In July 2025, the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) released Special Education Policy Memo SY2025-2026 — 2: Graduation and Transition Planning for Students with IEPs. For many parents of teens or young adults with disabilities, this memo raises important questions about how and when their child graduates, and how it impacts ongoingContinueContinue reading “Transition 101 #12: Updated DESE Graduation Requirements — What This Means for Your Student”
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SD#17: 🌊 Riding the Waves: Exploring Surf Therapy with Gnome Surf
In this week’s blog post, I want to shine a spotlight on one of the organizations that L participates in as part of his self-direction program: Gnome Surf. When we were developing L’s programming model, he expressed in his person-centered plan that he wanted to try different sports and activities to support both his socialContinueContinue reading “SD#17: 🌊 Riding the Waves: Exploring Surf Therapy with Gnome Surf”
SD #15: Keeping it all together: Collecting and Managing Data for Progress Notes
In this blog post, I will share how I keep track of “all the stuff” to make the progress note process run smoothly. When your child was on an IEP, you would receive progress notes throughout the school year. When your person transitions to an ISP in adult programming, you will continue to receive progressContinueContinue reading “SD #15: Keeping it all together: Collecting and Managing Data for Progress Notes”
Transition 101 #10: Autism Housing Pathways-A Guide to Independent Living Resources
Clip art of a yellow house with a brown door In this next installment of posts focusing on Autism Awareness Month, I wanted to highlight the organization “Autism Housing Pathways.” What is “Autism Housing Pathways”? Autism Housing Pathways is an organization that was created by a group of parents in the Nashoba Valley area inContinueContinue reading “Transition 101 #10: Autism Housing Pathways-A Guide to Independent Living Resources”
Transition 101 #10: Self-Determination and Self-Advocacy: Defining and Connecting the Concepts
Interconnected circle of Images showing a person raising their hand, connected to a checkmark, connected to an image of 3 people with a heart, representing the “circle of care” In this week’s post, I will examine two terms that are frequently used in our world: self-determination and self-advocacy. While they are sometimes interchanged within conversations,ContinueContinue reading “Transition 101 #10: Self-Determination and Self-Advocacy: Defining and Connecting the Concepts”
#Life Without a Filter 