{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Autonome","title":"From Compliance to Impact in Special Education with Nicole Tyo","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1605,"description":"\nIn this episode of Autonome, host Fran Kenton, Founder and Creator of Autonome, sits down with Nicole Tyo, Director of Special Education at South Western City Schools in Ohio. Nicole oversees services for students ages 3 to 22, leading comprehensive systems that integrate IDEA compliance, inclusive practices, mental health supports, and proactive wellbeing.\n\nFran and Nicole explore what it truly takes to move special education from compliance-driven systems to impact-driven leadership. Nicole shares how her mother’s work in an ED classroom first inspired her career, and how her own experience being identified as dyslexic shaped her belief that students must be both supported and pushed toward their potential. Throughout the conversation, Nicole highlights the importance of social-emotional learning, transition planning, and consistent adult mindset as essential drivers of student success.\n\nWhether you lead special education, student services, or a full district, this conversation provides actionable ideas for building environments where students are seen, heard, supported, and challenged to reach their full potential.\n\nKey Moments\n\n\n05:55 \"Embracing Challenges and Growth\"\n06:38 Why students need to be supported and pushed\n08:10 Launching multisensory literacy initiatives districtwide\n\n09:28 Building Employability Through Targeted Programs\n\n11:15 Handling Frustrated Customers Poorly\n15:02 Tier 1 PBIS and universal SEL programming\n\n16:46 Mindset Communication Transforms Student Behavior\n18:17 \"Challenges of a Large District\"\n23:00 Inclusive Education and Social Skills\n\nWhy You’ll Love This Episode\n\nThis episode offers a thoughtful systems-level look at how special education can evolve beyond compliance into meaningful student impact. Nicole shares practical strategies for embedding social-emotional learning into transition programming, expanding mental health supports through community partnerships, and strengthening universal Tier 1 systems.\n\nYou will also hear a...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/seTJ6nScwCspveU8Z82YbH5eLfeDGipVEqgHAPCWjo0/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8wMzBl/YTQ4NzQyYmUzYWIy/MDM2ODk4YmQ5N2Yz/NmU1Mi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}