"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...

There are so many controversies about kids and social media.

This is what people have said. 

👉🏽👉🏽  Parents can get sued by social media platforms if their kids are caught on a platform they're not old enough to be on.

👉🏽👉🏽  Social media platforms are nothing but trouble for kids. 

👉🏽👉🏽  Kids shouldn't be on social media. 

👉🏽👉🏽  I don’t need to monitor my child’s devices. They’re responsible and know what to not do.

👉🏽👉🏽  As long as my child’s account is private, they’ll be ok. 

But the thing is, most parents don't know enough about the dangers and safety measures they should implement to keep their kids safe online.

That’s why before you give your child a device that allows them to get on social media, YOU MUST educate yourself first. 

To give you an idea about why you should seek out education about social media dangers, here are some stats. 

According to the Pew Research Center studies, the main method that parents monitor their children’s use of the web is by limiting the ...

When I tell people that I’m a parenting coach who specializes in anti-bullying education, people ask “what does an anti-bullying coach do??” and “Oh, that’s a thing now?”

Yes, LOL! It’s a thing. I’ve been doing this work for five years so far and I LOVE IT! 

I decided to help parents in their journey because parenting hasn’t been so easy for me and I know that I’m not alone. Like many parents, I have had moments when I needed to ask questions but I felt that I couldn’t go to a friend or family member for an honest, unbiased answer or criticism of my kids or my husband and I’s parenting skills. 

There’s still a lot of stigma in society about parents reaching out for help. It doesn’t make sense to me because we get help for everything else in life, so, why would parenting be any different? 

There are also lots of advantages to going to a parenting coach. 

Coaches are people who give feedback without judgment, they don’t have personal knowledge of your life that can get in the way of...