Stacey Hoaglund
ADVOCATE, LIFE COACH, CONSULTANT, SPEAKER, AUTHOR
Month: May 2023
Month: May 2023
10 Ways to Have a Blasting Good Time
The summer can be a challenge for kids who have grown accustomed to the structure of the school day. To offset the 10 weeks of less structure, there are a variety of activities that parents can do with their kids that won’t break the bank. 1. Have a Scavenger or Treasure Hunt: Create a list
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Taking the Fright Out of Transitioning to Middle School
The transition to middle school can be a scary one for any student and parent, let alone for a child with a disability. It’s not too late to tidy up some loose ends to make this transition as smooth as possible: • Find out who will be your child’s support staff and ask them to
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Do You Understand The Importance Of Graphed Data?
PROGRESS MONITORING FOR IEP GOALS Here we are in May – one more month to go until the school year is over. Do you know if your child has made progress? How can you tell? Just because someone has told you that they have? Do you have evidence? – as in assessment data? Did you
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4 Special Education Laws Parents Should Know
……and teachers should know them too. Hopefully you know that schools don’t offer services, supports or inclusive education because it’s the right thing to do (although it is). They do those things, or at least are supposed to, because there are laws that require them. HOWEVER, there are PLENTY of advocates, and we advocates have
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