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The Accessible IEP
In development

Your IEP coach, any hour of the day

I'm building an AI-assisted instructional coach trained on how I've reviewed IEPs for 30 years. When it's ready, it will be there at 9 PM on a Sunday, when no one else is. Not a general chatbot. Built from one special educator's experience, for special educators.

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In development

What makes it different

  • Built on IDEA. Guidance will follow federal special education law for present levels, goals, services, and progress monitoring.
  • Built for your state. You'll enter your state first, and guidance will follow your state's rules, starting with South Dakota.
  • Built to keep student information out. The coach is designed so you never need to enter a student's name or identifying details, which helps you protect student privacy under FERPA.
  • Built from one educator's experience. Trained on how I've reviewed IEPs for 30 years, not on the whole internet.
You stay in charge. Every suggestion is a draft. Review all output against your student's data, your state's requirements, and your team's decisions before it goes in an IEP.

You shouldn't have to figure this out alone

  • Present levels, goals, and progress data pile up at the same time.
  • The one person who could review your work is usually busy in someone else's classroom.
  • General AI tools don't know special education, and it's hard to know what's safe to type in.

In development

What I'm building

  • Start with the hardest parts of IEP work: present levels, goals, and progress monitoring
  • Coach the way I would: questions first, then suggestions you can use
  • Grow into instruction, compliance, and team communication, based on what teachers tell me they need
  • Live check-ins and PD with me for teams that want more

Your answers decide what I build first.

Using AI safely with IEP work

Whether you use my coach someday or a general AI tool today, these rules protect your students.

  • Never type a student's name, birthdate, ID number, school, or photo into an AI tool.
  • Remove details that could identify a student, even without a name: rare diagnoses, family details, specific incidents.
  • Use free consumer AI tools only with fully de-identified information. Ask your district which tools are approved.
  • Check every AI-written sentence against your data and your state's requirements before it goes in an IEP.
  • You are responsible for what goes in the IEP. AI is a drafting aid, not the decision-maker.

How I'm designing the coach

  • It will ask for your state first, because special education rules differ by state.
  • It will start with South Dakota and expand to other states based on demand.
  • Its guidance will be reviewed against federal (IDEA, FERPA) and state requirements before launch.

The coach will not give legal advice. For legal questions, contact your district or a special education attorney.

Jenny Thompson, M.Ed.

About Jenny

Jenny Thompson, M.Ed. 30 years in special education across 5 states. National presenter for BER. Presenter at DCDT 2026 and CEC 2027.

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For teachers and specialists.

How likely are you to use an AI coach trained on Jenny's approach to IEP work?
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For district and school leaders.

How likely is your district to use an AI coach trained on Jenny's approach for your special education staff?
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Questions

Is this available now?
No. It's in development. Joining the list costs nothing.
Is it safe to put student information in?
The coach is being designed so you never need to. Until it's built and reviewed, do not enter student information into it or any AI tool.
How much will it cost?
Pricing isn't set. Founding members will hear first.
Will it give legal advice?
No. All output is a draft for an educator to review.

Not an AI. No advice is given here.