Caregiver Education
Caregiver Education: parent education sessions for IEP and 504 meetings
Understanding the IEP process makes it much easier to speak up for your child. Each Caregiver Education session is 30 minutes of one-on-one IEP parent training on a single topic, with plain-language answers to the special education questions you have right now. You don't need a block of advocacy hours to book one.
- One topic per session
- 30 minutes
- Per topic
- $65
Topics
Ten Caregiver Education topics
Pick the one that matches what's coming up for your child. Most topics have a free guide too, if you'd like to read first.
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1
Understanding your rights
Procedural safeguards and IEP meetings
What your procedural safeguards mean, which rights you have as a parent or legal guardian, and what you can say and do once you're sitting at the IEP table.
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2
How to prepare for your child's IEP meeting
What to bring and what to say, plus the questions worth asking before you walk in the door.
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3
Understanding special education eligibility
How schools decide whether a child qualifies for special education services, and what the eligibility categories mean.
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4
What is a PWN and what do I do with it?
What a prior written notice is, why the school sent you one and what your options are now.
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5
IEP vs. 504: what's the difference?
How an IEP and a 504 plan differ, and which one is right for your child.
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6
Understanding least restrictive environment
What LRE means and how to tell whether your child's placement is appropriate.
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7
What is FAPE and does my child have it?
What a free appropriate public education means and whether your child is receiving one.
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Understanding RTI (response to intervention)
What RTI is, how schools use it and what it means for your child's path to special education services.
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School-based vs. medical-based related services
Your child may qualify for speech, OT or PT both at school and through a medical provider, but the two settings follow very different rules. We go over what each one has to provide, why they differ and how to work with both systems for your child.
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What are extended school year (ESY) services?
A lot of families never know to ask for ESY, yet your child may be entitled to services beyond the regular school year. We go over what ESY is, who qualifies and how to ask for it at your child's next IEP meeting.
Don't see your topic?
If you have a specific question about your child's IEP, an evaluation or special education services, I also offer custom 30-minute sessions on any topic. Get in touch and we'll work out what to cover.
Need more than one session?
For ongoing support, document review or someone with you at the meeting, my advocacy services and advocacy hours are listed with their prices.
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Talk it through on a free 15-minute call
Tell me what's going on with your child's IEP or 504 plan. I'll tell you honestly whether I can help and what a sensible next step looks like.