcast today!   You might have recently seen Calm Strips on Shark Tank, but there's so much more to their story and we're here to share it!   We're so thankful fo...

You simply can't fix an IEP without THIS!   CONSISTENCY!   You all know, I've been doing this for a long time, so when someone comes to me saying, "I need to get this IEP fixed", my first advice is always, "Okay, let's check in and see what's being done consistently with the current document."   Maybe the document itself doesn't need to be fixed, maybe it's the implementation that's the problem!  ...

Special education and general education teachers have to work together for inclusion to work... but what does that really look like? Did you know that there's a place IN THE IEP to include structured time for general education and special education teachers to work together?   You can and SHOULD build collaboration minutes directly into your child's IEP!   Inclusive experiences at school lead to m...