Together we will find a way.
Thoughtful guidance for parents raising children with disabilities, developmental differences, or complex support needs.
You know your child. I help you make sense of the rest.
Parenting a child with complex needs can mean navigating unfamiliar systems, conflicting information, difficult decisions, and an enormous amount of responsibility.
Together, we identify the right questions, organize what matters, explore your options, and create next steps you can actually use.
How I Can Support You
Family Navigation and Practical Strategy
- Focused, one-to-one support centered on your family’s immediate questions and goals.
- Clarify what your child and family need now—and what may be needed next.
- Prepare for IPP, IEP, medical, transition, and service-planning meetings.
- Organize priorities, questions, documents, and follow-up.
- Research options and create individualized roadmaps.
Independent Facilitator
- Support for families transitioning into California’s Self-Determination Program.
- Person-centered planning and identifying meaningful goals.
- Understanding the individual budget and spending-plan process.
- Exploring services, providers, and FMS options.
- Preparing for Regional Center conversations and decisions.
Caretaker Depth Coaching
Sometimes the immediate problem is only part of what you are carrying.
Depth coaching offers a safe, reflective space to pause and explore the emotions, pressures, and patterns beneath the crisis. It can help you reconnect with your own wisdom and voice, strengthen self-trust, and move from reactivity toward more grounded and intentional decisions.what truly matters, envision what is possible, and create practical next steps.
You May Be in the Right Place If…
- You are carrying too much and do not know where to begin.
- You are overwhelmed by paperwork, systems, or conflicting information.
- You are preparing for an important meeting or decision.
- You know something needs to change, but you are unsure what to ask for or do first.
- You want practical guidance without losing sight of the emotional experience of parenting.
- You want an experienced thought partner who will help you lead the process—not take it over.
My Work is Personal
About Me
I’m Margaret Tomandl, founder of Raising Possibility.
Before this became my professional work, it was my lived experience. As a parent, I have navigated complex medical, educational, and disability-service systems for my own family. I understand the pressure to find answers, make consequential decisions, and continue advocating—even when you are already exhausted.
I bring that lived experience together with a professional background in healthcare, relationship management, research, advocacy, independent facilitation, and Jungian-informed coaching.
My role is not to make decisions for you. It is to help you ask better questions, understand your choices, trust your judgment, and move forward with intention.
Let’s talk about what you need.
You Don’t Need to Have Everything Figured Out Before You Reach Out.
You can come with a specific question, a difficult decision, a stack of documents, or simply the feeling that something needs to change.
We will begin with what feels most important right now and talk about the kind of support that may fit your family.