Educational advocate?

[Anonymous]

Frustrated with the local school figuring out my DS IEP. Has anyone used an educational advocate for MoCo schools?

[Anonymous]

I am in DC. But I learned the hard way, the only way to do it is with an advocate. You just won't get what you need and are entitled to otherwise.

[Anonymous]

I just started working with The Weinfeld Group. From the first meeting, I could that they knew what they were talking about. They pointed out things that I had missed and are helping me map out a road plan for the year.

Another thing that I have asked for their help with is monitoring my child's progress over the year. I felt like last year, the school kept telling me how awesome he was doing. But he could still barely write his name.

This year, I will have the ed consultant/advocate monitor progress and help me craft a better IEP.

[Anonymous]

Yes, I used an advocate and that was the only reason that we got an IEP. In fact, that's exactly, what the school said. They assumed I would start Due Process as the next step since I had an advocate, and they told me that did not want to deal with that. So, they gave me the IEP.

I tried on my own for two years to get an IEP and was not successful. The advocate had excellent, concrete ideas to implement for my child as well. Going in, I'd thought the school would know what my child needed. That was not the case.

[Anonymous]

Carolyn Houck or Kim Glassman.

[Anonymous]

I like Susie Keith Blattner as an advocate.