Special Education Boss® with Karen Mayer Cunningham
The Special Education Boss® Podcast is where advocacy meets action. Join Karen Mayer Cunningham each week as she empowers parents and professionals to understand their rights, navigate the system, and show up strong at the IEP table.
Special Education Boss® with Karen Mayer Cunningham
Latest Episodes
Pills Don't Teach Skills: ADHD, Executive Function, and What Belongs in the IEP
Your child is not lazy. Your child is not unmotivated. And ADHD is not an attention disorder.Karen Mayer Cunningham sits down with Michael McLeod, MA, CCC-SLP, ADHD and executive functioning specialist and founder of GrowNOW ADHD, for t...
Modifications, Placement, and Paras: Your Back-to-School Questions Answered
School is back, and so are the questions. In this back-to-school Ask the Advocate, Karen Mayer Cunningham takes them live from parents, advocates, and educators sitting at the IEP and 504 table.You don't know what you don't know, but you...
Part of Your Story, Not Your Whole Story: Rachel Irizarry on Growing Up With a Learning Disability
Rachel Irizarry studied for every test and prepared for every quiz, and her grades still would not move. Around fifth grade, her mom trusted her gut, asked the school to evaluate her, and everything changed. Today Rachel is a titleholder in the...
Half-Days, MDRs & the Money Trail: Your IEP Questions, Answered Live
Do you know your rights at the IEP table? In this live Q&A, Karen Mayer Cunningham (Special Education Boss®) answers real questions from parents, paraprofessionals, and educators on the issues that actually show up in meetings — no fluff, n...
26 Years in the Classroom: A Veteran Teacher Sounds the Alarm
What happens when the people responsible for carrying out your child's IEP were never trained, supported, or backed up to do it right?This week, Karen Mayer Cunningham sits down with Michelle Williams, a 26-year veteran classroom teacher...
