Advocates here work with Beverly Hills families and Beverly Hills Unified School District teams. Each profile lists a rate when the advocate shares one.
3 based in California · 3 virtual advocates who work with California schools
An advocate is a paid professional who reads the evaluation reports, drafts your concerns, sits beside you at the IEP table, and follows up on whatever the school agreed to do.
Parents in Beverly Hills usually start looking for an advocate when a meeting is already on the calendar.
Before the meeting an advocate reads the current IEP against the evaluation reports, pulls the progress data to see whether the goals are actually being met, writes your concerns into one page, and sends it to the team in advance.
Beverly Hills Unified School District can charge for copies of a file. Asking to inspect the record in person instead costs nothing under federal rules.
No advocate in this directory lists Beverly Hills as their home base. These advocates work from other parts of California, and each card names the city.
Based in Torrance, CA
Special Education Advocate
I’m April, and I'm totally excited to help you develop a solid action plan for your child! After writing thousands of reports and just as many IEPs, I developed breakthrough coaching methods, Do It…
Based in San Diego, CA
Special Education Advocate
At the Sanford Autism Advocacy Group (SAAG), we are a small but mighty special education consulting group with an emphasis on Autism and IEPs.
Based in Los Angeles, CA
Strategic Special Education Advocate
I combine the precision of a Columbia Law attorney with over a decade of special education leadership to help Los Angeles families navigate the IEP process with clarity, confidence, and results.
These advocates are not based in California. They join IEP meetings by video or phone, which IDEA allows when you and the school agree.
Virtual · based in Atlanta, GA · works with California schools
School Psychologist & Parent Advocate
I’m a certified School Psychologist, Parent Advocate, and Coach dedicated to helping families navigate special education with confidence.
Virtual · based in Midland, TX · works with California schools
Special Education Advocate
Kate Keenan is a special education advocate serving families in Midland, TX.
Virtual · based in Lamar, CO · works with California schools
Special Education Advocate
I’ve been a science teacher, a Director of Financial Aid, and a Dean of Students at a rural community college — always at the table with students and families navigating systems not built for them.
See all 24 virtual advocates who work with California families
5 public schools inside Beverly Hills belong to Beverly Hills Unified School District. Each one has its own case manager and its own backlog, and the answer you get about scheduling depends on which building your child attends.
District lines and city lines are not the same thing. A street can sit inside one city and be zoned to the district next door.
Confirm your child's district by address before you send a letter or name a district-specific process.
The clock that matters starts when you sign consent. In California it runs 60 days.
Bring the last two report cards and the current plan. That is usually enough paper to start.
California gives a school district 60 days to finish an initial special education evaluation. A written request for an evaluation has to be answered inside 15 days. Missed deadlines are handled by the California Department of Education, Special Education Division, which takes written state complaints from parents.
Attorneys are licensed. Advocates hold no license, and the difference matters most when a case gets close to a hearing, which is the point where the Beverly Hills district starts talking to its own lawyer.
A certificate says nothing about Beverly Hills Unified School District. Ask instead what the advocate has filed there and what came back.
Hiring an advocate does not pause a deadline or undo a meeting that already happened. The work starts from wherever the Beverly Hills file sits today.
What worked for a family in Lawndale may not fit yours. Ask the advocate what is different about your file before you copy anyone.
Video is normal now. 24 of the advocates listed for Beverly Hills work with families by phone or video instead of driving to the school.
Read a profile for what the advocate actually did, not for what the profile claims. Case detail is the tell.
Answers about hiring a special education advocate in Beverly Hills, California, including cost, timing, virtual support, and Section 504 help.
What is the hourly rate for a parent advocate?
Most advocates on this directory charge $75 to $150 per hour. A standard cycle with two hours of prep and two hours in the meeting runs about $400. Travel and extra meetings cost more.
Does Beverly Hills Unified School District cover every Beverly Hills address?
Beverly Hills Unified School District runs the IEP meetings for most Beverly Hills students. District lines and city lines are not the same, so confirm yours by address before you send a letter.
What can I do if I cannot afford an advocate?
Every state has a federally funded Parent Training and Information Center that answers questions at no charge. Free help usually means general guidance rather than somebody sitting next to you in the meeting.
Which plan covers therapy and specialized instruction?
The short version. IEP means the school changes what is taught and how, and Section 504 means the school changes the conditions around it.
What should I have ready before the first call with an advocate?
Write down the two things you want changed and bring the paperwork that shows why. Meetings run long when nobody in the room has decided what the ask is.
Official California links for parents in Beverly Hills.
Last reviewed 2026-08-11.
The same California rules apply in Lawndale, Manhattan Beach, Lomita, West Hollywood and the other cities listed here, or see every California advocate.
Start with two calls, not six. Ask each advocate what they would do first with a Beverly Hills file, and hire the one whose answer is specific enough that you could write it down as a task.
Say the name of your school and Beverly Hills Unified School District in the first message. That is enough for an advocate to know whether they can take the case.
