Every goal, in plain English
I read the whole IEP and write back what each goal actually asks your child to do — no jargon — then map those goals across 36 weeks of work.
What you get
Three things you can hold in your hand.
A real build, not a worksheet packet
Your child picks a problem they care about and builds toward solving it. The reading, writing, and math goals get wired into the build, so practicing the skill has a point.
Written proof of what they did
Dated entries of the work completed, week by week, in your child's own words and mine. Bring it to the next meeting so you're not the only one in the room without paper.
How it works
Four steps. About a week from payment to first lesson.
1
Pay and tell me about your child. A short form — age, grade, what's going well, what's hard, what they're into.
About 10 minutes.
2
Upload the IEP through a private link. I email you a secure upload page after checkout. The document goes straight into an encrypted folder only I can open.
Never posted on this site or sent over regular email.
3
I build the plan. Goals translated, 36 weeks mapped, first expedition designed around something your child actually cares about.
5 business days. Then a 30-minute call to walk you through it.
4
You start. Weekly lessons land in your inbox. We check in once a month and adjust anything that isn't landing.
Cancel anytime, no notice period.
How you'll know
You shouldn't have to take my word for whether it's working.
Before I teach anything, I measure where your child is right now — using the same measure the goal itself is written in. Everything after that gets compared to that starting point.
Week 0, before any teaching
What your child can do today, written down and dated. Without it, every number later is just a number.
Cold, and on a fixed schedule
Decoding every week; comprehension and math on even weeks; writing on odd. Always using work they have never seen — never the material they practiced that week.
Four flat checks and the teaching changes
Not the goal. The criterion in the IEP doesn't soften because the work got hard — and you hear it from me on the monthly call before you read it in the Log.
The practice your child does during the week is coached, so it never counts as a score — only the cold checks do. This is collected at your kitchen table by you and me, not by an evaluator, and it does not replace the progress reporting your school does.
Free, and yours
You can start writing it down tonight. You don't need me for that part.
Put each goal in as the IEP words it, note what you see in about fifteen seconds, and print a record for the meeting. No account, no payment, nothing uploaded — it lives on your phone and only your phone.
Word for word, out of the file
Copy each goal in exactly as it's written, with what counts as meeting it. It never writes or suggests a goal — her team does that.
Fifteen seconds, on the sofa
How many she got, out of how many, and whether you helped. Help is kept but never scored, because a coached answer doesn't show what she can do alone.
Dated, printable, in the goal's own words
Each goal, the starting point, every check against it, and where it stands. Print it and walk in with paper.
Open it — it's free
Works offline. Nothing to sign up for.
This is the part you can do on your own, and I'd rather you had it either way. What the Blueprint below adds is me: I read the whole IEP, build the year of work around what your child is actually into, and keep the record with you.
Pricing
Start with the Blueprint. Keep going only if it's working.
Start here
The Blueprint
$349one time
The full read of the IEP and your child's year, mapped.
- Every IEP goal translated into plain English
- 36-week skill map across reading, writing, and math
- First build expedition, designed for your child
- 30-minute walkthrough call with me
- Yours to keep, whether or not you continue
Then, if you want it
Kirton Learning Family
$149per month
The Blueprint, plus me running it with you all year.
- Weekly lessons built on the current expedition
- The Log — dated record of completed work
- Monthly 30-minute call to adjust the plan
- New expedition each term
- Cancel anytime
Cost is the reason a lot of families never get help like this. If the price is the only thing stopping you, email me — there's a sliding scale for Brooklyn families and I'd rather have your child in the work.
Who builds it
Lamont Kirton
I've run youth programs in Brooklyn since 2009 — adaptive basketball, chess, mentorship, media. Spark Builders started because I kept watching kids get handed worksheets about problems they'd never chosen. So we flipped it: the kid finds a problem, the kid builds the fix, and the skills come along for the ride.
Kirton Learning is that same method, built one child at a time. I started it for my niece, who is autistic. It worked. Now I'm opening it to a small number of families.
- Founder, Working Wonders Starting Home Inc. — 501(c)(3), Brooklyn, since 2009
- $500,000+ in youth program funding secured to date
- Chess and computer science programs at P.S. 272 and P.S. 109
- DYCD Inclusive Adaptive Basketball Program, in partnership with Wheeling Forward
- NYC DOE PETS-cleared · 12+ years coaching at Kings Bay YM-YWHA
Straight answers
The questions parents actually ask me.
Who sees my child's IEP?
Only me. It goes into an encrypted folder, it is never sold, never used for advertising, and never shared with your school or anyone else. Ask me to delete it and I delete it and confirm in writing. I'll never ask you to send it over regular email or upload it to this page.
Is this special education advocacy or legal help?
No. I'm not an attorney or a certified advocate, I don't represent you at IEP meetings, and nothing I write is legal advice. What I give you is a clear read of the goals and a written record of your child's work — which tends to make you a much better advocate for yourself.
Does this replace what the school has to provide?
No, and don't let anyone tell you it does. Your child's school is legally required to deliver the services on that IEP. Kirton Learning is supplemental — it's what happens at your kitchen table, not instead of what happens at school.
Do you diagnose anything, or decide what services my child qualifies for?
Never. Diagnosis and eligibility are decisions for licensed professionals and your child's IEP team. I work from the goals that are already written.
My child isn't autistic — does this still work?
Yes. I build from whatever the IEP says, whether that's ADHD, dyslexia, a speech or language impairment, or anything else. The method doesn't care about the label; it cares about the goals and what your child is into.
What ages?
K–12. It runs strongest with 2nd through 8th grade, where a kid is old enough to run a build and young enough that the habit sticks.
How much time does my child need to put in?
Three to four sessions a week, 20 to 40 minutes each, depending on age. It's designed around the reality that you're tired and the evening is short.
How will I know if it's actually working?
Before I teach anything I measure where your child is, written the same way the goal is written, and everything after that gets compared to that starting point. The checks run on a fixed schedule using material your child has never seen — the coached practice they do during the week never counts as a score. If four checks in a row come back flat, I change how I'm teaching it, not the goal, and you hear that from me on the monthly call before you read it in the Log. You can see the entire design in the worked example. What I won't do is promise you a result.
What if it isn't a fit?
Tell me within 14 days of getting your Blueprint and I refund it in full. Keep the Blueprint either way.