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The IEP Success Kit – A Special Needs Resource for You!
Enter to Win this great special needs resource — To your IEP Success!
After reviewing the IEP Success Kit and awarding it the very coveted A+ Cup of Approval (It totally *should* be coveted!), I promised to offer up a a giveaway of this phenomenal resource.
Dennise Goldberg, owner of the Special Education Advisor website and creator of the IEP Success Kit, said to go for it!
“We created the IEP Success Kit because many families can not afford to hire an attorney or advocate and the kit will give them the skills needed to manage the process on their own,” Said Goldberg about why they created the kit.
Writing up the kit and putting all the other information together took long months, she said. Goldberg and her husband advocate in one of the nation’s largest school districts in California, and also advocate for their own son. In fact, much of what they use in their advocacy efforts was learned in the real world, advocating for their own son.
Who can best use this special needs resource?
Keep in mind this kit will help you most in preparation with the Federal guidelines as outlined in the IDEA legislation, but the additional materials link to each of the guidelines by State as well. Since all State guidelines must be built from the Federal ones, this kit is an excellent step in putting your child’s educational record together.
This great resource, the IEP Success Kit, would be perfect for the parent of a child in special education or an advocate who needs help to fully understand and organize the resources they need for their next case conference (and the all-important time in between).
Enter and share this giveaway with everyone you think might benefit from an A+ resource…anyone could win!
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Katrina Moody
Graphic Designer, Wordpress Addict, Blogger at Kat's Media & More
I'm a special needs parent before just about everything else in life, but also a passionate advocate for my three boys and husband, who all have a bit of awesomeness about them. Awesomeness = Axenfeld-Rieger Syndrome, Autism, Epilepsy, Dyslexia, Cerebral Palsy, and more. It all adds up to some awesome kids and an amazing family.
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As the mother of an autistic son I can say with complete sincerity…a kit like that would have come in very handy when he was still in school. I hated IEP’s. All the professionals in attendance seem to forget that, as a parent, you’re not up on all the terminology they like to throw out there.
One I particularly disliked was when I had to stop the meeting and say, ‘Look, I’m not a stupid person, but could you dumb it down a little?’ And the principal proceeded to talk to me like I was an ignorant, uneducated idiot.
So here’s a ‘pat on the back’ for sharing something this useful with other parents. No one should have to feel stupid when they’re trying to help their kids.
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Aw, Kristy, I hate that feeling, as I am sure most other parents of truly awesome kids do. Unfortunately it is so easy to feel that way when you try to make sense of the IEP process. That’s why I so want some amazing parents or advocates of special needs folks to have a chance to win this one!
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I would give this to my sister.
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I would use this in advocating for my daughter. I am still new to this & think it would be a huge help.
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Kat, I really think you and I are living in a zone. I just published a post on my blog today about IEPs. Mine is a little less helpful
Title of post is The Lazy Mom’s Guide to Deciphering Your Child’s IEP Report.
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I’m sure I’ll have a less than helpful post about IEPs at some point – I wasn’t blogging when our last fiasco went down *winks* Love the title – I’m going to have to go check it out now!
Maybe we are on the same wavelength? What am I posting for tomorrow? 
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Kat,
You are soooo smart! And you’re doing such a wonderful thing here to help people. I remember many (and I mean many)years ago when I was writing IEP’s for special needs children. It was so hard but so rewarding to watch when a child reached a developmental milestone. Keep up the good work, sister!
Love ya,
~Erin
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I’m studying to be a special education teacher. I should be student teaching next fall…finally! And I was introduced to the IEP early on. This kit sounds liker it would be very helpful.
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I would definitely give this advice to a friend of mine who has a disable child. Thanks so much.
Thanks so much
Hi Katrina… I don’t know if I shared this before but I have a 39 year old autistic nephew. It has not been easy for my sister because he has never learned to speak or get out of his self-imposed box. He can be aggressive at times, doesn’t sleep very well at night also. Very repetitive in all he does. Calculating, etc… sneaky. She has to constantly be watching him. He even tries to hurt himself, like pull his ears out and stuff like that. Of course, there was not a lot of information on autism back in those days and that prompted my sister to become a registed nurse. And the older he got, the harder he was to control… Just sharing her story.
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Norma,
Thank you so much for sharing your story about your awesome nephew (we say the guys have a touch of awesomeness as a diagnosis, which is a different way to think about it!). It’s so difficult to imagine going through the diagnosis without the additional information and supports in place we have today (limited though they might sometimes be), but I think it is also important for us to remember. As hard as we fight for change, for our kids to be treated with respect and equity, there was a time when even the progress we’ve made to this point weren’t in place.
I have an cousin who has some various learning disabilities (dyslexia, mostly), but is smart as a whip and engaging, open, honest, and amazing. But she grew up in a time period when her diagnoses weren’t understood and treated – and while she grew beyond those diagnoses, she is still impacted by a society that didn’t understand her. Her parents, my great aunt and uncle, have told me stories over the years, stories that both encouraged and angered me on their behalf, and that of my cousin. I share this because it has always encouraged me that despite the odds, some things have always been true – a parent that is loyal and supportive, encouraging and positive about what their child can do and firm in their refusal to ‘settle’ for what doctors and other so-called professionals might say … that parent is one who is as much admired from their 40-year-old stories as the parent who is today navigating the same waters in a different society.
I would give it to someone that can use it.
You are so sweet! Thanks a bunch *hugs*
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I would pass this onto a friend who would be able to benefit from it.
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Pass it along to those who could benefit most.
Very generous *grin*
Wow… I could really use this for Brynnon. I am new to going to the public school for anything. I find myself going in that direction and will have to ask them for services for Brynnon as a Home Schooled child. If he does well with that, I may just let him stay in public school. His Epilepsy and brain malformation has him now at a entry 1st grade Reading level, and a mid 2nd Grade Math level. His IEP says he needs Language, Speech and other Therapy along with other things that I am unable to afford privately nor provide to him. Looks like a great resource!! ~Denise
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Well, never fear – I’ve already decided I will have a few more giveaways of this item myself after the new year … it’s such a great resource for special needs parents I can’t resist!
Denise – I’ve notified the winner and will announce it officially after they get back with me. But DON’T worry – I WILL be personally sponsoring another one of these after the first of the year – I think it is THAT good of a resource!