by Alison Stone | May 10, 2026 | Advocacy
Your child has a disability. The school is trying to suspend or expel them, or is threatening a change of placement, because of a behavioral incident. And you have been told there will be something called a “manifestation determination review.” You have...
by Alison Stone | May 10, 2026 | Advocacy
If your child with a disability is entering middle school or approaching high school, and the transition conversation hasn’t started yet, you are not behind, but you are about to be unless you act now. I have worked with families whose children arrived at 18...
by Alison Stone | May 9, 2026 | Advocacy
You have asked the school to evaluate your child. Maybe more than once. And the response has been some version of “let’s give it more time,” “we want to try some interventions first,” or “your child is doing well enough that we...
by Alison Stone | May 9, 2026 | Advocacy
Every spring, this question lands in my inbox from parents who genuinely don’t know the answer and are afraid to get it wrong. “Do we still have rights over the summer? Does the IEP mean anything when school is out?” I understand why it feels...
by Alison Stone | May 8, 2026 | Advocacy
Every summer, I hear from parents who realize they no longer have documents they desperately need. The case manager retired. The school changed software systems. The files weren’t transferred when their child changed teachers. And now they are walking into a new...
by Alison Stone | May 7, 2026 | Advocacy
You fought hard to get Extended School Year services written into your child’s IEP. The evaluation data supported it. The team agreed. And now, with summer underway, the school isn’t delivering what was promised. Services are being cut short, providers...
