Summer is when the numbers go down and the access goes up. Karen Mayer Cunningham answers live questions from parents, advocates, paras, and educators, covering ESY eligibility and transportation, early pickups as days out of placement, the truth about IEEs, when an IEP meeting must be convened, and how to get your child's data in writing.
Plus: Karen announces a press conference Wednesday, June 17 at 6:00 PM at Bellaire High School regarding Houston ISD's plan to consolidate self-contained programs.
CHAPTERS
00:00 Welcome, summer is Q&A season
01:21 Why summer is state complaint season
02:24 Which academy for future special educators
03:33 The Epic IEP™ Workbook update
04:24 Homeschool students: evaluations and FAPE
06:46 The Zack Pack: put the full IEP in every teacher's hands
09:13 The 2-Day Advocacy Intensive, August 22-23
10:04 What paras need: The Epic IEP™: PARA
12:24 Early pickups are days out of placement
13:13 Requesting records after graduation
24:24 IEEs: the scratch-off ticket truth
26:26 Reading mastery, dyslexia, and maintenance
38:00 Transition planning and work-based learning
40:40 ADHD: services before accommodations
44:30 When a school must convene an IEP meeting
53:00 Summer testing timelines: put it in writing
53:54 ESY transportation rules
55:00 ESY eligibility and regression data
56:57 Getting your data: 34 CFR 300.613
59:59 Houston ISD press conference, June 17
01:03:48 Join The Epic Educator Academy™
TRAIN WITH KAREN
Special Education Academy (parents, caregivers, advocates), free first month: https://specialeducationacademy.com/training/
The 2-Day Special Education Advocacy Intensive, live virtual August 22-23: https://specialeducationacademy.com/2-day/
On-demand advocacy courses: https://specialeducationacademy.com/ondemand
The Epic Educator Academy™ (school-based educators only), Mondays 7 PM Central: https://specialeducationacademy.com/educator
This is educational training, not legal advice.
You don't know what you don't know — but you need to.
"When we get it right for the child, we get it right for everyone." — Karen Mayer Cunningham
#SpecialEducationBoss #IEPHelp #ESY
Plus: Karen announces a press conference Wednesday, June 17 at 6:00 PM at Bellaire High School regarding Houston ISD's plan to consolidate self-contained programs.
CHAPTERS
00:00 Welcome, summer is Q&A season
01:21 Why summer is state complaint season
02:24 Which academy for future special educators
03:33 The Epic IEP™ Workbook update
04:24 Homeschool students: evaluations and FAPE
06:46 The Zack Pack: put the full IEP in every teacher's hands
09:13 The 2-Day Advocacy Intensive, August 22-23
10:04 What paras need: The Epic IEP™: PARA
12:24 Early pickups are days out of placement
13:13 Requesting records after graduation
24:24 IEEs: the scratch-off ticket truth
26:26 Reading mastery, dyslexia, and maintenance
38:00 Transition planning and work-based learning
40:40 ADHD: services before accommodations
44:30 When a school must convene an IEP meeting
53:00 Summer testing timelines: put it in writing
53:54 ESY transportation rules
55:00 ESY eligibility and regression data
56:57 Getting your data: 34 CFR 300.613
59:59 Houston ISD press conference, June 17
01:03:48 Join The Epic Educator Academy™
TRAIN WITH KAREN
Special Education Academy (parents, caregivers, advocates), free first month: https://specialeducationacademy.com/training/
The 2-Day Special Education Advocacy Intensive, live virtual August 22-23: https://specialeducationacademy.com/2-day/
On-demand advocacy courses: https://specialeducationacademy.com/ondemand
The Epic Educator Academy™ (school-based educators only), Mondays 7 PM Central: https://specialeducationacademy.com/educator
This is educational training, not legal advice.
You don't know what you don't know — but you need to.
"When we get it right for the child, we get it right for everyone." — Karen Mayer Cunningham
#SpecialEducationBoss #IEPHelp #ESY