Free parent resources

Free resources for special education parents

Eight free tools, a meeting checklist, the Answer Library and three short guides. No account needed. The tools need nothing uploaded. Each one takes what you already have — a few numbers, your notes, or your child's IEP — and turns it into something specific to say or do. They work together: the score you decode in one is the evidence you bring to another.

New: every state gives your school a different amount of time — and counts it differently. See all 51 on one map →

When you're waiting on an evaluation

Evaluation Deadline Calculator

You gave consent. See the deadline your state sets, what has to be done by then, and where the honest answer is a window, not a date.

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When the report comes back

Evaluation Report Decoder

What a score really means, the honest margin of error around it, and whether the gap between two scores is real or just noise.

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When the IEP is being written

Accommodation Builder

Turn accommodation requests into proposals the team can say yes to. Each comes with the evidence behind it, where it goes in the IEP, and what to say.

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What Changed

Put last year's IEP beside this year's and see what moved: services, goals, accommodations, time in general education. Every change comes with one calm question to ask the team.

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During the year

Progress Check

“Making progress” is not the same as on track. See whether the rate of progress really reaches the goal by the annual review.

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When something goes wrong

Removal Log

Track every suspension, in-school suspension, or early pickup toward the 10-school-day line where a child's protections kick in.

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Parent Concerns Builder

Turn your notes into a dated Parent Concerns statement to send ahead of the meeting and attach to the IEP.

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When you have the IEP in your hands

IEP Review

Checks the services in your child's IEP for the four things federal law requires for every service: frequency, location, duration, and the projected start date. You get the exact question to ask about anything that is missing. Your file never leaves your computer. It does not tell you whether the IEP is any good. That takes a person who knows your child.

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Checklist and answers

Free: The IEP Meeting Prep Checklist

The exact steps to walk into your next meeting organized and confident — from two weeks out through follow-up.

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The Answer Library

Plain-language answers to 100+ questions parents ask most — evaluations, IEPs, 504 Plans, behavior, discipline, deadlines, and your rights. Free, no account needed.

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Guides & articles

Short, practical reads for the moments that matter most.

Disputes

The school denied a service. What should you do next?

A “no” doesn't have to end the conversation. The calm, practical steps to move it forward — starting with getting it in writing.

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Evaluations

How to request a special education evaluation

Your Child Find rights, exactly what to include, and a ready-to-use template you can copy today.

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Basics

IEP vs. 504 Plan: which does my child need?

The plain-English difference between the two — and how to tell which fits your child.

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