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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Transition 101 #11: Keeping It All Together – Why I Rely on Plan-a-Palooza for Annual Planning
In this week’s blog post, I am going to highlight a program that I have been using to help keep my life organized: Plan-a-Palooza. As an FYI: I am not an affiliate of this program and do not receive any compensation for any sales from this event… it has truly made a difference in myContinueContinue reading “Transition 101 #11: Keeping It All Together – Why I Rely on Plan-a-Palooza for Annual Planning”
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”
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