Special Education Inner Circle

Special Education Inner Circle

Hosted by: Catherine Whitcher

The Special Education Inner Circle podcast is hosted by Catherine Whitcher, M.Ed, founder of the Master IEP Coach® Mentorship + Network. Get your notebook ready as Catherine brings you real-world strategies for...

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#153: Stop Complicating Communication Devices & Digital Learning Tools

We need to work together to reduce the roadblocks that are standing in the way of student access to communication devices and digital learning tools. In this episode of the Special Education Inner Circle Podcast,...
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#152: Discipline: Helpful or Hurtful? with Brad Weinstein

Discipline is always a concern in Special Education. Brad Weinstein from TeacherGoals joins us in this episode to talk about how discipline can be helpful rather than hurtful for our students.  Brad Weinstein founded...
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#151: Independent Education Evaluations - Why, How, and Who

Independent Education Evaluations (IEE) are something that we typically talk about in Special Education under very high-stress situations.  With worried parents, stressed school staff, and a scramble to collect all...
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#150: Speech Resources for the Real World

IEP goals should prepare a child for further education, employment, and independent living, and that includes their speech goals!  I'm always talking about how to do IEP resets and think about IEPs differently. We...
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#149: Overcoming Math Anxiety - Strategies for Students, Teachers, and Parents

Are you not a "math person"? Do your students talk about how hard math is? Math anxiety is real and I'm excited to dive into some simple strategies and a program called 99math that can help alleviate that anxiety for...
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#148: Fitting In Without Changing Who You Are

Fitting in is important to everyone.  I love the trend I'm seeing in the community of helping people with disabilities fit in in a comfortable way.  Feeldom is a great resource to truly provide One Bag for...
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#147: Helping Neurodiverse Students Access the Curriculum with Emily W. King

Helping neurodiverse students access the curriculum can be tough!  That's exactly why I brought Dr. Emily W. King to the Special Education Inner Circle Podcast!  She's been at the IEP table as both a professional and...
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#146: Emails Like This are Why I Never Give Up!

I will never ever give up on bringing more collaborative strategies to Special Education. I will never stop bringing parents, teachers, admin, and therapists to train together, to learn together, to understand each...
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#145: Special Education Parents...Go See Your Child at School!

Recently, I presented an IEP workshop to a group of parents and a question came up: "Can I go see my child at school?" YES! Of course you can. Lean in and listen to these three things that you should look for when you...
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#144: Inclusion with Fun and Functional Tech

Special Education technology can be both FUN and FUNCTIONAL!  Let me tell you all about Hoglets!  It's a computer mouse and a fidget- how fun is that!?  Lean in and listen to find out how you can snag a Hoglet for...
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#143: Bathrooms and IEPs, What You Need to Know with Christina Abernethy

The bottom line is you don't know what you don't know in Special Education and the disability community.  So today we're going to tackle a topic you might not know about!  I'm excited to talk about this because some...
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#142: No More IEP Parties!

IEP Parties are not what you think they are...  I've spent the last few months traveling across the country to work with both Special Education and General Education teachers and one conversation about "IEP Parties"...
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