IEPConnect/The One-Page Profile

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The One-Page Profile

  • 5 files

  • No more starting from zero with every new teacher, sub, aide or therapist

  • Your child's accommodations in plain words, setting by setting: transitions, tests, the cafeteria, breaks

  • Ready in about 20 minutes, with a step-by-step guide and a finished example

  • One sheet, two sides. Print it, laminate it, keep one in the backpack

Free, from our family to yours, after 20+ years of living this journey with our son.

Free. We'll email it right away. You'll also get occasional notes from IEPConnect; unsubscribe anytime.

WHAT IT DOES AT SCHOOL

One page that speaks for your child when you can't be in the room

Your child's IEP lists goals, services and accommodations. The One-Page Profile adds what only you know, written so the next adult can act on it.

Day one goes better

A new teacher, sub, aide, coach or nurse reads one page before they meet your child, and starts where you left off instead of from zero.

Accommodations people can use

The back side turns your child's IEP accommodations into plain words, setting by setting: what your child gets, what it looks like, and who needs to know.

Instructions, not labels

Strengths first, then what works and what doesn't, written as clear instructions anyone could follow tomorrow.

Your voice, on paper

You stop giving the whole speech every August. You still know your child best; now what you know travels into rooms you can't.

HOW IT WORKS

Three steps, one evening

Get it free

Enter your first name and email. The profile, the Guide, a finished sample and The Twelfth Time companion arrive in your inbox.

Fill it in, about 20 minutes

Start with What Works, the most important box. The Guide shows you what to write, with before-and-after examples.

Hand it over

Share it with every new adult, keep it with your child's IEP or ARD papers, and keep a laminated copy in the backpack.

WHAT'S INSIDE

Your free download

Five files: the profile to print, an editable version, the Guide, a finished sample and The Twelfth Time companion.

1. Start here: The Twelfth Time
  • 73.2 KB
2. The One-Page Profile (print)
  • 53.4 KB
3. The One-Page Profile (editable Word file)
  • 41.6 KB
4. The Guide: how to fill it out
  • 706 KB
5. A completed sample (Mateo)
  • 68.9 KB

WHY WE MADE IT

From our family to yours

We gave the speech for 20+ years, across four school districts, to good people who each got one piece of our son and then moved on. Every one of them was starting from zero. So were we, every time.

It was never that we explained him badly. The most useful things we knew just never made it onto the page.

This one page is what we wish someone had handed us on the first day. We made it for you, from our family to yours.

We're not lawyers or therapists, just a family sharing what worked for us.

QUESTIONS PARENTS ASK

Good to know before you start

Is it really free?

Yes. Enter your first name and email and we send it right away. You'll also get occasional notes from us, and you can unsubscribe anytime.

Does it replace my child's IEP?

No. Your child's IEP is the plan your team agrees on. The One-Page Profile works alongside it, so the adults who carry out the plan know your child as a person, not just a file.

What ages does it work for?

Any age, from preschool through transition. Older kids and young adults can help write their own, in their own words.

I'm not a good writer. Can I still do this?

Yes. Every section has a short prompt and the Guide shows before-and-after examples. Short, plain sentences work best.

Is this legal advice?

No. It's what we've lived and learned as a family. For legal questions, talk to a special education attorney or your state's Parent Training and Information Center.

Nobody should have to start from zero again.

Get the free One-Page Profile and give the next new adult a head start.