Dec 29, 2022
If your child has a visual impairment or is blind, this episode explains the qualifications and job responsibilities of an Orientation & Mobility Specialist, or O&M!
In this episode we cover:
1) What is Orientation & Mobility Specialist (O&M)
2) Qualifications
3) What they actually do to help your child access...
Dec 27, 2022
IEPs have a 3-year cycle. Which means there are different kinds of meeting for where you are in that cycle! And when you know what kind of meeting is coming up, you can be mentally prepaired for it that much better!
In this episode we discuss:
1) 5 different types of IEP meetings (initial, annual, re-evaluation,...
Dec 22, 2022
This week's IEP Team BONUS Series has a special guest! Meet Amy Sarow, Doctor of Audiology!
In this episode we discuss:
1) What audiologist do
2) The overlap and difference between Audiologists and Deaf and Hard of Hearing Teachers (DHH)
3) Auditory Processing and why it's so controversial
4) Qualifications of...
Dec 20, 2022
School team underestimating your child? Do you ever feel like even you are suprised with what your child can do? Today our guest is talking about "presuming competence" and why this makes so much of a difference for your child's long term future (think going for it in your vision statement!!!)
In this episode we...
Dec 15, 2022
Did you know that Physical Therapists can write emergency evacuation plans into the IEP? Did you know that they also can help with adapting Physical Education? I didn't either until working in the schools alongside some amazing PT's!
In this week's IEP Team BONUS Series we cover:
1) Qualifications of physical...