"Parents get met with friction. Sometimes it is their own friction, the stories they are telling themselves about how a meeting is going to go. And other times it is the school team. I act as that central point. I wrap my arms around the parents and the educators, because we are all there for the child." — Lisa Richer

Every parent I have spoken to who has a child with an IEP or a 504 plan has said some version of the same thing. They walked into the meeting wanting to advocate for their child and walked out feeling like they had failed them.

Not because they did not love their child enough. Not because they were not trying hard enough. But because nobody handed them a roadmap.

Lisa Richer, neurodivergent success partner, advocate, and founder of Journey to Bloom, joined the DaliTalks Podcast this week and gave us that roadmap.

What most parents do not know going in

There is a common misconception that teachers are trained to implement IEPs effectively across every learning dif...