Special Education Secrets
PS – I’m constantly adding new information – you can always stop by here or receive updates:
Selling Disability / Selling Special Education
(Almost) No one seems to like “Selling”… but…. We need to do MUCH better selling disability if we want a…
The Zen Reverse Red Chief Strategy
Disability systems make my life much more difficult than disability. The bureaucracies of “support” seem to be designed to make…
Disabled Learner Operating System
Parents have the power to make their disabled child’s education better Better IEP Quick Start Guide, but, of course, there…
IEP Team Scorecard
Your child’s IEP team (Individualized Education Program team / special education teachers, staff, and aides) is what matters most for…
A Frank Love Letter to Special Education Professionals
I don’t think special education teachers, therapists, and school district staff have any idea how much trust and reliance that…
Individualized Education Strategy
There is something fundamentally crazy at the heart of special education. Parents are told they have a hammer (Procedural Safeguards),…
DIY Due Process Diary – Part 1 – The Plan for the Plan
Is it possible to do Due Process effectively and cheaply (free-ish)? Due Process is the mechanism to challenge the actions…
Subsidized Discrimination – The Special Education Transportation Trap
New Home Independent School District in Texas is being investigated for Disability Discrimination according to Special Education Action. The local…
Disability Almanac’s Better IEP Quickstart Guide
Let’s start with the unstated key, retrospectively obvious fact of special education: the quality of the actual (individualized) education program…
Request for Independent Audit of PAUSD Special Education Program and Organization
Board members – I ask that you charter a truly independent audit of the Palo Alto Unified School District (PAUSD)…
Your disability numbers don’t lie (and they’re pretty scary)
Where you live, if you use any disability services at all, is going to have a major impact on your…
Care Enough To Act
Working in Computer Security was strangely perfect preparation for the world of Disability: Everyone says “I care A LOT about…
Additional Special Education Articles
Exposing Special Education Secrets
Figuring out Special Education is hard. Much harder than it should be. When I’m feeling frustrated, I feel like there is some secret official policy out there called:
Don’t Tell, Don’t Ask.
As I have a weird obsession with data and I hate for people to have to redo work, I’ve been sharing what I’ve learned.
If it helps, I hope you share this information with others.
If I’ve made errors (I wouldn’t be surprised)… I hope you’ll correct me so I can update this.
… and if you have some information that you’d like to share, please let me know.
We are all in this together.
Steve
PPS – … and if you have a question or would like to work together… let me know.