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📄 Document & Advocate

Turn your notes into the plan the school reads.

This classroom is the practice. You learn the move and try it at home. The Behavior Struggle Map is the separate paperwork — the filled-in logs, letters, and plan for the school. We do not repeat it here.

Tonight’s goal: You hand the school proof, not feelings — and services start moving.

26 min0/3 lessons doneBadge: Documented Parent

What you walk away with

A one-page documented plan you can email or hand over.

Session 1 of 3 · 9 min

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Turn your notes into evidence

Schools act on patterns with dates. They cannot act on "he has a hard time."

On the board tonight

  1. 1Pull two weeks from your clue log.
  2. 2Count how many times the behavior happened.
  3. 3Write the time of day and the trigger next to each.
  4. 4Write one sentence: what happens, how often, what helps.

Round 1

I DoWatch first

I turn a messy log into a clean one-pager on screen.

Round 2

We DoPractice together

We review your one-pager before you send it.

Round 3

You DoTry it solo

You bring the page to the meeting.

Homework · This week

Write the one sentence. That single line does most of the work.

Session 2 of 3 · 7 min

Members
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The email the school cannot ignore

Calm, short, dated, and specific gets a meeting. Long and angry gets filed.

On the board tonight

  1. 1Subject line — "Request for meeting: [child name], behavior support."
  2. 2One line of what is happening, with dates.
  3. 3One line of what you already do at home that works.
  4. 4One clear ask, with a date range.
  5. 5Attach the one-pager. Send. Save a copy.

Say this — word for word

  • "I want to help the school help my child."
  • "Here is what works at home. Can we try it there?"
  • "Can we meet in the next two weeks?"

Round 1

I DoWatch first

I hand you the email template and read it out loud.

Round 2

We DoPractice together

The group reviews your draft in the School Email Review room.

Round 3

You DoTry it solo

You send it and post the reply you get.

Homework · This week

Draft the email. Post it for review before you hit send.

Session 3 of 3 · 10 min

Members
3

Your meeting talk track

Most parents let the school decide because nobody told them what to ask.

On the board tonight

  1. 1Open with the goal, not the complaint.
  2. 2Hand out your one-pager at the start, not the end.
  3. 3Ask the four questions on the card.
  4. 4Ask for everything agreed to be written into the notes.
  5. 5Follow up in email within 24 hours with a summary.

Say this — word for word

  • "What data are you using to make this decision?"
  • "Can we write that into the plan today?"
  • "Who is responsible, and by what date?"

Round 1

I DoWatch first

I role-play the meeting so you hear the calm-but-firm tone.

Round 2

We DoPractice together

We rehearse your four questions in IEP / 504 Prep.

Round 3

You DoTry it solo

You walk in with the page and the questions.

Homework · This week

Rehearse your opening line out loud twice.

You finished the sequence.

You can calm yourself, spot the clue, decode the need, say the right words, practice it, and hand the school a documented plan.

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