As you go between overwhelmed, mad, and sad while wrestling through your IEP files and foreign-looking documents from the school, you sigh to yourself and think…

How can I best organize all of this and use it to my child's advantage?

And end costly, time-consuming, and progress-delaying mistakes.

This IEP Toolkit gives you the strength, resources, and tools to become an empowered parent advocate for your child.

Your First Step Toward Meaningful IEP Team Participation.

With the IEP Toolkit, you’ll finally feel prepared, organized and ready to take on any IEP meeting and challenges that come your way -- even if you’re a veteran disability parent.

It’s 6 am and the big day has finally come. 

After a long year, it’s the morning of the long-awaited IEP meeting with the IEP team to see what options are available for your child. 

Feeling hopeful and ready to show up big for your child, you jump in the car and head down to the school. 

With files and pen in your tote, you open the door to the meeting room and suddenly your optimism turns into a slight twinge of fear, as you start to question yourself... 

Because once again, it’s a pile of papers that don’t make a lot of sense to you. Not only are you even sure what each one is, you have no method of finding the information you need when trying to prove a point. 

Ugh, I am not prepared for this meeting. 

I want my child to have a more supports and services, but how do I get the team to agree? 

A sinking feeling in the pit of your stomach tells you that this is going to be anything but easy. 

The whole ordeal is a *bit* intimidating to say the least, but you persevere and tell the team all about your child, what you think they need, and what you would like to see happen.

What you get back is a completely different story. 

It’s the same old....same old.....NO.

A principal dismissive of your concerns telling you that they should be addressed outside of the meeting so they can get to the goals of the individualized plan.  

A school psychologist, principal and the head of the special ed department throwing around foreign terms. 

"We can't do that because...." 

After two hours, and with an insufficient IEP in hand, you stop and think to yourself: 

What happens now? What exactly am I going to do to prevent this from happening? 

All you want is your child to receive an education that will help their minds grow and make them a contributing member of society. 

Suddenly reality sets in and you realize -- I can do this, I just need the right tools.

Throw in working a full time, demanding job, and navigating the daily challenges of motherhood -- IEP exhaustion sets in and snaps your once grounded common sense and organizational skills. 

At this point in the process you need guidance and a hug.