Special education is a byzantine, confusing field. There is so much jargon and so, so many rules. The goal of these posts is to help you understand the field a bit better.

We have posts on the basics of special education, from what the laws are to what happens if you move with an IEP.

We also have posts on what you get with an IEP that explain why special education is worth it– and what your students should be getting.

Then we have posts on how students actually get IEPs because that process is pretty overwhelming for teachers, parents, and students. And we have posts on IEP meetings, from what they are to what people are supposed to do in them. 

Then there there are the posts on life after high school for individuals with disabilities and what happens when things go wrong and the rights that parents, students, and schools have.

Above all, we have guides on how to read IEPs. We have collected IEPs from almost every state in the United States and compiled guides on how to read each, with information on what to look for to know if it is good and on the purpose of each section.

Special education shouldn’t be as confusing as it is. These posts are an attempt to make the opaque world of special education just a bit more clear for the parents, students, and teachers trying to navigate it.