A2E Special Ed Consulting

09/07/2026

Happy Labor Day from all of us at DTI!

09/07/2026

When we examine how a student spells an unfamiliar word, we can learn a great deal about what the student understands.

Which sounds were represented? Which syllable patterns were recognized? Does the student understand the word’s meaningful parts? Where did the spelling process break down?

Instead of viewing an error as something to mark and move past, we can use it to identify the next instructional step. Errors are not evidence that a student is failing. They are clues that can help us teach more precisely.

09/07/2026

08/30/2026

The school systems in the USA are required to identify, evaluate , remediate and fully educate students with learning differences.

Child Find laws. IDEA.

All schools receiving funding must evaluate ( an alternative word for diagnose) for educational purposes in all areas of suspected disabilities.

SLP. OT. PT. Audiology. Psychology. Neuropsychology. Special education staff.

Imagine a day when all schools have the skill and will to fully educate students with learning differences.

Sadly, a billion dollar industry exists because a portion of the special education system is so challenging. Advocates. Lawyers. Private tutors. Family support groups. Private consultants.

Schools which offer high-quality literacy and numeracy instruction are far more prepared to help the students with learning differences.

1. The Learning Disabilities Association of America is 63 years old.

2. The International Dyslexia Association is 76 years old.

3. The WPS - Western Psychological Services has helped schools identify, evaluate, diagnose, remediate and support students with learning differences for 76 years.

See the new Tests of Dyslexia.

4. See what your state is doing to create positive changes :

https://www.stateofdyslexia.org/

5. Get supports here : DecodingDyslexia.Net

07/16/2026

Sage advice. Too many schools are still using these ineffective practices. Boon is an awesome non-profit providing training scholarships to educators.

06/29/2026

05/02/2026

They say you’re “difficult” because it’s easier than admitting the truth:
you’re the only one in the room holding the full weight of your child’s reality.

“Difficult” is the word they reach for when a parent won’t nod along.
When you ask the questions they hoped you wouldn’t.
When you refuse to accept the version of your child that fits neatly into their paperwork.

“Difficult” is what they call you when you won’t shrink.
When you won’t be soothed, silenced, or managed.
When you won’t let them turn your child’s struggle into your fault.

Because the moment you stop being quiet, the moment you stop being grateful for scraps, the moment you stop absorbing the system’s failings as your own…
you become inconvenient.

And inconvenient parents get labelled “difficult”.

But here’s the truth they never say out loud:

You’re not difficult.
You’re determined.
You’re informed.
You’re exhausted.
You’re done being dismissed.

And every time they try to make you the problem, it’s because they don’t want to look at the real one.

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05/02/2026

Let’s stop pretending this is a funding issue.

State and districts sign legal assurances every year that they are implementing IEPs as written, delivering specially designed instruction, and providing FAPE.

That’s how they get the money.

So when you hear, “we don’t have funding for that,” what they’re really saying is we’re not doing what we already said we would do. The funding doesn’t come after compliance.
It comes because they certified compliance.

This isn’t a budget problem.
It’s an accountability problem.

05/02/2026

Fluency with text is the ability to read words, phrases, sentences, and stories accurately, with enough speed, and expression.