Greater Boston Practice for Educational Empowerment

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Greater Boston Practice for Educational Empowerment Our mission is to create strategic and person-centered pathways for individual and community empowerment in educational contexts.

Curricula and Program Design
Instruction and Coaching
Differentiated Learning and Assessments
Innovation and Strategic Solutions
Partnerships
Educational Advocacy & Consulting
Professional Learning We offer a wide scope of services and opportunities:

Curricula and Program Design
Instruction and Coaching
Assessments
Innovation and Strategic Solutions
Partnerships
Educational Advocacy & Consulting
Professional Learning

Program, Curricula, Instructional Specialization includes:
Structured Multi-sensory Literacy
Multi-sensory Mathematics
Universal Design Learning
Integrative Creative Teaching
Arts Integration
Differentiated Instruction and Assessment
Differentiated communication, access, engagement, and participation strategies
Skill scaffolding methods
Socioemotional learning integration
Project and Inquiry based learning
Linguistic, Cultural, Gender, Ability/Disability Diversity
Inclusive and Equitable learning and school culture, best practices implementation; connecting policy and praxis


Direct Advocacy and Consulting:

Education policy, practice, implementation
IEP and 504 policies. protocols, and procedures


Through direct collaborative and representative advocacy for student and families, strategic partnerships, policy initiatives, instruction, training, program consultation, site-specific consultation we find measurable, meaningful, person-centered ways to increase accountability and efficacy in educational and human service practices, creating educational opportunity and equity for all people. Greater Boston Practice for Education Empowerment provides strategic advocacy pertaining to complex IEP issues, discipline, bullying, and suspensions, ensuring appropriate disability services, providing representation at IEP meetings and hearings, conducting policy-practice analysis reports and through consultations on appropriate action plans, accommodations, modifications, inclusive instructional practices and institutional choices. Our approach is both co-generative and representative in that we believe in advocating with not for people and that at times it is essential to exert our wisdom of of educational policy and best practice to enure systemic fairness and best practice is enacted. We are a third -party organization meaning that our only agenda is ensuring the best interests of those we are advocating with. Contracted projects & public speaking engagements include facilitating professional development workshops and supporting organizations on building inclusive practice & policy compliance using specifically tailored pragmatic approaches including skill building & co-generative action-development plans designed to cultivate intersectional equity in organization contexts. Consultations with organizational leadership includes improving practices at all fronts including logistical operations, program design, curricula, and direct instruction. Other projects include supporting organizations on building inclusive practice & policy compliance using specifically tailored pragmatic approaches including skill building, simulation and participatory learning, & co-generative action-development plans. Further, we provide site-specific and at-home consultations and instruction for students whom are struggling with school to home transitions, currently in non-traditional and more restrictive settings and seeking less restrictive placements, in non-traditional learning contexts and need additional support to meet their individualized goals. We provide sliding scale and free services.

We are now Learners at the Center! VISIT US AT OUR NEW SITE                                                             ...
07/08/2025

We are now Learners at the Center!
VISIT US AT OUR NEW SITE

student centred, reading, writing, math, executive functioning, socio-emotional, tutoring-coaching, educational consulting, program leadership, professional learning, advocacy, parrtnerships, arts integration, steam

09/01/2025

Hi all -please like our new page
Learners at the Center!

18/05/2024

IEP's are filled with the word, 'behavior.'

Next time you look, highlight each instance and replace with more specific language.

Focus on developing skills and providing support.

Really think about what's happening. 🤔

And if it isn't clear... Ask questions!

Parents are an equal member of the IEP team. Remember that.

💜 ~Meghan

[image description: Language to replace 'behavior' in a student's IEP:
social / emotional development
coping skills / sensory needs
communication needs / skills
trauma / stress response
alexithymia / interoception
ability to regulate/dysregulation

Remember: Focus on support, not compliance.]

09/02/2022

School can be a struggle for kids who learn differently and who are more right brain thinkers. Remind them of their unique abilities and that our world needs them!

If you don't know, now you know....
23/01/2022

If you don't know, now you know....

The CPS model is based on the premise that challenging behavior occurs when the demands and expectations being placed on a kid exceed the kid’s capacity to respond adaptively…and that some kids are better equipped (i.e., have the skills) to handle certain demands and expectations. So the emphasi...

04/01/2022

https://www.nagc.org/about-nagc/who-we-are

NAGC's mission is to support those who enhance the growth and development of gifted and talented children through education, advocacy, community building, and research. We aim to help parents and families, K-12 education professionals including support service personnel, and members of the research....

29/12/2021
Don't forget about Assistive Technology!AT is not only a valid and meaningful form of communication, it is within a chil...
14/11/2021

Don't forget about Assistive Technology!

AT is not only a valid and meaningful form of communication, it is within a child's educational rights to be considered, evaluated, and have access to it if appropriate and necessary for learning and participation in the general or specialized curricula!

Problem Identification: What task or activity needs to be done?

11/11/2021

caring communities
healthy and nurturing relationships
educational access and opportunity
appropriate health care
systems that sustain our wellness, growth, liberties to thrive
creative expression .....

these are a few of our favorite things.....

these are also human rights

everyday we advocate for the right side of history

05/11/2021

Spanking, threats, yelling, timeouts.⁠
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They can work in the moment. They can stop that bad behavior in its tracks right then and there.⁠
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Why? These punishment-based discipline techniques elicit fear.⁠
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When a child, or even an adult, is afraid, they go into fight, flight or freeze mode: They stop in their tracks - freeze. Or kick and hit you on their way up to their punishment - fight.⁠ Or try to run away from you - flight.⁠
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But, did you know that research shows punishment-based discipline such as spanking actually causes MORE unwanted behavior?🤯⁠
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Yep, if you feel stuck in an endless cycle of yelling/disciplining only to come across MORE bad behavior the next day, you're not alone. You're not a bad parent. Your kid is not a bad kid. We just need to shift the strategy.✅⁠
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We're rejecting the old school way of punishment-based discipline and going with research baby!👩🏼‍🔬👩🏻‍🔬📈⁠
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When we discipline in a way that protects our kids' self esteem, and boosts confidence and connection? That's where the magic happens.✨🌾✨⁠
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✨Short term✨⁠
It's actually a more effective strategy to get those unwanted behaviors to stop. Hitting, not throwing food on the ground, sharing, speaking respectfully. When we discipline while still making our kids feel seen, heard, and important: We avoid the shame and the fear all together. That's where the behavior starts to shift.💯⁠
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✨Long term✨⁠
Someday, when your little babe is a big kid, or a teenager, or an adult out in the world and makes a mistake, you'll be the first person they will call, knowing you will rush to their side.⁠ Knowing that while you don't agree with the mistake, that there is nothing to fear. That you see them beyond the mistake, that you love them unconditionally, and that you're on their team.⁠
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🔅Do you need help disciplining in a way that is both firm, effective AND protects our kid's self esteem? We have a whole discipline module in our course, "Winning the Toddler Stage," that teaches you exactly how and when to discipline your kid in a way that WORKS. For parents of kids aged 1-6. Link in bio🔅

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