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the collaborative IEP

JoEllen

Published on: 01/17/2026

A better way to hold an IEP meeting. Individualize Education Planning meetings are intended to be collaborative. An combined effort on behalf of a student. Presenting a completed IEP, labeled draft, is not the answer. Finding that your meetings are challenging, unnecessarily lengthy, not focused on strengths? There is a better way. Read on.

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Co-teaching Part 2

Toni

Published on: 12/15/2025

The best teaching experience I've had was with a co-teaching, special education partner.

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PSA part 2. The referral, evaluation, and eligibility.

JoEllen

Published on: 12/07/2025

Part 2 of the IEP process. The referral. Making a referral, the process, eligibility determination and a few tidbits in between.

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PL 94-142. 50 years. part 1. Child Find.

JoEllen

Published on: 11/18/2025

This year marks 50 years since PL-94-142 was signed into law by President Gerald Ford ensuring a free and appropriate public education to all children. It is a process. Breaking it down. First stop, child find.

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