TPP 487: Stacey Shubitz on How to Advocate & Help Your Child Thrive at School
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Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children
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I'm Debbie Rieber, and this is Full Tilt Parenting. Today we're talking about navigating the school system when your child has disabilities and how to do that with clarity, confidence, and a whole lot more support. My guest is Stacy Schubitz, an educator, literary specialist, and parent who brings both professional expertise and lived experience to this conversation. Stacy is the author of the brand new book Make the School System Work. Work for your child with disabilities, empowering kids for the future. And she has spent years supporting teachers, families, and students through her work as a consultant, writer, and podcast host. Today we'll dig into what parents really need to understand about special education, effective communication with schools, and the IEP process.
Stacy will offer listeners practical strategies for advocating for our kids in these systems. for managing the complexity without losing yourself and finding moments of joy and meaning along the way, even if or when the path feels overwhelming. If you have a child who's receiving any types of services or supports at school, this will be a must-listen for you. Lots of food for thought, lots of strategies and insights. So here's Stacey Schubitz on making the school system work for your kids. Hey Stacey, welcome to the podcast. Thank you. I'm thrilled to be here. I'm thrilled to have you here and to talk about your book, which is just as this episode comes out, it's out in the world. It's called Make the School System Work for Your Child with Disabilities, Empowering Kids for the Future.
So very appropriate book for this show. So would you mind sharing a little bit about your background and your why? Why this book right now? I'm really curious to know why you're like, I gotta get this out into the world. Sure.
First and foremost, I am an educator. I was a classroom teacher teaching fourth and fifth grade. And then I became certified as a literacy specialist. About 16 years ago, I left the classroom and started consulting. And at the same time, I also began writing books for teachers. So I've had different roles within education, and then I became Mom. I have two children, one of whom has several disabilities and medical stuff. And I was going through a lot while trying to manage my own career. I was trying to be the best mom I could be, but I felt like I was always like on a learning curve. And it was really, really hard. And even as an educator. There was so much I didn't know. So as she got older and we moved towards the school system and things like evaluations started popping up and then an IEP and then a reevaluation.
It goes on and on. Parents know this. I just felt like I had great resources and people to ask. You know, you have your go-to people for different things. I have three people I can call if I have an OT question. I have probably 20 people I could call for a reading question. I realized that not everyone has that network of people that they can tap into. So basically, what I did once we were out of the thick of things in K through six, I said, wow, first of all, we survived that. If we could survive that, we could survive middle school. And we did as well. I realized I wanted to share what I had learned because there's no roadmap for getting through this as a parent. When your child has a disability, it's like getting in a car.
With or without your GPS. You might be able to get to where you're going. But it's much easier if you have your GPS, or for those of us who grew up in the 80s maps, I'm still a map person as well. So I was hoping to give people that lay of the land and help them know. where they were going, what they could expect, and some friendly advice.
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