by Karen Mayer Cunningham | Apr 22, 2026 | Advocate Resources, IDEA, IEP, Karen Mayer Cunningham
EPIC NOTES BLOG POST — Ask the Advocate: Resource Rooms, MDR, Compensatory Services, and More Special Education Boss® | Karen Mayer Cunningham April 20, 2026 LIVE Q&A INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Paste this entire block into a Divi CODE MODULE on your blog post page 2. Paste the...
by Karen Mayer Cunningham | Apr 9, 2026 | Special Education Advocate
Paraprofessionals are some of the most important people in a school building. They show up every day, work directly with students, and often become the person a child trusts the most. Karen Mayer Cunningham has said it plainly: paraprofessionals changed her own...
by Karen Mayer Cunningham | Mar 31, 2026 | Special Education Law
If someone at your school said “it’s fine” without showing you the law — it probably was not fine. This is a full breakdown of what the law actually says about paraprofessionals, AAC rights, autism eligibility, and 504 plans. Every week inside...
by Karen Mayer Cunningham | Mar 17, 2026 | IEP Process
Most Parents Are Missing This—And It Changes Everything Most parents walk into an IEP meeting believing decisions will be made at the table. But what if those decisions were already made before you even sat down? After 30 years in special education, I can tell you...
by Karen Mayer Cunningham | Aug 26, 2025 | Special Education Advocate, IEP, Special Education Academy
What Every Parent & Advocate Needs to Know It’s that time of year again. New backpacks, sharpened pencils, fresh sneakers — and for families navigating special education, it’s also the season of new teachers, new case managers, and sometimes the same old...
