We love January! The new year brings with it the opportunity to reflect, reinvent, and set new intentions. Although in the education space, August and September are the beginning of the (academic) year, January and the new calendar year provide a wonderful mid-way stopping point to assess and make changes in the classroom. We've put together 5 ways educators can get organized for success in the new calendar year.

To help get your Special Education/IEP team get started, we’ve put together a SMART goal bank with executive functioning IEP goals for each age group. As always, you will need to modify these goals based on the student’s individual needs and your school’s resources.

When your child struggles to keep up with their peers academically or behaviorally, a teacher may recommend that you have them evaluated for learning differences and/or learning disabilities. This evaluation, depending on their strengths and weaknesses, may be a comprehensive learning evaluation. Before investing time, energy, and money into an evaluation for your child, it’s essential to understand what a comprehensive learning evaluation is and its purpose.