Special Education in Five Minutes

By David Poeschl

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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.




Episode Date
Social Stories: A Powerful Tool for Social Growth in Children with Autism
Sep 15, 2026
Back to School and Neurodivergence: the Need for Additional Supports
Sep 08, 2026
Behavior Series #6: Why is This Behavior Happening? Functions of Behaviors
Sep 01, 2026
Are Public Schools Toxic for Neurodivergent Children?
Aug 28, 2026
The IEP Process: Implementing an Agreed Upon IEP
Aug 27, 2026
Speech to Text Technology - Writing Revolutionized
Aug 19, 2026
The Self-Determination Series #1: Student Led IEPs - The Importance of, and Why They Are Largely Ignored
Aug 14, 2026
Home – School Conflict: Effectively Using an “Escalation Ladder" Model
Aug 13, 2026
Students with Moderate/Severe Disabilities and Adult Transition: What Does a Successful 18-22 Year Old Program Look Like?
Aug 11, 2026
School Refusal and Neurodivergence - Is It a Child or Institutional Problem?
Aug 05, 2026
Behavior Series #5: "Frontloading" Services for Behavior Plan Implementation
Aug 03, 2026
Parental Trauma: “Our child’s school has no idea how difficult, and even traumatic, this special education journey has been for our entire family”
Jul 29, 2026
Special Education Complaints and Legal Processes
Jul 28, 2026
The IEP Process: Parent Concerns – How to Keep Your Concerns Front and Center in an IEP Meeting
Jul 27, 2026
The IEP Process: Services - Where the Rubber Meets the Road in Special Education
Jul 17, 2026
SMART Goals: Clear and Concise Goals Lead to Good IEPs
Jul 08, 2026
The IEP Process: Legally Required IEP Team Members and Roles
Jul 07, 2026
General Education Behavior Supports: the Importance of Attitude, Training and Relationships
Jul 06, 2026
General Education Class Sizes and Inclusion: Bigger is Not Better
Jul 02, 2026
When Father Christmas is the Gaslighter: Parents' Experiences with Special Education
Jul 01, 2026
Behavior Series #4: Behavioral Skills Training (BST): Research Based Training for General Education Teachers and Classroom Assistants
Jun 29, 2026
Text to Speech Technology - A New Day for Students with Reading Deficits
Jun 27, 2026
Behavior Series #3: Reinforcement - the Heart of a Behavior Plan
Jun 25, 2026
Special Interests: A Necessity for Many Neurodivergent Children and Adults (with a downside)
Jun 24, 2026
The Tragedy of Exclusion - Students with Emotional Disabilities
Jun 23, 2026
Behavior Series #2- the Importance of Recognizing Partial Success
Jun 22, 2026
The IEP Process: Accommodations - How They Work
Jun 19, 2026
Successful Autistic College Students: What is the Secret?
Jun 18, 2026
The Gift of "Dyslexic Thinking"
Jun 16, 2026
General Education Success for Students with Disabilities: Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
Jun 15, 2026
How Come They're Never Cold (or Hungry or...). Interoception May Be the Answer.
Jun 15, 2026
The IEP Process: The Critical Importance Meeting Notes
Jun 11, 2026
Homework - Elementary: No More 2 Hour Nights!
Jun 11, 2026
Behavior Series #1: Positive Behavior Support Basics in Schools
Jun 10, 2026