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What Special Ed Teachers Need You to Know | Chana Dixon & Karen Mayer Cunningham | Special Education Boss
Apr 30, 2026
1h 09m 00s
Can They Drop the IEP by Phone? Remove Kids on Test Day? Skip Resource? No, No, and No.
Apr 23, 2026
1h 12m 56s
Procedural Safeguards, Child Find, Prior Written Notice, and Parent Rights in Special Education
Apr 16, 2026
1h 22m 05s
Can a Paraprofessional replace a special educatin teacher?
Apr 9, 2026
1h 20m 25s
The Para Problem: What Every Parent and Advocate Needs to Know Right Now
Apr 2, 2026
1h 01m 34s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4/30/26 |  What Special Ed Teachers Need You to Know | Chana Dixon & Karen Mayer Cunningham | Special Education Boss | Nobody prepared you for what it actually feels like to sit across from a teacher in an IEP meeting. And nobody prepared that teacher for what it feels like when you walk in. Karen Mayer Cunningham, Special Education Boss, sits down with Chana Dixon - special education supervisor with 23 years in the field - for one of the most honest conversations in special education. This is not about paperwork. This is about people. In this episode: - Why special educators are on an island. In most scho... | 1h 09m 00s | ||||||
| 4/23/26 | Can They Drop the IEP by Phone? Remove Kids on Test Day? Skip Resource? No, No, and No.✨ | IEP504+3 | — | — | — | educationspecial education+1 | — | 1h 12m 56s | |
| 4/16/26 | Procedural Safeguards, Child Find, Prior Written Notice, and Parent Rights in Special Education✨ | Procedural SafeguardsChild Find+10 | — | dyslexia toolsADHD support tools | — | — | — | 1h 22m 05s | |
| 4/9/26 | Can a Paraprofessional replace a special educatin teacher?✨ | paraprofessionalsspecial education+4 | — | Epic IEP Para bookNCLB | — | special education teacherEpic IEP Para book+1 | — | 1h 20m 25s | |
| 4/2/26 | The Para Problem: What Every Parent and Advocate Needs to Know Right Now✨ | paraprofessionalsspecial education+2 | — | — | Texas | paraprofessional lawsspecial education instruction+1 | — | 1h 01m 34s | |
| 3/26/26 | Paras, Pain Plans & the Truth Nobody Told You | Ask the Advocate✨ | special educationadvocacy+3 | — | Epic IEP Para bookAsk the Advocate | — | Epic IEP Para bookAAC rights+2 | — | 54m 49s | |
| 3/19/26 | From Struggle to Strength: ADHD, Dyslexia & Real-World Success✨ | ADHDdyslexia+4 | Sean Foley | This Episode | — | successlearning strategies+1 | — | 27m 58s | |
| 3/12/26 | Vision Impairment in Special Education, What Parents and IEP Teams Must Know✨ | vision impairmentspecial education+2 | Abel Perez | Ready Sight GoSpecial Education Boss®+1 | — | visual impairmentorientation and mobility+1 | — | 1h 04m 15s | |
| 3/5/26 | Ask the Advocate: IEP Questions Parents Are Asking Right Now✨ | IEP meetingsservices+4 | — | TikTokAsk the Advocate | — | special educationadvocacy+2 | — | 1h 00m 25s | |
| 3/3/26 | From Classroom to Advocate: What Schools Do When You Bring an Advocate to the IEP Table✨ | IEP meetingsadvocacy+2 | Paige FitzgeraldKate Magaldi | Inclusive Educational Practices | — | advocateIEP table+2 | — | 54m 10s | |
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| 2/26/26 | IEP Implementation, ESY & Compensatory Services | Ask the Advocate LIVE✨ | IEP implementationExtended School Year (ESY)+6 | — | — | — | advocacyspecial education+2 | — | 48m 41s | |
| 2/19/26 | RTI Is NOT a Gatekeeper + Why Schools Can’t Delay Evaluations (Live Q&A Fire) | Guess who’s back? Fresh off the inaugural Epic IEP™ World Book Tour — eight stops in five days, professional developments, book signings, and hundreds of powerful conversations — Karen is back answering your biggest special education questions in real time. And this one is packed. From RTI misuse and delayed evaluations… To schools sending kids home for behavior… To missing related service minutes… To paraprofessionals not being allowed to see the IEP (yes, that happened)… We are breaking it ... | 1h 06m 20s | ||||||
| 2/12/26 | From 504s to One-on-Ones: Real Talk from the IEP Table | Special Education Boss® | “Data doesn’t have feelings. It has evidence.” In this high-energy TikTok Live replay, Karen Mayer Cunningham dives headfirst into real-time questions from parents, teachers, and advocates navigating the special education process. Karen brings clarity, humor, and decades of experience to the conversation — reminding us that preparation beats panic every time. ✨ In This Episode, We Cover: The difference between a 504 Plan and an IEP (and why it matters)When a one-on-one paraprofessional is app... | 1h 20m 45s | ||||||
| 2/5/26 | IEP Meetings, Procedural Safeguards & What Schools Don’t Want to Put in Writing | Ask the Advocate | In this Ask the Advocate episode of Special Education Boss®, Karen Mayer Cunningham answers real questions from parents, educators, and advocates navigating complex IEP issues — from unfinished Monday meetings to missing data, procedural safeguards, graduation pathways, and transition services. In this episode, you’ll learn: Why IEP meetings so often stall — and what must happen before they continueThe difference between a diploma vs. certificate of attendanceHow procedural safeguards actuall... | 41m 06s | ||||||
| 1/29/26 | Ask the Advocate: Compensatory Services, Eligibility Traps, IEP Teams & School Pushback | In this Ask the Advocate episode of Special Education Boss®, Karen Mayer Cunningham answers real-time questions from parents, educators, and advocates navigating complex IEP situations — from compensatory services and eligibility decisions to attendance struggles, team makeup, and school-based pushback. This episode is a powerful reminder that IEPs are legal documents, teams are equal stakeholders, and schools do not get to reduce or redefine federal rights. In this episode, Karen covers: Whe... | 25m 15s | ||||||
| 1/22/26 | “Paras Can’t Take Data”? Let’s Finish the Sentence. | Ask the Advocate | Today’s Ask the Advocate starts with a celebration—The Epic IEP is officially hitting hands soon—and then we go straight into a question that’s blowing up in schools everywhere: Can paraprofessionals take data and deliver instruction when the teacher isn’t in the room? Let’s finish the clip, finish the sentence, and finish the confusion. Karen breaks down what “direct supervision” is actually tied to, why so many teams are unintentionally setting paras (and kids) up for failure, and what to d... | 1h 06m 11s | ||||||
| 1/15/26 | When Schools Say “No”: AAC Updates, Triennials, Toileting Support, and Your IEP Rights (Q&A) | Did your IEP team say “we don’t have staff,” “we’ll just do a records review,” or “they don’t qualify because grades are fine”? In this rapid-fire Q&A episode, Karen Mayer Cunningham (THE SPECIAL EDUCATION BOSS®) goes rogue and answers real questions from parents, educators, and advocates about what’s happening in schools right now—from missing AAC subscriptions to paras being left to “teach” SPED classes. In this episode, we cover: AAC devices + access: what to do when the school won’t u... | 56m 39s | ||||||
| 1/8/26 | Stop Playing the “Draft IEP” Game + Why Paras Can’t Replace Certified SPED Minutes | We’re back to school, and I’m not easing into anything. If your district is only giving parents “part of the draft,” if services are being missed because of staffing, or if someone is trying to use paraprofessionals to “cover” certified special education minutes—this episode is for you. Tonight we cover what teams are required to do, what’s simply “district preference,” and the fastest way to bring meetings back to what they’re supposed to be: an efficient business meeting that protects stude... | 58m 49s | ||||||
| 12/25/25 | Behavior Is Communication: Safety, Structure & Relationship with John Vergara | What if we stopped calling kids “difficult”… and started getting honest about what difficult behavior is really communicating? In today’s episode, Karen Mayer Cunningham sits down with John Vergara (aka The Difficult Student) — an assistant principal over special education and one of the most impactful voices online when it comes to behavior, leadership, and building classroom culture that actually works. John shares his personal story — from being the student with challenging behavior to bec... | 44m 53s | ||||||
| 12/18/25 | Ask the Advocate: Recording IEP Meetings, Paras, Inclusion, FAPE & Out-of-District Placement | This week’s Ask the Advocate is a fast-paced Q&A covering what parents and educators are dealing with right now: staffing shortages, messy “tier” conversations, behavior needs being dismissed, and districts trying to move too fast (or stall completely) when the child needs support. 🧑🏫 Staffing, Paras, and “Who’s Allowed to Do What” Sub paras placed in self-contained/tier settings with no training—what to say and who to alertCan students be left alone with high school helpers?Can a short-... | 1h 02m 37s | ||||||
| 12/11/25 | Ask the Advocate: Truancy, One-to-One Aides, LRE, and The Epic IEP Book | In this Ask the Advocate episode, Karen Mayer Cunningham, Special Education Boss®, answers rapid-fire questions from parents, teachers, and advocates—and shares how her new book, The Epic IEP, gives you a clear roadmap to write and understand an IEP that actually serves the child. Karen and Cindy dig into real situations from the IEP/504 table, including: The Epic IEP & Pre-Order Bonuses – How the 7-part framework walks you through an IEP step by step, plus how to pre-order the book and u... | 53m 36s | ||||||
| 12/4/25 | Ask the Advocate: IEP Data, 504 vs IEP, Behavior, RTI, and Comp Time Q&A | What do you do when the school’s “data” makes no sense, your child is stuck on a 504 instead of an IEP, or behavior is being blamed on your student instead of addressed in the plan? In this Ask the Advocate episode, Karen Mayer Cunningham, The Special Education Boss®, is answering rapid-fire questions from parents, teachers, and paras who are in the thick of it every day. All with humor, straight talk, and a whole lot of “you’re not crazy for asking.” 📚 The Epic IEP™ – Pre-Order + Bonuses Kar... | 56m 47s | ||||||
| 12/2/25 | Cold Reads Don’t Lie: An Epic IEP Story Every Parent Needs to Hear | Today’s episode of The Epic IEP™ is a little bit longer — but you’re going to want to hear this. Karen Mayer Cunningham, The Special Education Boss®, shares a real IEP meeting where the school’s data didn’t match what the student could actually do at home. And the difference wasn’t small. Karen walks through why she always brings her own data to the table — three cold reads, two cold writes, and a clear picture of the child’s real baseline. When the school claimed the student was reading 80 w... | 6m 19s | ||||||
| 11/28/25 | When Vision Minutes Go Wrong: How to Use Data to Fix an Epic IEP | Today’s episode of The Epic IEP™ is going to be a little bit longer — but you’re going to want to hear this. Karen Mayer Cunningham, The Special Education Boss®, shares a story that is funny, frustrating, fantastic, and absolutely essential for anyone sitting at an IEP table. Karen walks you through a real meeting where a student with a vision impairment was receiving 15 minutes a semesterof “consult.” The team insisted it was enough. The paperwork looked “fine.” The VISIT form was “calculate... | 6m 36s | ||||||
| 11/27/25 | Why Disagreement Isn’t Disrespect: A Real IEP Story | Today’s episode of The Epic IEP™ is a little longer — but you’re going to want to hear this. Karen Mayer Cunningham, The Special Education Boss®, shares a real IEP meeting where everything was “fine”… until the parent disagreed. And that’s when things got interesting. Karen breaks down how a simple request — adding general education as an implementer on two IEP goals — turned into pushback, confusion, and the classic line: “I thought we were collaborating.” She explains why parents are equal ... | 5m 37s | ||||||
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