The IEP Team Guide: Special Education Advocacy Decoded | Karen Mayer Cunningham

About this episode

Wendy Harrop interviews special education advocate Karen Mayer Cunningham about navigating the complexities of special education and her framework, Epic IEP.

Fan Mail: Tell Wendy how you're saying yes to yourself! In this episode, Wendy sits down with Karen Mayer Cunningham, special education advocate and author of Epic IEP, a framework that transforms the complicated federal special education law into actionable steps. After years of doing 500 IEP meetings annually, Karen realized her greatest pain in motherhood had become her biggest calling: helping families navigate special education when the system feels impossibly complicated. They explore: ...

People in this episode

Host: Wendy Harrop

Guest: Karen Mayer Cunningham

Topics covered

• special education
• advocacy
• motherhood
• IEP meetings
• personal growth

Keywords

• special education
• IEP
• advocacy
• motherhood
• Epic IEP

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Epic IEP

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