Know What to Ask For and What to Listen for in IEP Meetings
The IEP Meeting Toolkit helps parents prepare for IEP meetings with purpose. You’ll know what to review, how to organize your thoughts, and how to advocate calmly and effectively—without needing legal language or special education expertise.
What You’ll Be Able to Do After Using the IEP Meeting Toolkit:
✔️ Prepare for your child’s IEP meeting without scrambling or second-guessing yourself
✔️ Know what to review ahead of time—and what actually matters in the meeting
✔️ Organize concerns, questions, and priorities so nothing important gets missed
✔️ Participate in the discussion with confidence, even when meetings move quickly
✔️ Leave the meeting knowing what was agreed to and what happens next
✔️ Follow up after the meeting with clarity instead of confusion
✔️ Confidence in Your Advocacy – Walk into IEP meetings prepared, informed, and ready to take action.
The IEP Meeting Toolkit includes 37 copy and paste email templates, so no more "what do I say?" when writing to your team.
Just add your child's specific information and send. Emails are in these categories:
- 6 Email Templates: Concerns About Progress or Services
- 6 Email Templates: Evaluation Related
- 3 Email Templates: General
- 6 Health, Behavior, and Safety
- 3 Email Templates: IEP Process & Documentation
- 5 Email Templates: IEP Meeting Related
- 3 Email Templates: Pushback that is Assertive but Diplomatic
- 5 Email Templates: Scheduling, Transitions, and Records
Ready to Swap IEP STRESS for IEP SUCCESS?
Instead of dreading IEP meetings, walk in prepared and confident. The IEP Meeting Toolkit helps you organize your thoughts, understand the discussion, and advocate calmly for your child’s needs.
You go into an IEP meeting hoping for change, but it’s hard to feel optimistic.
You’re juggling therapy appointments, medical visits, work, school emails, grocery runs, extracurriculars—and still trying to make sure your child gets the support they need. All while managing meltdowns, schedule changes, and your own stress.
You’re carrying a lot already. Preparing for an IEP meeting shouldn’t add to that weight. 🙃
HELLO, I'M LISA!
And I want to help you solve the endless IEP battles once and for all.
I have attended hundreds of IEP and 504 meetings and manifestation hearings--with all kinds of kids and parents and school teams.
I've been a special education advocate since 2010 and published "Your IEP Playbook" in 2025.
What I know is this: Our kids may be very different from each other. But IDEA and the IEP process never changes. It is the same process for every child.
With schools stretched thin and supports disappearing, strong advocacy isn’t optional anymore, it’s essential.
These are the exact tools and strategies that I use with my paying clients, and I'm making them available to all parents.
When you follow the prescribed IEP process (per IDEA) and have solid documentation, IEP meetings are nothing more than an annual formality.
YOU KNOW THE FEELING...
You’re scrolling social media and see a parent talking about how smooth their IEP meeting was and how supported their child feels this year. Meanwhile, you’re still trying to make sense of last year’s paperwork...and wondering if you’re missing something important.
It’s hard not to compare. And harder not to wish you felt that same confidence.
Imagine being the parent who walks into an IEP meeting prepared; knowing what to review, what questions to ask, and how to keep the conversation focused on your child. Not overwhelmed.
There is a way to feel that prepared. The IEP Meeting Toolkit helps you organize your thoughts, understand what matters most in the meeting, and participate with confidence, without needing legal language or special education expertise.
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All tools and videos are on-demand. Sit back, relax, and watch when you want.
Just kidding! You can certainly scroll back up for another chance. But, I mean, it's 17 bucks.....sooooo worth it.
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