National Special Education Advocacy Institute

07/18/2025

In recent years, advocates have drawn attention to a troubling and embedded trend in our society: the preschool-to-prison pipeline. While the phenomenon may sound hyperbolic at first, it reflects an ingrained pattern of harmful and disproportionate disciplinary actions and systemic inequalities that...

06/19/2025

3 Advocates & 3 Lawyers Later!?!
As the educational landscape grows more complex, and legal protections for students with disabilities become increasingly misunderstood, your role as an advocate is constantly challenged and expanded.

06/10/2025

https://www.nseai.org/blog/beyond-basics FREE E-Book, BEYOND the BASICS, is a field guide for advanced professional advocates

FREE E-Book, BEYOND the BASICS, is a field guide for advanced professional advocates equipping them to respond quickly, anticipate challenges, and guide teams toward solutions before conflict arises.

05/27/2025

https://www.nseai.org/blog/trauma-informed-aba
A Compassionate Approach for Students with Complex Needs

A trauma-informed behavioral plan combines the scientific precision of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) with the human-centered principles of trauma-informed care.

04/14/2025

https://www.nseai.org/blog/school-avoidance-or-truancy
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A FREE 31 page Truancy/ Absenteeism Guide exposes the legal, emotional, and systemic failures behind the national rise in absenteeism — especially for students in special education.

03/16/2025

The Department of Education's far-reaching layoffs have decimated the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a small agency considered to be the "authoritative and trusted source" of information on the education system in the United States, four former employees familiar with the situation told ABC News.

Since the 1860s, the NCES has analyzed data on education across the country, including the issuing of a congressionally mandated test — the "Nation's Report Card" — which, since 1969, has been considered the gold standard of testing to compare the academic performance and progress of students across all 50 states.

But as of this week, nearly all of the agency's 130 staffers have been fired, according to the former employees, gutting the agency and raising questions about how it can continue its work to measure children's performance in schools.

Read more: https://abcnews.visitlink.me/dOljZ4

03/15/2025

https://www.theintelligencer.net/news/top-headlines/2025/03/unanimous-west-virginia-senate-passes-elementary-school-discipline-bill/

CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Senate passed its version of a bill Monday addressing student discipline in elementary schools, as well as Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s bills opening up the state to those bringing occupational and professional licenses from other states. The Senate passed Senate Bill 1...

02/26/2025

https://www.nseai.org/blog/lies-about-board-certification-in-special-education-advocacy

02/25/2025

This article offers valuable insights on screening for parents, teachers, and school administrators. Parents, if you’re worried about your child’s reading progress and are being told, “Let’s just wait and see,” this article explains why that approach is not acceptable. The author, Nadine Gaab, is a Harvard researcher and neuroscientist specializing in . Read more here: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cdc5b3afd6793033480686e/t/622a5a38e245a94663f42a91/1646942776621/Winter+2022+Gaab+and+Petscher+Final+p11-18.pdf

02/12/2025

SPED Opportunities
Transformative aspects that advocacy provides for the advocate as well as the children they help.
https://www.nseai.org/blog/9sped-opportunities

02/05/2025

Burned Out? Broke? Ready to Bolt?
Teachers are Swapping Stress for Success!

Why SPED teachers are leaving the profession for a fulfilling career that feeds their passion for helping children with special needs.

10/23/2024

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