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Practical guidance for SpEd leaders.
Guides, free downloads, webinars and the podcast, from people who have done the work.
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What Texas HB 2 means for special education, and how to be ready
Tiers of intensity, PEIMS dates, and what to do this fall.
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IEP Input Packet
Parent, student and teacher input forms, plus how to use them and a worked example.
PDF · 8 pages
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Screen-to-Paper Annotation Guide
Guide (5 pages) plus Paper Annotation Companion templates (2 pages).
PDF · 7 pages
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Texas HB 2 guide
Tiers of intensity, PEIMS dates, and what to do now.
Funding · 8 min read
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WebinarsWatch
Monthly webinar series
First Saturday of each month, 11:00 AM CT, starting November 7. Recordings when available.
Live · 60 min
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Conversations by IEP Assure
Season 2 starts October 1: partnerships within education and family. Every other Thursday.
Podcast · Season 2
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IEP system vs. IEP implementation platform: what is the difference?
Your IEP system writes the plan. An implementation platform shows whether it happened.
Leadership · 4 min read
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Can AI help write IEP progress reports?
What AI should and should not do, and where the educator stays in charge.
AI & documentation · 3 min read
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What makes progress monitoring valid?
Baseline, method, schedule and evidence tied to the goal.
Progress monitoring · 4 min read
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Working alongside your IEP system, not replacing it
Connect, do not replace. How the daily layer fits with what you already have.
Leadership · 3 min read
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Why SpEd data stays fragmented, and how to give the daily layer a home
Spreadsheets, paper logs and memory, and what to do about them.
Implementation · 3 min read
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IDEA requirements, explained for busy teams
A plain-language refresher on what every IEP has to include and do.
IDEA · 4 min read
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Supporting 504 and Emergent Bilingual students alongside IEPs
Accommodations from every plan, tracked together.
504 & EB · 3 min read
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Reducing administrative burden in special education
Where the time goes, and how to win it back without cutting corners.
Workload · 4 min read
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Common IEP compliance mistakes schools make
The recurring gaps that turn into findings, and how to prevent them.
Compliance · 4 min read
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Best tools for managing IEPs across a district
The tool categories schools use, and how to choose ones that hold up.
Leadership · 5 min read
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Podcast · kept from the current blog
Conversations by IEP Assure
Honest conversations with special educators and district leaders. Season 2, on partnerships within education and family, starts October 1.
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