With Amy's Help

If you want an IEP team member to implement an IEP or support a student with significant needs, then the school has a responsibility to make sure that person knows how to do so.

You can’t hand a child a bike and expect them to ride it without teaching them how.

You can’t hand someone a fishing pole and expect them to catch fish without showing them where to cast, what bait to use, or how to reel it in.

And you can’t hand a teacher, para, therapist, or support staff member a 30-page IEP and expect meaningful implementation without training, coaching, and ongoing support.

Knowledge isn’t automatic. Skills aren’t and shouldn’t be assumed. Confidence doesn’t appear because someone’s name is on the schedule.

When implementation isn’t happening, our first question shouldn’t be: “Why aren’t they doing it?”

It should be: “Have we equipped them to do it?”

Because students don’t benefit from supports that only exist on paper. 😱 They benefit from adults who know how to bring those supports to life.