Find an Educational Advocate: IEP, 504 and School Choice

Find an educational advocate anywhere in the United States by state, school district or school: IEP and 504, vouchers and ESAs, homeschool, charter schools, discipline, bullying and more. Every listing shows fees, credentials and whether anyone besides families pays the advocate.

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Search by state, district or school, and by what your child needs.

What families come for

IEP / special education — Eligibility, evaluations, the IEP meeting, services, placement
504 plans — Eligibility, writing the plan, getting it followed
Vouchers, ESAs and scholarships — State school-choice money: applying, using it, appeals
Homeschool — Notice, portfolios, evaluations, umbrella schools, re-entry
Charter schools — Enrollment, lotteries, rights that follow a student in
Private school placement — Finding a placement, and what leaving a district does to an IEP
Discipline and expulsion — Suspensions, hearings, manifestation determinations
Bullying and harassment — Reporting, investigations, Title IX, safety plans
Dyslexia and reading — Screening, intervention, the right to instruction
Gifted and twice-exceptional
English learners — ELL and bilingual services, translated documents, interpreters
Homeless and foster students — McKinney-Vento rights, school stability, enrollment without records
Transition to adulthood — Diplomas, deferral, and what comes after high school for students with disabilities
Records and complaints — Records requests, state complaints, mediation, due process
Enrollment, transfers and truancy — Getting in, changing schools, attendance cases
Other — Say what in your listing

Listed

Matthew Wiggins, Ed.S., Wiggins Educational Evaluations

Florida: Charlotte, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota

IEP / special education, Gifted and twice-exceptional, 504 plans

From their website: “Child Advocacy / Parent Consultations: Getting your child what he needs at school can be a very frustrating and confusing process. At Wiggins Educational Evaluations, we consider it a public service to support parents.”