Special Education in Five Minutes
If you are a parent, general educator, or special educator wanting to stay up to date with your knowledge of special education, this program will provide you with expert knowledge in concise (+/-) five minute episodes.
David Poeschl is your host. He is a retired school district special education director and Cal-State University lecturer. He currently works as a no-fee advisor to parents of children with disabilities in Northern California.
The content of the podcasts comes from his extensive experience as an educator and the most asked questions parents bring to him in his practice.
The purpose of the program is to share information about those questions and more so parents can be on equal footing with school staff they are working with. In addition, many general education teachers need and want additonal ways of helping kids with disabilities, as well as ways to improve their instructional practices.
Special Education in Five Minutes
Latest Episodes
IEP Services: Where the Rubber Meets the Road in Special Education
This episode will address the critical role of the human side of an IEP, who works directly with a child and how effective is that work? Frequently asked questions that parents the host works with are answered and lots of reference...
SMART Goals: Clear and Concise Goals Lead to Good IEPs
SMART goals in special education stands for, Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time Bound.This episode will provide a clear example of a SMART goal and the skills that a student needs to learn to master it....
For Parents (mainly): Legally Required IEP Team Members and Roles
Who is required to be at an IEP meeting. In this episode we briefly look at IEP meeting roles and legal requirements for participation.This is the first of the For Parents (mainly) series that will look at how parents interact with...
General Education Behavior Supports: the Importance of Attitude, Training and Relationships
With more students with disabilities have been placed in mainstream classes over the last 50 years has increased exponentially. In 1975, while there are no official numbers, it was exceptionally rare to see a child with disabilities being...
General Education Class Sizes and Inclusion: Bigger is Not Better
Does class size affect student achievement. For decades, this debate has been shaped by the studies conducted to measure achievement.Math and first (native) language test scores showed a negligible effect. As these were the o...