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Eye of the Advocate advocacy education advocacy Dec 31, 2022

How to Appreciate the Eye of the Advocate

As this first day of a New Year begins, I would like to focus on what happens when someone finally develops the eye of an advocate.  What does that really mean and does that process of developing the Eye of an advocate have any impact on your life and if it...

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UNPROFESSIONAL CODE WORDS iep communication iep development process Dec 17, 2022

UNPROFESSIONAL CODE WORDS

It really does not matter what industry, or profession you are working with as a consumer,  you will find that they all have their own vocabulary of code words. True professionals, know better than to ever say certain code words such as:

“TRUST ME”

The need to convince ...

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ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS & EDUCATION ADVOCACY SKILLS accommodations advocacy child focused cross training documentation education advocacy evaluations functional outcomes iep development parent concerns parent participation in iep progress monitoring Dec 16, 2022

EDUCATION ADVOCACY SKILLS

"ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTION IS OFTEN MORE IMPORTANT THAN HAVING AN ANSWER. A RIGHT QUESTION CAN LEAD TO THE RIGHT ANSWER."

Marie Lewis PhD, BCEA

The world of Special Education leaves a lot to be desired when it comes to transparency and direction.  Some of that is simply...

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THE ROLE OF THE PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION ADVOCATE advocacy child focused collaboration communication compliance cross training education advocacy fape functional outcomes iep development parent participation Nov 19, 2022

Please Tell Me That You Walk on Water

This could be the entreaty of those parents who have the distinct feeling that, at the IEP table, their comments are magically heard by team members only in a foreign language. Another common perception is that all comments by parents will be met with rolling e...

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5 Myths about AAC and SGDs aac assistive technology sgd speech generating device Nov 12, 2022

5 MYTHS about AAC AND SGDs

 

ALTERNATIVE AND AUGMENTATIVE

COMMUNICATION AND

SPEECH GENERATING DEVICE

 

Implementing the use of AAC /SGDs is the responsibility of the school-based IEP team.  The Speech and Language Therapist/Pathologist works as part of a team that may also include an assist...

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When Your Child Needs ABA aba therapy classroom tactics educational gaps lre least restrictive environment parent training progress monitoring research based instruction sas supplementary aids & services specially designed instruction sdi vb classroom writing goals Nov 05, 2022

 

 

The following are examples of what educational needs, SDIs, and Goals could look like for a child with autism who needs ABA.

This does not have to be an ABA or VB classroom!

The following is just so you can get a taste of what should be individualized in the IEP.

 

Let’s first define

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High Stakes for Disabled in Coming Election disability voting rights voting Oct 20, 2022

 

Disability Rights: How and Why to Vote

Author: Sandra Carroll, BS, BCEA

While much of recent political discussion in Pennsylvania centers around the two “big” races in the impending election this year, little has been mentioned about disability related issues in the news. In fact, the stakes f...

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This Doesn't Feel Right Oct 08, 2022

 

When does Executive Function Develop? 

Executive function emerges during preschool and develops in correlation with frontal lobe development from childhood to approximately age 25. A baby's brain grows and develops by overproducing neurons, synapses, or connections. These are then pruned back a...

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Is my Motherboard Working? executive function Sep 24, 2022

EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING AFFECTS HOW MANY AREAS OF LIFE?

When we start talking about executive functioning it does not take long to reach overwhelm because executive functioning affects so many different areas of one's life. It is not very different from the computer's motherboard.

 A computer's moth...

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Safety First!! equity safety plans Sep 16, 2022

 

Safety First

Guest Author: Linda Snyder MBA, PMP, BCEA  

with Marie Lewis, Ph.D., BCEA 

Excluding students with disabilities from school safety drills and practices is short-sighted.  The National Association of School Psychologists has recommended that schools consider developing individualiz...

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I KNOW HOW to Disagree With the IEP. autism civil rights complaint doe complaint due process informal meeting mediation Sep 10, 2022

Making the System Work FOR You

WHAT SHOULD PARENTS DO WHEN THEY DON’T AGREE WITH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM REGARDING AN IEP? They can disagree with the school system regarding any of the 3 areas of IEP Appropriateness, IEP Compliance, or IEP Discrimination.  You can choose only one of the areas. (See previ...

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You CAN Disagree With an IEP!? appropriateness compliance discrimination Sep 03, 2022

 3 REASONS YOU CAN DISAGREE WITH AN IEP

Knowing them will allow you to know what type of assistance you need to resolve any disagreements and what actions to take.

 It is hard for parents to know when to stop being the “nice cooperative” parent to a fault, afraid to cause ANY conflict or have ANY...

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