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Start One Folder for Every School Communication This Week

You want to know what paperwork to keep for your child's school, and where to put it so you can actually find it when you need it. Here's the short answer: one folder, one place, set up in about twenty minutes. That's the whole system.

Special Education Advocate: When to Hire One

Special education advocate guide: what they do, advocate vs attorney, IEP advocate cost, and how a free case review works if the school denied your IEP.

IEP Transition Planning: The Age-16 Checklist Every Parent Needs

IEP transition planning is required by age 16. Get the checklist for transition goals, services, and assessments, plus where plans go wrong and how to fix them.

IEP for Dyslexia: The Reading Services to Ask For

An IEP for dyslexia should teach reading, not just add extra time. Learn which structured literacy services and accommodations to request, and how to document your need.

10 Common IEP Accommodations, Sorted Into 4 Categories

A plain-language IEP accommodations list: 10 common classroom accommodations sorted into presentation, response, setting, and timing, with an example of each.

Back to School: The Short, Friendly Email to Send Your Child's Case Manager

School starts soon, and you want your child's supports in place on the first day. So who do you email, and what do you say so it happens without you sounding like you're already complaining?

Read Your Child's IEP or 504 Again: What Does It Actually Promise?

Your child has a plan. You're not sure what it entitles them to, or whether the school is actually doing it. That's a fair question to ask, and you're the right person to ask it.

Steve Harvey is Turnout's new Chief Advocate Officer, and we're in Forbes

Steve Harvey and Turnout were featured in Forbes for their new product called Radar.

What to Do When the School Says the Hearing Aids Are Enough

The short answer Your child wears hearing aids or a cochlear implant, seems to be keeping up, and the school says that's enough. It's fair to wonder if you're missing something. You're not. Here's the direct answer: yes, the school still has to help. Hearing devices are a huge help, but they don't end the school's duty to look at what your child needs. Under federal special education law, a child who is deaf or hard of hearing has needs that go beyond how well a device works in a quiet room. T

Does Hearing Loss Qualify for an IEP? A Parent's Guide

Is your child deaf or hard of hearing, and you're wondering whether the public school has to step in? It does. Under federal law, a child who is deaf or hard of hearing can qualify for an Individualized Education Program, or IEP. That's the written special-education plan a public school must provide to a child who needs it. Here's how the law works and how you start. Deafness and hearing impairment are two ways to qualify The law that covers this is the Individuals with Disabilities Education

Does a Speech or Language Delay Qualify for an IEP?

Your child has trouble talking, being understood, or putting words together, and you're wondering whether the school has to do anything about it. The short answer is yes. A speech or language delay can qualify your child for school support, and you have the right to ask the school to check, in writing, at no cost to you. Here's what that support looks like and how you start it. Speech and language is its own special education category Under federal law, a speech or language problem is one of

What to Do When the School Says "Let's Wait and See" About Your Child's Speech

The school says your child will "grow out of it," or that speech help doesn't need an Individualized Education Program (IEP). You're wondering what your child is actually entitled to, and whether "let's wait and see" is even allowed. Here's the direct answer: under federal law, you can ask the school to evaluate your child in writing at any time. The school cannot make you wait first. And if a speech or language delay is affecting your child's learning, you have the right to a full evaluation t