Testimonials
"This has been the best workshop I have attended in 30 years of “doing special ed” in terms of over all impact on a wide-spread perspective. When implemented, this process will have more positive impact on:
• Reducing/removing parent/school conflict;
• Efficiency & effectiveness – whether in CASE conferences or in general meetings;
• Giving us a “tool” to use in self-accountability in improving how we do our business;
• Increasing everyone’s participation and sense of “win-win” for the child.”"
- Ann Paetz, MSD Lawrence Township Indiana
"Dear Doug,
I just wanted to thank you for developing, finally, a structure with
appropriate strategies that provides an IEP meeting process that works! We
have been working with this very involved family since Kindergarten. The
student is now in Grade Five. Today our meeting was a real team effort. All
constituents felt empowered and confident about the results for this student's program. We moved from three hour meetings a few years ago to a 60 minute meeting today. We focused on and implemented all components of the FIEP process. What a great feeling to experience a meeting staff and parents felt worked in a collaborative atmosphere.
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- Sara E. Reilly - Greenwich, CT
"As I reviewed this past week, I just had to step out my hectic schedule to thank you for the 3 day Conflict Resolution & IEP Facilitation Workshop. I found this workshop to be very timely & valuable especially since Special Ed is one of the most litigious areas of k-12 education. These strategies give us the edge to do the right thing. The best part is that I was able to implement several useful strategies immediately after the first afternoon and will use additional strategies each day.
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- Michael - Santa Barbara Unified School District, California