About
Twenty years on the school’s side of the table — now on yours.
Bridget Nash spent two decades inside New York and Los Angeles public schools as a special-education teacher, instructional coach, and assistant principal. She ran the meetings, wrote the plans, and made the compliance calls that families were trying to understand from the other side. She retired from the NYC Department of Education in 2025 and founded Bridge the IEP to put that inside knowledge to work for the parents, schools, and providers who need it.
Why this exists
The hardest part isn’t the meeting. It’s everything around it.
Most families don’t lose services in the IEP meeting — they lose them in the fog before and after it: the 40-page evaluation nobody explains, the questions they didn’t know to ask, the cancelled OT session that never gets rebooked. Bridget has sat in hundreds of those meetings as the administrator. She knows what a district can say yes to, how to ask for it, and how to keep a plan from quietly falling apart once everyone goes home.
Her particular strength is the earliest years — the CPSE-to-kindergarten “turning 5” transition and District 75 autism programs — the exact points where parents are most lost and the fewest advocates work.
Experience
Inside the system, start to finish
Assistant Principal
The Children’s School (75K372), Brooklyn — NYC District 75
Oversaw special education and related services for a ~600-student PK–8 citywide-special-education school, supervising a staff of 100+ adults. Compliance liaison to state agencies, Danielson-framework instructional coach, and lead of the building response team.
Unit Coordinator
P369K (Coy Cox), a District 75 autism program
Direct supervisor of a team of educators serving K–8 students on the autism spectrum; built the home-and-school connection families relied on.
Instructional Coach
P369K (Coy Cox)
New-teacher mentor and instructional lead; coordinated assessments across the program.
Special Education Teacher
P369K (Coy Cox)
6th/7th-grade special education in 6:1:2 and 8:1:2 settings.
Preschool Intensive Special Education Teacher
LAUSD — Cheremoya Ave Elementary, Hollywood, CA
Four years teaching the earliest learners — the roots of her early-childhood and “turning 5” expertise.
Credentials
Certified, and current.
New York State–certified in both school leadership and early-childhood special education — the two lenses most families need at once.
- NYS Professional Certification — School Building & District Leadership
- NYS Professional Certification — Early Childhood Special Education
- M.S.Ed, Inclusive Early Childhood Special Education — Hofstra University
- Advanced Certification in School Leadership — College of St. Rose
- B.A. American Studies — Rutgers University
Not sure where to start?
Fifteen minutes, free, no obligation. Tell Bridget what’s going on and she’ll tell you the honest next move — even if that’s not hiring her.
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