As a #1 Bestselling Author and a Special Education Advocate, Yael Cohen speaks daily with parents frustrated with their schools and school districts when it comes to getting what their kids with learning challenges need . . . * I can't get the school to even evaluate my child. * I'm tired of telling them what my child needs. * I'm frustrated that my child is not making (enough) progress. * I don't know what programs to ask for; I'm not the special educator - why don't they know what will really work? * I hate those Special Ed IEP meetings more than anything! Whether going in person with parents to the meetings, coaching via phone or internet, or reaching out to partner with general/special ed administrators, Yael makes life easier for these frustrated parents or even those just starting out by equipping them with the information and tools they need to impact their child's education while staying out of the legal system. She boiled down these proven techniques to a collection of "secrets" that she shares here with parents, other child advocates, and educators, which have the potential to transform your ability to acquire the programing and supports needed to help your child excel. Yael is an engaging speaker, enabling participants to go out and make changes for their children, and individually coaches parents and personally attends IEP meetings. Yael has almost 35+ years experience of successes working directly with individual of children with special needs no matter what the disability including a specialty in teaching even "unteachable" children to read and do math, and over 25+ years of successful special education advocacy as measured by child growth and parent report. She has a BA in Speech Pathology and an MA in Special Education, and is a licensed teacher. According to parent Risa Hansen, a psychotherapist and former teacher herself, whose daughter had made no progress for the previous three years of elementary school, described sending her child to school like asking her to walk the plank over shark-infested waters. "Once Yael came on board, things changed immediately. In one phone call, Yael put an end to all the bullying . . . Yael has the know-how, the skills, she's worked with kids, she knows all the programs, what's appropriate for specific learning needs, and she knows how to make it happen. She was able to have our school district handpick a new team and place her (my daughter) at a new school, with new curriculum that worked specifically tailored to my daughter's learning needs . . . Yael partnered with the new team and helped me partner with the new team, and the result was amazing. My child began learning...and made two years of academic progress in one year. She feels like a competent learner, she's happy, she comes home smiling." Yael lives in Boulder, Colorado and is the mom of adult twins. She is a co-op member of a small goat milking co-op, and is convinced the goats act just like mischievous children.
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