Special Education Inner Circle

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!

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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 table, which we all know can be a challenge! One of the hardest tasks an IEP team can face is how to individualize a program for a student, n2y has the tools to help!

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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 that we can do better. It's not going to happen right away, but with consistency and collaboration, amazing things are possible!

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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 for the services Calm Strips is providing not only to the Master IEP Coach®️ community but to all of special education!

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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! Before we call ANOTHER meeting with the whole team, let's make sure that the agreed upon plan of action is actually happening. Lean in and listen to these 3 checkpoints before you throw out the IEP!

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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 more inclusive communities long-term — we can do that by working with the IEP document to make sure that happens!

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Let's talk about AAC and our OLDER students! We talk all the time about early interventions for speech, but it's never too late to look at different ways AAC and support can be helpful for middle, high, and transition students. Dr. Cheri Dodge Chin has the strategies you need to help your older students succeed with AAC!

Cheri Dodge Chin, ClinScD, CCC/SLP has 20 years of clinical experience as a speech-language pathologist, assistive technology consultant, business owner, mentor, and adjunct professor. She has worked in pediatric private practice, rehabilitation, clinics, public schools, and universities. Her research focuses on training adult communication partners to help children with profound speech and language difficulties.

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I've got 3 decisions that every great IEP teams needs to make. I can guarantee that these 3 decisions can completely change the atmosphere at an IEP meeting, it can change the future of a child who has an IEP.

It takes A LOT of work to get a child's educational plan in place - it's no wonder special education parents and teachers are so tired! So let me give you 3 things that aren't going to add pressure onto your list, they're actually going to simplify what can happen next!

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Engaging all learners in all classrooms sounds almost impossible, but Hope & Wade King are here with us to show us how to get it done! While Hope & Wade aren't regulars at the IEP table, they are both incredible, passionate educators who recognize the need to have a 360 view of the classroom, seeing new ways to engage all abilities levels. That's the secret sauce of Hope & Wade - and they're bringing you the 3 steps to build a progression of student engagement. So let's dive right in...

Hope & Wade are both educators, authors of The Wild Card, and are the masterminds behind the Get Your Teach On! Conference. This year, the conference is adding a Special Education track for the first time and yours truly will be leading the Special Education Resource Room. As Hope said, one of the pieces GYTO was missing was how to serve special education teachers specifically, but also how to empower general education teachers to serve the individual needs of all students. GYTO and I are going to be bringing something truly special to Orlando next week and I really hope I'll get to see you there!

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MTSS.. RTI... IEP! What does it all mean and how can we make it work together! Sarah Kirk joins us today from the lens of a school counselor, dedicated to meeting the unique needs of all students. Whether you're a parent or teacher at the IEP table, these are some acronyms you need to know!

Sarah Kirk is a National Board Certified Counselor and the School Counselor Specialist at the Oklahoma State Department of Education. Before this role, she was a School Counselor for nine years. Sarah currently serves on the Board of Directors for ASCA. In 2019, her School Counseling Program became a Recognized ASCA Model Program (RAMP). Sarah was Oklahoma's 2018 School Counselor of the Year and a 2019 National School Counselor of the Year Finalist. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision. Sarah is an advocate for the profession and is passionate about equity and access to school counseling services for all students.

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