What do you do when your child is suspended?
Denied services?
Or placed in the wrong setting with no say?
In this open Q&A-style episode of Special Education Boss®, Karen Mayer Cunningham answers your most pressing questions—live and unfiltered.
🎯 Inside this episode:
- Can a child stay in general ed if they aren’t accessing grade-level curriculum?
- Should the school provide an advocate if the parent asks?
- What happens if a charter school refuses special ed services?
- What if you're being read "school norms" before the meeting even starts?
- The truth about ESY, MDR, para support, toileting, behavior, and more
Whether you’re a parent, teacher, para, or full-time advocate—this episode will hit home.
This one’s full of wisdom, wild stories, legal truth bombs, and just enough sass to keep you laughing while learning.
🎧 Listen now on your favorite podcast platform—Spotify, Apple, Amazon, iHeart, and more.
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✨ When we get it right for the child, we get it right for everybody. ✨
👩⚖️ Hosted by Karen Mayer Cunningham, Advocate & Special Education Boss®
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