Welcome to the WIRE Differently podcast where we chat all about how to best support exceptional

children. I'm your host, Holly Blanc Moses, the mom psychologist who gets it.

Okay, ladies, I am so excited that you are here today.

Kristen Cook and Alexander Bergman, and for those listening, so they can tell your voices differently,

Kristen, say hi to everybody.

Hello, everybody.

All right, Alex.

Hi.

There we go.

Okay, so Kristen and Alex are joining me today to talk about virtual learning. Big hot topic right now, obviously, because lots of kids are learning at home. So I don't know if we should call it good, bad and ugly. I don't know if we should call it love, bad, and ugly. I don't know if we should call it love it, hate it somewhere in between, whatever it all works.

Okay.

Any of those titles would be good.

And the titles would be great, exactly.

And every title will work differently for different children.

Of different children is that some kids love it. It's they are feeling less social pressure. They are

able to turn off their video when they need to. They could maybe be in some more comfy clothes.

I mean, it does have a few advantages for some kids. Other kids not going so well. Okay, so let's talk

about those, those who are listening, parents and professionals. We all know about 504s and

IEPs. Well, if your child or your client or your student has a 504 IEP, it's not going to really be

able to be implemented in the same way virtually. Okay, so, Alex, why don't you jump in and talk to

us? Because I believe it's called contingency plan.

If your child struggling with remote learning, you should be requesting an addendum meeting

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