IT'S TIME TO ROOT FOR THE UNDERDOGS!

Its Time To Root For the Underdogs!! 

**Every March, the nation is gripped by the thrilling upsets and Cinderella stories of March Madness. **

But beyond the basketball court, there's a group of underdogs who face even greater challenges; they're the special education students who fight for their right to succeed in a system not always set up for their victory.

Did you know that special education students struggle with

  • Graduation rates that lag significantly behind their peers
  • The...
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March Madness SE Antidote to SADD

MARCH MADNESS

ADVOCACY ANTIDOTE FOR SADD

Special Education

 Advocacy 

 Despair and

Despondency

 

When you notice a desire or discontent

that is when you should notice that there is something still greater to do.

NSEAI is here to help you succeed in your next step related to your passion

of supporting students with disabilities.

 

WE ARE HAVING A MARCH MADNESS DISCOUNT

35% discount.

(We have never done this before)

TO CHEER UP ALL THOSE WITH SADD FROM THE...

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Education Advocacy-Essential Community Resource

EDUCATION ADVOCACY IS FOR EVERYONE

IT IS AN ESSENTIAL COMMUNITY RESOURCE

 

When I think of education advocacy I see Batman’s utility belt, but instead of gadgets, it endows parents with superpowers to fight for their children’s education rights. You could think of it as a mix of Professor X’s telepathy and Hermione Granger’s knowledge of magic spells- empowering parents to make informed decisions, creating positive change, and the getting of functional outcomes...

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MANAGING IEP DISAGREEMENTS PART II

PLAYING NICE IN THE SANDBOX

  

MANAGING DISAGREEMENTS

Managing disagreements and ineffective interactions is a core skill of professional special education advocacy. We must choose whether we want conflict or peace. Learning peace comes from getting out of the inner conflict of attack and grievance maintenance which means getting out of the ego side of the conflict.

 

Parents come to us with an inner war that is going on already that they are outwardly expressing. We do not...

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20 Highly Effective Questions Experts Ask - Make a Difference in Your IEP

20 Highly Effective Questions Experts Ask - Make a Difference in Your IEP

Everyone knows that Individualized Education Plan (IEP) meetings determine the type of support and accommodations required for the student to achieve their educational goals. At these meetings, your child’s team of professionals (educators and clinicians from school), you, and your child, work together to develop an IEP that outlines your child's educational needs, goals, and services.

Parents play a crucial role...

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WHAT IEP ISSUES CAN A PARENT LETTER OF ATTACHMENT ADDRESS?

WHAT IEP ISSUES CAN A PARENT LETTER OF ATTACHMENT ADDRESS? 

 

 

WHAT IS A PARENT LETTER OF ATTACHMENT?

The Parent Letter of Attachment  (PLA) is a document that most parents are pretty clueless about. They either have no idea what to do with it and so never do anything with it and there are some that just use it as a way of praising the teacher and or support personnel and it is never used as intended. The PLA section of the IEP is known in some states as “Parent...

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Educational Inequity

 EDUCATIONAL INEQUITY IS THE MOST PRESSING

SOCIAL PROBLEM FACING OUR COUNTRY AND

THE CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE OF OUR DAY

To solve this problem one must be an expert in IEP development. The goal is to support students learning academically, emotionally, behaviorally, socially, and adaptive skills so that they will be truly prepared for postsecondary success. We must have high expectations with appropriate supports so that they are able to pursue their dreams through self-determination. We...

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ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS & EDUCATION ADVOCACY SKILLS

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 a matter of variation as the manifestation of most diagnoses are on a continuum somewhere between mild to severe. In addition there is frequently at least one or two secondary diagnoses...

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THE ROLE OF THE PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION ADVOCATE

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 eyes, sighs, and harumphs if not another adjustment in the team member seats and a chorus of clearing throats.

While this may be an exaggeration, if you are a parent feeling this way, something...

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GIFTED IEP

GIFTED IEP DEVELOPMENT FOR

Professional Education Advocates

Learn effective and professional IEP development approaches.

Discover other's errors in approach and transform a student's life!

Improve YOUR Professional Education Advocacy Skills Now!

 

A gifted student’s identified educational needs must be met through a plan called the Gifted IEP. It is designed to provide a meaningful educational benefit. The gifted student has an educational need in one or more subject areas,...

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