The IEP process isn’t happening to you. You get what you ask for, if you know how to ask.
A live 60-minute workshop for parents who are done nodding along at terms they don’t actually know.
You’ll leave with:
Every acronym and key IEP term defined in plain language, one line each, on a single page you keep and bring to your next meeting.
It’s one of the first things I hand a family when they book the Advocacy Package. Today you get it free with your ticket.
Give me $27 and 60 minutes on July 30, and you’ll walk away able to open your child’s IEP, read the sections that matter, and tell a strong goal from a vague one. Plus the Alphabet Soup Cheat Sheet to bring to your next meeting.
Hi, I’m Heather. As a certified special education teacher, certified dyslexia practitioner and the owner of a tutoring practice that supports kids with learning disabilities, I’ve sat on every side of the special education meeting table. As a former special education teacher, I advocated for my students. As a current dyslexia practitioner and tutoring practice owners, I advocate for my clients in IEP meetings. And as a special needs parent myself, I’ve advocated for my own child including fighting to keep classification. All sides of the table have a different perspective.
Most of the frustration I see in these meetings comes down to one thing: miscommunication. Not because parents don’t care. They care more than anyone in the room. It’s that nobody ever taught them how to read the document or how to ask for what their child needs.
I once sat in a meeting as an advocate for a parent whose confusion had built up over years into real hostility. She was getting everything she’d asked for that day, and the tension in the room made it hard for anyone, her included, to hear it. That meeting is the clearest picture I have of what years of not knowing how to ask does to a parent. It’s why this workshop exists.
That’s what How to Speak IEP is. A live hour where I walk you through the document, you follow along on your own child’s IEP, and you leave able to read it.
I’m Heather. I run New Paltz Multisensory, and I help families navigate dyslexia, dysgraphia, ADHD, and autism. This workshop is the fastest way I know to help you feel less lost in the paperwork and more ready for your next meeting.
Yes. It’s for parents of kids with dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, ADHD, DLD, or autism who have an IEP or are working toward one. Reading the document works the same way no matter which one brought you here.
Probably not. If you’ve ever nodded along at a term you didn’t actually know, that’s most parents in the room, and that’s exactly where we start. Even if the language is familiar, stick around for the part on spotting a weak goal.
Not in this hour. This workshop makes the document readable. It isn’t legal advice or full advocacy at the table. If that’s what you want, that’s what the Advocacy Package is for.
Just your child’s IEP if you have it handy. We’ll work through a redacted sample together, but having your own to look at makes everything land faster.
The replay is included. Grab your ticket and watch when you can. The one thing you’ll miss is the live Q&A, so come if it works.
Yes. This is the first workshop in a series, and I priced it so any parent who’s felt lost in the paperwork can say yes without thinking twice.
No. The workshop stands on its own. The Advocacy Package is there for parents who have a meeting coming up and want someone who’s read the document walking in with them.
It’s on Zoom. You’ll get the link as soon as you register.
The IEP process isn’t happening to you. You get what you ask for, if you know how to ask.
Just $27. Replay included. Thursday, July 30 at 8:00 PM ET.
