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Monitoring Your Child’s Education Through Observation
Image September 18, 2022 Advocacy,News stacey

Now that the new school year is in full swing, it’s a good time for parents to schedule an observation of their child’s educational setting.  In order to be proactive in your child’s educational progress, it’s important to know what’s occurring during the time they’re at school. Here are some tips for conducting observations: Look

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Seven Step Process For Developing Standards-Based IEPs
Image September 17, 2022 Advocacy stacey

A Pathway to Success! 7 Step Process For SB IEPs.pdf Download 7 Step Process For SB IEPs.pdf There is a seven-step process that you should use for developing standards-based IEPs.  This process is designed to help you determine and identify appropriate goals that help your student reach grade-level standards, or at least know that you’re moving

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What You Should Expect from Your IEP Meeting…. But May Not Often Get!
Image September 6, 2022 Advocacy stacey

You’d think, especially considering the federal law that requires IEP meetings to run in a certain way, that when you go to your first, or last, IEP meeting, that the very basics would be in place. I’m not even referring to the guts of the Present Level or the meaningfulness of the goals….just the basics.

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Good SLEEP – Sometimes Elusive, But Always Necessary
Image August 27, 2022 Advocacy stacey

Getting good sleep can be quite elusive to people these days – Personally, there’s many nights when I lay in bed staring at the ceiling as thoughts of the million and one things I have to do tomorrow go ‘round and ‘round in my head. I don’t know about you, but when this happens to

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Dealing with Meltdowns
Image August 27, 2022 Advocacy,Strategies stacey

Are your back-to-school mornings rough on your child, AND on YOU? Is your child one who holds it together for most of the school day and then has a meltdown soon as they get in the car, or walk in the door? I hear these stories all of the time, but especially at this time

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BACK TO SCHOOL TIPS TO GET YOU STARTED :)
Image August 27, 2022 Advocacy stacey

These top 10 back-to-school tips for parents emphasize communication, organization, and a focus on your child’s success. I know first hand how anxiety provoking it can be as a parent of a child with a disability at the beginning of each school year. Yes, some are more scary than others, but we always strive to do

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About Me
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Stacey Hoaglund is an advocate, mediator, disability consultant and trainer with 20+ years in advocacy, project development and community collaboration. Skilled at public speaking, legislative and educational processes, program creation and execution, conflict resolution, Stacey is a natural and persuasive communicator recognized among colleagues for keen ability to energize and inspire individuals toward achieving a

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Preparing for Your Child’s IEP Meeting
Image August 21, 2022 Advocacy stacey

Before you meet with the school team for your child’s annual IEP meeting, it’s important to prepare. Anything can happen on the day of the meeting that can easily throw you off track. Since this is one of the most important documents for a child with autism when it comes to their education, time dedicated

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2022 New School Year
August 8, 2022 Advocacy Robert Cayouette

Are you READY? Here’s a few quick tips on how to get a jumpstart on the new school year!

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4th of July Survival Tips :)
Image July 4, 2022 News stacey

The 4th of July is here, and it doesn’t have to be as stressful for your child as you might think. Yes, sensory sensitivities come to the forefront during holidays such as the 4th, and they might prefer to stay inside rather than endure what can be quite unsettling, and even painful, to them. This

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