BDH Education Consulting

01/17/2026

We keep asking teachers to perform calm instead of helping them build capacity for it.

08/13/2025

💔 This one hurts to read.

A 12-year-old girl, placed in a hospital for 24-hour supervision, died by su***de. In response, 15 nurses have been fired.

But this raises hard questions:
• Who placed her there, and was the facility truly equipped for her needs?
• Were there enough resources and trained staff to keep her safe?
• Were leadership and oversight agencies held accountable?

Firing staff may feel like “taking action,” but it doesn’t solve the deeper systemic issues. This is about more than one facility it’s about how we protect our most vulnerable children.

We must demand answers, resources, and prevention strategies that work before another child is lost.

08/05/2025

Chicago Public Schools announced major layoffs earlier this summer: over 400 teachers and more than 600 special education classroom assistants.

For the SPED community, this is more than a staffing issue it’s a capacity crisis. Teachers already navigating overwhelming caseloads will now be asked to do even more with less.

At BDH Consulting, we’ve been preparing for moments like this building AI-powered systems that help SPED teachers reduce paperwork, streamline IEPs, and protect their time and mental health.

We’re creating a rapid-response toolkit for those affected by these cuts. If you or someone you know is a SPED teacher or assistant impacted by the layoffs, please tag them or send this post their way.

You don’t need to drown in paperwork or burnout. There is support and it’s built with you in mind.

06/09/2025

💡 Now booking Summer Tutoring spots for K–8 students!

As a certified special education teacher with years of experience supporting diverse learners, I’m offering 1:1 tutoring focused on:

📚 Reading comprehension
✍🏾 Writing and fluency
➗ Math skills
🧠 Confidence and executive functioning

✅ Trauma-informed + culturally responsive
✅ In-person (Chicago, surrounding suburbs) or virtual sessions available

📩 DM or email to reserve a spot: [email protected]
Let’s help your student feel confident heading into the next school year.

06/06/2025

💡 Now booking Summer Tutoring spots for K–8 students!

As a certified special education teacher with years of experience supporting diverse learners, I’m offering 1:1 tutoring focused on:

📚 Reading comprehension
✍🏾 Writing and fluency
➗ Math skills
🧠 Confidence and executive functioning

✅ Trauma-informed + culturally responsive
✅ In-person (Chicago, surrounding suburbs or virtual sessions available

📩 DM or email to reserve a spot: [email protected]
Let’s help your student feel confident heading into the next school year.

06/05/2025

💡 Now booking Summer Tutoring spots for K–8 students!

As a certified special education teacher with years of experience supporting diverse learners, I’m offering 1:1 tutoring focused on:

📚 Reading comprehension
✍🏾 Writing and fluency
➗ Math skills
🧠 Confidence and executive functioning

✅ Trauma-informed + culturally responsive
✅ In-person (Chicago, surrounding suburbs) or virtual sessions available

📩 DM or email to reserve a spot: [email protected]
Let’s help your student feel confident heading into the next school year

06/04/2025

✨ You can use ChatGPT to help your students emotionally prepare for high school.

Here are 4 simple prompts to drop into ChatGPT right now that create SEL-based stories:

✅ Facing anxiety at a new school
✅ Sitting alone at lunch
✅ Making friends as a shy student
✅ Learning to find their tribe

These social stories can be printed, animated, or just read aloud in class — they help students process what’s happening.

📩 Want me to send you a prompt template to try? Just comment “STORY” and I got you! check 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾the comments for 4 ready-to-use prompts you can copy into ChatGPT today, plus ideas for how to use them with your students.

05/29/2025

You Don’t Have to Stay Stuck

I had a caseload of sixteen 8th graders. More than half of their IEPs were outdated.
I spent the entire year trying to work around expired goals, manage behaviors, and fight for updated evaluations.

One student clearly displayed characteristics of autism — but had never been properly evaluated.
She was about to enter high school with the wrong diagnosis and no support.

That school hadn’t had a consistent SPED teacher in years. And it showed.

I was rewriting IEPs and transition plans while trying to serve students who were overstimulated, underserved, and slipping through the cracks — especially during the new high school entrance exam, which they were never prepared for.

And you know what made it worse?

I had no coaching. No support. No consistent staff.

To My Fellow SPED Teachers:

If you start at a school in August and realize by December that they are:

Failing to provide coaching or mentorship they promised…

Overloading your caseload without paraprofessional or admin support…

Can’t keep social workers, case managers, or related service staff on payroll…

Expecting YOU to manage SPED alone — and perfectly — without ever stepping into your classroom…

Allowing Gen Ed teachers to neglect collaboration, without accountability…

It’s okay to leave.
You’re not weak. You’re not dramatic.
You’re protecting your mind, body, and license.

Now What?
If you're stuck in a position like this — you need to start using AI tools.
Not in a surface-level way. Not just for writing lesson plans.

I’m talking about:

Rewriting outdated IEPs

Tracking data quickly

Building compliant goals in minutes

Supporting yourself when admin won’t

Coaching yourself out of chaos

That’s what my course does.
And this summer, I’m launching a Summer Cohort just for SPED teachers like you — so you can be fully trained on how to use ChatGPT and other tools before the next school year starts.

You won’t regret it.
You deserve support.
Let’s stop surviving and start building smarter.

Interested? Drop a comment, DM me, or email: [email protected]
Let’s get you in this summer cohort and change how you teach SPED forever.

05/21/2025

I never want another SPED teacher to feel how I felt.”

That’s not just a quote — it’s the heartbeat of BDH Consulting.

I created this space for special education teachers who are tired of drowning in paperwork, unsupported systems, and burnout.

BDH exists to help you simplify IEPs, organize progress monitoring, and reduce burnout using tools like ChatGPT, MagicSchool, and Notion.

You shouldn’t have to choose between being a great teacher and having a full life.

Follow this page for:
• Free prompts + AI strategies
• Time-saving tips for SPED life
• Support you don’t have to beg for

You’re not alone. You’re not crazy. You’re not lazy. You’re just exhausted — and this space is for your recovery, clarity, and comeback.

— Bonita,
Founder of BDH Consulting

05/13/2025