Every School Decision Matters.
Before your next IEP meeting, evaluation, or school decision — get a clear plan from an advocate who knows exactly what to look for.
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Welcome to The IEP Files™
Do You?
Schools prepare. Evaluators prepare. Administrators prepare.
Before you agree, sign, or respond, make sure you understand your options and the potential impact of your decision.
The School
Already Has a Plan.
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I Need Help Right Now
IEP Strategy Intensive™
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The IEP Files™ Parent Cohort: Fall 2026
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The IEP Files™
Second Sunday VIP Workshop
5 stars by parents
"We got the extra speech minutes added at the annual review — I finally knew what to push back on."
“The meeting went completely differently.”
“I left with a plan.”
Why Families Choose The IEP Files™
Hi, I’m A. Reneé, MHA, RBT—a special education advocate and parent who has spent years navigating IEP meetings from both sides of the paperwork.
I built The IEP Files™ to help families move beyond simply attending meetings to understanding the data, documenting concerns, asking better questions, and walking in with a strategy.
Because you shouldn’t have to become an expert overnight just to advocate for your child.
MHA | RBT | Special Education Advocate | Autism Parent
Learning & Consulting Experiences
Every parent gets handed this paperwork and told to "review it." Almost none get told how to actually use it. This guide breaks down the 10 procedural safeguards that matter most — in plain language, with what to do about each one — so you walk into your next meeting knowing your rights instead of guessing at them.
What's Inside
Your right to be informed, in writing
Why you're a required team member, not a guest
Accessing and correcting school records
How your child's information must be protected
Consent: informed, written, and limited
Why schools must explain every decision
Your right to an Independent Educational Evaluation
Stay-put: what happens during a dispute
Your options when you disagree
What schools don't say — but you should know
Advocacy services are educational and strategic in nature. Alicia is not an attorney and does not provide legal advice or representation.
Decision rules, not vibes.
Stop walking into meetings with documents—but no system for using them.
This practical field book helps families manage every phase of an IEP or 504 meeting: preparing the evidence, recognizing unsupported decisions in real time, and building an accurate record afterward.
Inside, you’ll get:
A seven-day preparation sequence
Real-time meeting checks and strategic questions
Post-meeting documentation and follow-through tools
The PWN Decoder
“Say This, Not That” scripts for high-pressure moments
Prepare with purpose. Protect the record. Follow through strategically.
Digital field book. Educational resource—not legal advice.
Turn AI into a strategic advocacy tool, not just a chatbot. These ten prompts are built to help you prepare for meetings, organize your documentation, and respond to your district in writing like someone who already knows exactly what they're doing.
Most parents either avoid AI because they don't trust it with something this important, or they use it the wrong way — vague questions that produce vague, forgettable answers. This guide closes that gap. Every prompt here was built around a real special education scenario, not repurposed from a general productivity template. Copy, paste, adapt, and use in minutes.
Use AI more strategically to:
Prepare talking points and questions before an IEP or 504 meeting
Organize timelines, evaluations, and documentation into a clear record
Analyze progress-monitoring data for real trends, not just numbers on a page
Review proposed IEP goals for specificity and measurability
Draft clear, professional follow-up emails after a meeting
Respond in writing to a Prior Written Notice you disagree with
Request your child's educational records
Generate sharper, more targeted questions before your next meeting
A note on privacy: these prompts are built so you know exactly what's safe to share with an AI tool and what should never leave your own files — your child's records deserve the same caution online that they get on paper.
Included:
10 ready-to-use AI prompts
Real advocacy examples for each one
Privacy guidance — what to share, and what to keep off any outside platform
Meeting-prep support
Prompts built for analyzing educational and progress-monitoring data
Tools for organizing an escalation, if it comes to that
Pairs well with the Pre–During–Post IEP & 504 Meeting Field Book— one gives you the system to run the meeting, this gives you the language to prepare for it and follow up after.
I am not an attorney, and this guide does not provide legal advice. It's built to help you communicate and organize more effectively — not to replace legal counsel when you need one.
Learn what to ask, what to document, and how to show up prepared at the IEP table.
A 4-week live training program for parents who want to show up prepared at the IEP table.
The IEP Readiness Cohort is a live, interactive advocacy training program led by Alicia Reneé, The IEP Queen™. This cohort is designed for parents who are ready to better understand the IEP process, organize their documentation, recognize red flags, and advocate with more confidence.
Over 4 weeks, you will learn how to:
Understand and assert your rights under IDEA and Section 504
Build stronger documentation and request essential school records
Spot red flags in IEPs, evaluations, progress reports, and Prior Written Notices
Use meeting scripts to ask clearer questions and stay focused
Set boundaries and manage communication with school teams
Prepare for conflict, disagreement, and next steps with more confidence
What’s Included
4 live weekly training sessions, 90 minutes each
Cohort-only group chat for support and Q&A
Templates, scripts, and data tracking tools
90-day access to session replays
Fall Cohort: October 18–November 8, 2026
Time: 6 PM ET
Format: Live virtual cohort
This cohort is for parents who want to stop guessing, get organized, and walk into IEP meetings with more clarity, confidence, and strategy.
The IEP Files™
Second Sunday VIP Workshop
Knowing the terminology isn't enough.
Parents need to know what to review, question, document, request, and follow up on when navigating the IEP and 504 process.
That's what we do on Second Sunday.
Join A. Reneé for a free monthly live parent workshop designed to turn special education information into practical advocacy strategy you can actually use.
Every Second Sunday | 2 PM ET | Live on Zoom
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NOT SURE WHERE TO START?
Start With a 15-Minute Discovery Call.
You know something needs attention—but you may not know whether the next step is meeting preparation, document review, advocacy support, a Strategy Intensive™, or something else.
Let's figure out where to start.
The 15-Minute Discovery Call is a brief, no-cost conversation for new families to share what's happening, identify what kind of support they may need, and determine whether The IEP Files™ is the right fit.
15 MINUTES | NO COST | VIRTUAL
Discovery Calls are for service fit and next-step guidance. They do not include IEP or evaluation review, legal advice, or individualized advocacy strategy.