Shaun McMichael and Kelly McCallum have spent years fighting with their home school district, Boone County Schools, trying to get the resources they believe their daughter, Ryanne McMichael, needs to ...

Recently, I wrote a post titled, “6 Things I Wish I Knew Before My Kid's First IEP Meeting.” Although I am also an educator, I wanted to get the perspective of an Exceptional Children (EC) teacher. EC ...

California resident Katie Prather remembers thinking that her son, who has autism, could have mastered math skills if he had less work to complete in elementary school. By middle school, she thought ...

A change in how Indiana tracks certain special education documents has led to confusion at the start of the new school year, with parents, teachers and districts scrambling to get students the help ...

Navigating the special education system can be overwhelming for many families. There’s a lot of unfamiliar terminology, meetings filled with professionals and decisions that directly affect your child ...

As the 2026-2027 school year approaches, the landscape for Michigan IEP meetings has shifted with new state guidance and ...

An IEP is an individualized education plan designed to allocate extra support and resources to students with disabilities. It is federal law that any child in the public school system who receives ...

Special education is designed to ensure students with disabilities can have their educational needs met, according to the U.S. Department of Education. In Wisconsin, there’s a wide range of reasons ...

If your child has an IEP in Ohio, you’ve probably faced the moment at the end of a meeting when someone hands you the signature page and says, “go ahead and sign here.” It can feel intimidating to ...