Speaking Skillfully

11/20/2025

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Friends, hope you are listening to our Ask the Educator Podcasts.
Here is one about Pre-Meetings and why it helps with parent engagement.
Take a Listen.

📣Is your district looking to strengthen family -school communication? OR 📣 Parents, do you want a more supportive and productive IEP experience? 🗣️If so, have a Pre-Meeting; a brief conversation before the official IEP meeting. It can make all the difference. 🌱These meetings lower stre...

07/23/2025

Successful relationships are built on trust! And one of the most important relationships you'll ever have is with your child's teacher.

TRUST: The Bridge Between Home and School

06/10/2025

🎙️ Have You Listened Yet?

Hey Friends! 👋

If you're a parent, educator, or anyone passionate about helping kids succeed, we invite you to check out our podcast, Ask the Educators.

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Podcast · Peggy Bud & Tamara Jacobson · Peggy Bud and Tamara Jacobson are the voices behind Ask the Educators, bringing together over 60 years of experience as teachers and administrators. They believe that the child’s voice must be at the center of all conversations. Best practices highlight th...

05/22/2025

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Parents and Educators – Tune In!
We invite you to listen to Ask the Educators, where Dr. Tamara Jacobson and I dive into the educational topics that matter most to you. Our animated, thought-provoking conversations are designed to inform, inspire, and spark meaningful dialogue. Don’t miss it!

Dear Learning Partners:

01/02/2025

Happy 2025!

I hope that this year is filled with meaningful conversations!

They are the path to effective commuication, which will avoid misunderstandings and miscommunication, whether personally or professionally.

04/05/2024

It is extremely important for families and educators to understand that a special education diagnosis means that parents start to grieve. Hopefully reading "How Grief Affects Saying Goodbye to Yesterday's Dream" will be helpful to parents and teachers understand that grief is a powerful emotion. At times it can cause you to feel overwhelmed in any and all aspects of your life.

12/26/2023

Wishing you a Happy Holiday Season.

Hope it's filled with meaningful conversations and good cheer!

May your New Year be filled magical opportunities.

Looking forward to catching up in 2024.

12/20/2023

Thank you SpedNet and Jennifer Bernheim for putting together this wonderful event.

Tamara L. Jacobson and I are so excited to have the opportunity to share our book and our insights to help parents more successfully and confidently navigate conversations during IEP meetings and parent conferences.

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New Year, New Webinars! Join us on Thurs., Jan 4th at 7pm.
Co-authors Peggy Bud of Speaking Skillfully and Tamara Jacobson will discuss their unique and useful book, Navigating Special Education: The Power of Building Positive Parent-Educator Partnerships, and its themes: the significance of creating a shared vision, the importance of data collection, and the value of active listening and perspective taking.
Register today!
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_oZJHl9OhQBiyeUxG3Y3Hig #/registration

12/04/2023

Happy Holidays to all of my Facebook friends.

If you want the perfect gift for favorite members of the educational community and friends and family with a neurodivergent child check out, Navigating Special Education, The Power of Building Positive Parent-Educator Partnerships. It's available on Amazon.

And our gift to you, easy to use tips and strategies, which you can find on our website. www.NavigatingSpecialEducation.com

May 2024 be a wonderful year, filled with good health, happiness and magical memories.

This timely and innovative roadmap highlights the importance of effective communication methodology, appropriate correspondence, and data collection recommendations. Effective communication is often missing from the IEP team’s conversation.

11/14/2022

It is important for students to thrive and learn in school. Research supports that parent -teacher relationships directly impact student learning.

Home-school relationships are affected by the way parents and teachers view each other and behave toward one another. They may vary from year to year and change as children move up the through the grades.

******What would you describe as core attributes of a positive parent-teacher relationship?

******What would you identify as a barrier to building a positive parent-teacher relationship?

******What do you see as the role communication plays in a relationship?

Please share your thoughts in the COMMENT section.

If you would like to learn tips and strategies for building strong home-school relationships, you can pre-order Navigation Special Education, Building Positive Parent-Educator Partnerships https://lnkd.in/e3C8BQDN

This timely and innovative roadmap highlights the importance of effective communication methodology, appropriate correspondence, and data collection recommendations. Effective communication is often missing from the IEP team’s conversation.

12/03/2021

Thank you Matt Bud for inviting me to join you on Chat with Matt and discuss The Steps to Creating an Effective Elevator Pitch.

A 90-Second Announcement is your own personal advertisement, make it memorable!

The show was recorded, so those of you who weren't able to hear us live, can watch and share it. We welcome comments and questions.

On Friday, December 3rd at 4PM, Matt Bud, Chairman of The Financial Executives Networking Group and Peggy Bud, Founder of Speaking Skillfully will be present...

11/04/2021