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THE SPECIAL EDUCATION PODCAST
Empowering Educators. Ensuring Equity. Tracking What Matters.
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Special education is more than paperwork — it’s practice, purpose, and progress. This groundbreaking collection was built for educators who are committed to delivering real results for students with IEPs — not just compliance, but transformation. Every tool in this store is designed to ensure that specially designed instruction (SDI) is happening, documented, and portable — so that no student’s learning plan gets lost in transition. With these tools, SDI follows the student, allowing uniquely customized strategies to be reinforced, retained, and built upon across classrooms and grades.
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Educators must know — not guess — what specially designed instruction is and how it differs from interventions. SDI is the heart of special education. Without it, special education isn’t happening. These tools make that heart visible, trackable, and actionable. They also keep the focus where it belongs: helping students access and succeed in their least restrictive environment with increasing independence. The ultimate goal? For many students, it’s declassification — not because support was denied, but because SDI was delivered effectively, internalized, and no longer needed. Special education was never meant to be a K–12 sentence — it’s meant to be a bridge. These tools help educators build that bridge with clarity, confidence, and intention.
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Whether you're a seasoned teacher, a new service provider, or a school leader committed to both compliance and quality, this collection belongs in every classroom for every student, every school, and every district.
Educator Essentials: Why This Work Matters
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Specially Designed Instruction (SDI) is the legal and instructional core of special education — but too often, it’s misunderstood, undocumented, or replaced by generic interventions. This results in IEPs that fail to meet legal standards or deliver meaningful results.
The resources in this store were created to change that. They help educators and school teams:
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Understand the legal definition of SDI — and how it differs from classroom supports or interventions
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Design and deliver SDI that is individualized, goal-aligned, and measurable
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Track what’s actually being implemented, not just what was planned or discussed
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Improve IEP quality, fidelity of implementation, and student outcomes
When used consistently, these tools build clarity across teams, transparency across settings, and continuity across school years. That’s how we help students access the general education curriculum in their least restrictive environment, make real progress — and, for many, exit special education with confidence.
Because special education isn’t just about eligibility. It’s about equity.
And SDI is how we deliver it.
Is Your Child’s Education Special?
(Essential Reading for Educators)
This book offers a clear, practical explanation of what special education truly is — and what it’s not. It debunks the common myth that interventions or extra help equal specially designed instruction (SDI) and explains why misunderstanding this distinction leads to ineffective IEPs and wasted resources.
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Written in accessible language, it helps educators, service providers, and administrators understand the legal foundations of IDEA and FAPE, and why SDI — not just empathy or support — is the non-negotiable core of real special education.
Perfect for: Educators, school teams, and leaders seeking clarity, compliance, and better outcomes for students with IEPs.
Is Your Child's Education Special?
(FOR EVERYONE)
Your go-to SDI and progress monitoring starter kit.
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This edition is a streamlined version of the Silver Toolkit, giving educators the essential resources to:
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Check if they are providing SDI.
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Prepare for IEP meetings and explain their SDI implementation.
Solve the documentation dilemma. This version makes it easier to show what SDI you’re delivering — and how they’re linked to student needs.
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Perfect for: New special educators, student teachers, and related service providers building a foundation in IEP-based instruction.​
The Ultimate Special Education Advocacy Toolkit
(BASIC EDITION
FOR EDUCATORS)
The Ultimate Special Education Advocacy Toolkit
(SILVER EDITION
FOR EDUCATORS)
The all-in-one toolkit for educators serious about implementation and impact.
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This expanded professional edition includes templates, trackers, and evidence-aligned frameworks that support IEP implementation, SDI planning, and data-driven instruction. It's built to help you:
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Align instruction to IEP goals with clarity and consistency.
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Document SDI delivery with classroom-friendly tools.
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Collaborate effectively with families and service providers.
Solve the compliance-to-practice gap. This toolkit turns IEPs into action plans that are legally defensible and instructionally effective.
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Perfect for: Special education teachers, service providers, co-teachers, and instructional coaches.
This refill book includes 50 IEP Goal SDI Progress Monitoring Trackers plus 50 lined pages for reflective notes, team meeting insights, or instructional strategy adjustments.
It gives you space to document more than just services — it captures your thinking, your teaching, and your impact.
Move beyond checkboxes. This resource helps ensure specially designed instruction is not only happening — it’s evolving. Use it to track what works, adjust what doesn’t, and prepare for data-driven IEP meetings with confidence.
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Perfect for: Special educators, related service providers, and support staff who want to document both instructional delivery and professional reflection — making your work visible, defensible, and meaningful.​
(Refills) 50 IEP Goal SDI Progress Monitoring Trackers & 50 Notes Pages
(Refills) 100 IEP Goal SDI Progress Monitoring Trackers Only
Specially Designed Instruction Is Not a Guess. It’s a Record.
This refill edition includes 100 IEP Goal SDI Progress Monitoring Tracker pages — no fluff, no extras, just the essential tool for documenting and analyzing specially designed instruction over time.
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Use one page per goal to record how SDI is being delivered, what strategies are being used, and how the student is responding. Build a defensible log of implementation that supports IEP meetings, annual reviews, and compliance documentation.
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Close the implementation gap. This tracker makes invisible work visible — helping teams ensure that IEPs aren’t just written, they’re truly being delivered.
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Perfect for: Special educators, related service providers, and school teams who need a fast, focused, and portable way to monitor and document the delivery of specially designed instruction across classrooms and service periods.
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Bulk Orders for Schools, Districts, and Education Teams
Your go-to SDI and progress monitoring starter kit.
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This edition is a streamlined version of the Silver Toolkit, giving educators the essential resources to:
-
Check if they are providing SDI.
​
-
Prepare for IEP meetings and explain their SDI implementation.
Solve the documentation dilemma. This version makes it easier to show what SDI you’re delivering — and how they’re linked to student needs.
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Perfect for: New special educators, student teachers, and related service providers building a foundation in IEP-based instruction.
The Ultimate Special Education Advocacy Toolkit
(BASIC EDITION
FOR EDUCATORS)
The all-in-one toolkit for educators serious about implementation and impact.
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This expanded professional edition includes templates, trackers, and evidence-aligned frameworks that support IEP implementation, SDI planning, and data-driven instruction. It's built to help you:
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Align instruction to IEP goals with clarity and consistency.
-
Document SDI delivery with classroom-friendly tools.
-
Collaborate effectively with families and service providers.
Solve the compliance-to-practice gap. This toolkit turns IEPs into action plans that are legally defensible and instructionally effective.
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Perfect for: Special education teachers, service providers, co-teachers, and instructional coaches.
The Ultimate Special Education Advocacy Toolkit
(SILVER EDITION
FOR EDUCATORS)
This refill book includes 50 IEP Goal SDI Progress Monitoring Trackers plus 50 lined pages for reflective notes, team meeting insights, or instructional strategy adjustments.
It gives you space to document more than just services — it captures your thinking, your teaching, and your impact.
Move beyond checkboxes. This resource helps ensure specially designed instruction is not only happening — it’s evolving. Use it to track what works, adjust what doesn’t, and prepare for data-driven IEP meetings with confidence.
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Perfect for: Special educators, related service providers, and support staff who want to document both instructional delivery and professional reflection — making your work visible, defensible, and meaningful.​
(Refills) 50 IEP Goal SDI Progress Monitoring Trackers & 50 Notes Pages
Specially Designed Instruction Is Not a Guess. It’s a Record.
This refill edition includes 100 IEP Goal SDI Progress Monitoring Tracker pages — no fluff, no extras, just the essential tool for documenting and analyzing specially designed instruction over time.
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Use one page per goal to record how SDI is being delivered, what strategies are being used, and how the student is responding. Build a defensible log of implementation that supports IEP meetings, annual reviews, and compliance documentation.​ Close the implementation gap. This tracker makes invisible work visible — helping teams ensure that IEPs aren’t just written, they’re truly being delivered.
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Perfect for: Special educators, related service providers, and school teams who need a fast, focused, and portable way to monitor and document the delivery of specially designed instruction across classrooms and service periods.
(Refills) 100 IEP Goal SDI Progress Monitoring Trackers Only
Is Your Child’s Education Special?
(Essential Reading for Educators)
This book offers a clear, practical explanation of what special education truly is — and what it’s not. It debunks the common myth that interventions or extra help equal specially designed instruction (SDI) and explains why misunderstanding this distinction leads to ineffective IEPs and wasted resources.
​
Written in accessible language, it helps educators, service providers, and administrators understand the legal foundations of IDEA and FAPE, and why SDI — not just empathy or support — is the non-negotiable core of real special education.
Perfect for: Educators, school teams, and leaders seeking clarity, compliance, and better outcomes for students with IEPs.