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If you are a parent, general educator, or special educator wanting to stay up to date with your knowledge of special education, this program will provide you with expert knowledge in concise (+/-) five minute episodes.
David Poeschl is your host. He is a retired school district special education director and Cal-State University lecturer. He currently works as a no-fee advisor to parents of children with disabilities in Northern California.
The content of the podcasts comes from his extensive experience as an educator and the most asked questions parents bring to him in his practice.
The purpose of the program is to share information about those questions and more so parents can be on equal footing with school staff they are working with. In addition, many general education teachers need and want additonal ways of helping kids with disabilities, as well as ways to improve their instructional practices.
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Social Stories: A Powerful Tool for Social Growth in Children with Autism
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Sep 15, 2026 |
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Back to School and Neurodivergence: the Need for Additional Supports
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Sep 08, 2026 |
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Behavior Series #6: Why is This Behavior Happening? Functions of Behaviors
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Sep 01, 2026 |
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Are Public Schools Toxic for Neurodivergent Children?
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Aug 28, 2026 |
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The IEP Process: Implementing an Agreed Upon IEP
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Aug 27, 2026 |
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Speech to Text Technology - Writing Revolutionized
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Aug 19, 2026 |
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The Self-Determination Series #1: Student Led IEPs - The Importance of, and Why They Are Largely Ignored
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Aug 14, 2026 |
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Home – School Conflict: Effectively Using an “Escalation Ladder" Model
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Aug 13, 2026 |
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Students with Moderate/Severe Disabilities and Adult Transition: What Does a Successful 18-22 Year Old Program Look Like?
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Aug 11, 2026 |
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School Refusal and Neurodivergence - Is It a Child or Institutional Problem?
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Aug 05, 2026 |
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Behavior Series #5: "Frontloading" Services for Behavior Plan Implementation
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Aug 03, 2026 |
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Parental Trauma: “Our child’s school has no idea how difficult, and even traumatic, this special education journey has been for our entire family”
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Jul 29, 2026 |
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Special Education Complaints and Legal Processes
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Jul 28, 2026 |
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The IEP Process: Parent Concerns – How to Keep Your Concerns Front and Center in an IEP Meeting
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Jul 27, 2026 |
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The IEP Process: Services - Where the Rubber Meets the Road in Special Education
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Jul 17, 2026 |
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SMART Goals: Clear and Concise Goals Lead to Good IEPs
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Jul 08, 2026 |
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The IEP Process: Legally Required IEP Team Members and Roles
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Jul 07, 2026 |
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General Education Behavior Supports: the Importance of Attitude, Training and Relationships
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Jul 06, 2026 |
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General Education Class Sizes and Inclusion: Bigger is Not Better
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Jul 02, 2026 |
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When Father Christmas is the Gaslighter: Parents' Experiences with Special Education
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Jul 01, 2026 |
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Behavior Series #4: Behavioral Skills Training (BST): Research Based Training for General Education Teachers and Classroom Assistants
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Jun 29, 2026 |
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Text to Speech Technology - A New Day for Students with Reading Deficits
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Jun 27, 2026 |
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Behavior Series #3: Reinforcement - the Heart of a Behavior Plan
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Jun 25, 2026 |
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Special Interests: A Necessity for Many Neurodivergent Children and Adults (with a downside)
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Jun 24, 2026 |
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The Tragedy of Exclusion - Students with Emotional Disabilities
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Jun 23, 2026 |
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Behavior Series #2- the Importance of Recognizing Partial Success
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Jun 22, 2026 |
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The IEP Process: Accommodations - How They Work
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Jun 19, 2026 |
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Successful Autistic College Students: What is the Secret?
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Jun 18, 2026 |
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The Gift of "Dyslexic Thinking"
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Jun 16, 2026 |
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General Education Success for Students with Disabilities: Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
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Jun 15, 2026 |
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How Come They're Never Cold (or Hungry or...). Interoception May Be the Answer.
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Jun 15, 2026 |
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The IEP Process: The Critical Importance Meeting Notes
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Jun 11, 2026 |
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Homework - Elementary: No More 2 Hour Nights!
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Jun 11, 2026 |
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Behavior Series #1: Positive Behavior Support Basics in Schools
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Jun 10, 2026 |