About
Hi, I'm Jessica. A mom first, and an advocate because of it.
Special education advocate. Master IEP Coach®. Mom of four. University of Alabama communications graduate. I've sat on your side of the table, and I speak both languages: school and parent.
MY STORY
Before I became an advocate, I was a mom at the kitchen table with paperwork, acronyms, and a lot of tears.
Special education has been part of our family's life for years. I've sat on the parent side of the IEP table more times than I can count, trying to make sense of evaluations, goals, and progress reports that felt like they were written in another language.
Along the way, I've helped my own family and many others work through dyslexia, ADHD, speech and language needs, auditory processing, and executive functioning challenges. Making sense of all of it is what I want to make easier for you.
My degree is in communications. It turns out that's exactly what special education needs.
The documents that shape your child's school day are dense, technical, and full of numbers. My job is to turn them into clear answers you can act on: what the scores mean, whether the goals match the needs, and what to ask next.
I believe calm, clear requests go further than conflict. As a Master IEP Coach®, I’m trained in a collaborative approach that helps parents and schools work from the same side of the table. Most school teams want to help, and parents walk in stronger when they understand what they're looking at.
You know your child best. I help you advocate like it.
From our kitchen table in Birmingham.
THE SHORT VERSION
Jessica Lane is a special education advocate and Master IEP Coach® in Birmingham, Alabama, and the founder of The Kitchen Table IEP. Trained through COPAA's Special Education Advocate Training (SEAT) 1.0 and 2.0, with a B.A. in Communications from The University of Alabama, she helps parents in Mountain Brook, Homewood, across Birmingham, and nationwide over Zoom walk into school meetings prepared, not panicked.
WHAT I
BELIEVE
WHAT GUIDES MY WORK
Parents know their children, and that knowledge matters at the table.
A good question can open a door that a hard demand would close.
The same diagnosis doesn't mean the same services. Every plan should fit the child.
You should leave our work more confident on your own, not more dependent on me.
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