S2 E13 – Special Education Attorney

About this episode

Melissa Gagne discusses her experience as a special education attorney and shares insights on navigating IEP meetings.

Melissa Gagne is an attorney specializing in special education and has been helping parents navigate the special education system for decades. She shares her expertise, knowledge and experience as a mom to a son with profound autism. Melissa talks about the launch of “IEP Slay”, an exciting online affordable subscription-based service for parents to access resources, guidance and help preparing for those inevitable IEP(Individualized Education Program) meetings.

People in this episode

Hosts: Sherrean Carr, Dave Ramos

Guest: Melissa Gagne

Topics covered

• special education
• IEP meetings
• parenting
• autism
• legal advice

Keywords

• special education
• IEP
• autism
• parent resources
• legal advice

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: IEP Slay

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