You’re reading your child’s IEP, evaluation report, or behavior plan and suddenly you’re stuck on a phrase that feels ...

Share or save for quick reference. Women’s History Month deserves more than a fill-in-the-blank worksheet about Susan B. Anthony and a quick craft project that may or may not survive the ride home in ...

I’m sure if this has happened to you, it sure felt like a gaslighting moment. You have a child. The child sees various doctors and specialists, some of whom have diagnosed the child with autism. Then, ...

215 968 Share or save for quick reference. Right after the holiday season, I have my eye on one other thing-the PA Farm Show! The 2026 PA Farm Show starts January 10. My boys have never missed a year ...

It’s no secret that many kids with disabilities struggle socially and struggle to build and maintain friendships. When Brian tells me stories of kids at school who sound like they have a disability of ...

I never intended to become a Special Education Advocate. I took some IEP training because my disabled son was a toddler and I thought that the information would be good to have. Then, the 2008 ...

I will never forget this one day when Kevin was a preschooler. We had an IEP meeting, and one of his proposed math IEP goals was to be able to visualize and identify what 2 of something looks like or ...

Teaching inference to kids is an essential part of learning to read and comprehend texts. Inference is the ability to draw conclusions based on evidence and reasoning, and it is a skill that kids will ...

As parent, advocates and teacher, we understand the importance of social communication skills for our students. Pragmatic language is a crucial aspect of communication that involves the use of ...

6.6K Share or save for quick reference. If you’ve ever heard terms like “pragmatic language impairment” or “social communication disorder” thrown around like everyone knows what they mean…you’re not ...

So many kids (and adults!) struggle with pragmatic language skills due to having autism or another learning disability. Not ...

Ok, so social media has been in a tizzy for the past week over this. Here’s what we know so far, as far as the possible OSEP shutdown and the Special Education Layoffs. This is longer than I had ...