Impress Genius

What does this mean for families?

✅ Your child’s rights under IDEA and Section 504 remain the same.
✅ IEPs, evaluations, accommodations, and special education services are NOT changing.
✅ Schools are still legally required to provide a Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE).

What’s changing?

🏛️ The federal government is moving responsibility for special education programs from the U.S. Department of Education to other agencies:
• HHS will oversee special education and vocational rehabilitation programs.
• DOJ will handle most disability discrimination complaints.
• Other education functions will be managed by additional federal agencies.

⚠️ This means states and school districts may have to work with multiple federal agencies instead of one, which could create new administrative processes and challenges.

At this time, these changes do NOT alter the protections, services, or rights available to students with disabilities.

💡 Bottom line: The rules haven’t changed. The agency overseeing them has.

Stay informed. Stay involved. Continue advocating. 💙

Thank you, VL Celedon Therapy, LLC! ❤️

We’re honored to partner with you to bring our FIE & IEP Parent Workshop Series to your families. 🙌🏼 Together, we’re bridging the gap between therapy 🩺 and education 🏫 while empowering parents to become confident advocates for their children. 💪🏼✨

Stronger partnerships. Empowered families. Better outcomes. ❤️

ABA centers interested in helping families navigate the transition into public schools are invited to partner with Impress Genius! 🤝 Our workshop series equips parents with the knowledge and confidence needed to successfully navigate FIEs, IEPs, ARD meetings, and special education services. 📚✨ Contact us to bring this valuable resource directly to your facility and the families you serve. 🙌🏼

Special Education Summit 2026 🧠
Day 2 Takeaway: 🙌🏼
An appropriate IEP starts with an effective FIE.

Clear impact and needs statements help ensure students receive the goals, services, and supports they truly need. 📚✨

The data in this report was collected before 2021 and published in 2021—yet in 2026, this remains a significant area of need. 😰

For the 2026–2027 school year, we will be taking advocacy to the next level. 🙌🏼

When concerns arise regarding the quality, accuracy, or completeness of evaluations conducted by licensed professionals, we will be pursuing all appropriate avenues for accountability, including referrals to the relevant professional licensing boards💪🏼

Every child deserves an evaluation that accurately identifies their needs and provides a pathway to meaningful educational support. We remain committed to protecting those rights and empowering families throughout the process. 💙✨
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🤝✨ Partnerships like these create meaningful change! ✨🤝

A huge THANK YOU to VL Celedon Therapy, LLC for inviting Impress Genius to present our Parent Workshop Series to your incredible families! ❤️

We are honored to collaborate with professionals who are deeply committed to supporting children and empowering parents. Together, we are creating an innovative approach to bridging the gap between outside therapeutic supports 🩺 and school systems 🏫, ensuring families have the knowledge, tools, and confidence they need to advocate effectively for their children. 💪🏼📚

When therapy providers, educators, advocates, and families work together, children benefit. 🌟 Every connection, every conversation, and every shared resource helps build stronger support systems and brighter futures for our children ❤️

Thank you for trusting us to be part of your mission and for investing in the families you serve. We look forward to continuing this important work together! 🙌🏼✨

💡 Empowered Parents = Empowered Students
🤝 Collaboration Creates Change
🚀 Together, We Help Children Thrive

🚨 FREE Special Education Institute 🚨
Region One ESC is bringing together educators, specialists, and leaders to raise the bar for ALL learners 💙📚

🗓 June 10–11, 2026
🎟 FREE for Region One School Systems
📍 Topics include:
✨ Dyslexia
✨ Evaluation
✨ Meaningful Access
✨ MTSS/Behavior
✨ Post-Secondary Transition
✨ Early Childhood Special Education
✨ Leadership & more!

This is an opportunity to grow your knowledge, strengthen supports, and build more inclusive learning environments for students with disabilities 🙌🏼

📲 Scan the QR codes to register & view the session matrix
☎️ Need assistance? Call 956-984-6206

🚨 Así es como luce la segregación envuelta para regalo: un lenguaje educativo positivo y afirmativo que hace que una estructura discriminatoria resulte más aceptable para el público. 🎀⚠️

Cambiar las palabras no cambia la realidad. Si los estudiantes siguen siendo separados, aislados o excluidos del acceso significativo, sigue siendo discriminación.😤

🚨 This is what segregation looks like wrapped with a bow: positive and affirming education language that makes a discriminatory structure more palatable to the public. 🎀⚠️

Schools can rename programs, rebrand classrooms, and soften the wording—but if students with disabilities are still being separated, isolated, or denied meaningful access, the harm remains the same.

✨ “Specialized schools”

Sometimes the language sounds supportive while the system continues to segregate😤 Families deserve transparency, not polished PR.

Q: Why haven’t you hired other advocates to take on more cases in the RGV? 🤔

A: Because truly qualified advocacy work requires EXTENSIVE expertise 📚⚖️

Professionals who understand FIEs, IEPs, ARDs, and Special Education Law often hold Master’s or Doctoral degrees 🎓 and are licensed in other HIGH-DEMAND & lucrative professions 💼

Across Texas and nationally 🇺🇸, special education advocacy rates commonly range from: (see example from other
special education advocates above)
💰 $150–200 per hour
💰 Packages starting at $350+ for services that may include just ONE ARD meeting (up to 2 hours)

At Impress Genius ✨, our current advocacy fees in the RGV are NOT aligned with the broader Texas or national market 📈

Beginning in August 📅, some service fees will be adjusted to better reflect the level of expertise, preparation, and advocacy required in these cases 📝⚖️

✅ Families with ACTIVE contracts will be able to lock in prior rates.

At the same time, we remain committed to accessibility 🤝💡 We are actively developing programs that will empower parents with the knowledge, training, and tools they need in a more cost-effective way 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦📘✨

The mission remains the same:
💙 Educate.
💙 Empower.
💙 Advocate.

For the RGV. For families. For our children.🌟