When Schools Say “No”: AAC Updates, Triennials, Toileting Support, and Your IEP Rights (Q&A)

Did your IEP team say “we don’t have staff,” “we’ll just do a records review,” or “they don’t qualify because grades are fine”?

In this rapid-fire Q&A episode, Karen Mayer Cunningham (THE SPECIAL EDUCATION BOSS®) goes rogue and answers real questions from parents, educators, and advocates about what’s happening in schools right now—from missing AAC subscriptions to paras being left to “teach” SPED classes.

In this episode, we cover:

• AAC devices + access: what to do when the school won’t update subscriptions
• Paraprofessionals: what they can do—and what they legally cannot do
• Triennials + “records review”: what’s required and when to push for testing
• Toileting support: functional needs during the instructional day are not optional
• Behavior + safety: when out-of-district placement becomes a real consideration

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We train every Monday night on federal requirements, then we open up for Q&A—because you have questions every week, and this is why we sit at the table prepared.

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When we get it right for the child, we get it right for everybody. — Karen Mayer Cunningham