El Segundo Unified School District staff run the IEP meetings in El Segundo. These advocates sit on your side of the table.
2 based in California · 3 virtual advocates who work with California schools
Advocates get hired after a meeting goes badly, rarely before the first one, which is why most of them start by reading a file that already carries a year of history in it.
Families in El Segundo and Coronado run into the same problem. The school says the current plan is working, and the progress report shows the same goal repeated from last year with the same numbers under it.
Paperwork is where cases are won or lost, and an advocate who has read every progress report in the file will find the sentence an El Segundo team wrote two years ago that contradicts what it is saying now.
Read the evaluation report twice. The second read is where the missing service usually shows up.
No advocate in this directory lists El Segundo as their home base. These advocates work from other parts of California, and each card names the city.
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 Leonardtown, MD · works with California schools
Special Education Advocate
Douglas Hubscher is the Founder and President of Kids Are First, LLC, a special education advocacy firm dedicated to helping families navigate the IEP and 504 process with confidence, clarity, and…
Virtual · based in Fairfax, VA · works with California schools
Special Education Advocate
As the founder of The Table Advocacy and parent, I understand how important it is to feel heard, supported, and confident when advocating for your child.
Virtual · based in Harrisburg, PA · works with California schools
Special Education Advocate
I’m a special education teacher with experience supporting students with behavioral, intellectual, and learning needs.
See all 29 virtual advocates who work with California families
El Segundo Unified School District runs the IEP meetings for most El Segundo students, and its special education staff will be on the other side of the table when you walk in.
Parents in Coronado face the same paperwork. Rules do not change from one town to the next inside a state.
Confirm your child's district by address before you send a letter or name a district-specific process.
Once you sign consent for testing, a California district has 60 days to finish an initial evaluation, and that clock does not stop because a case manager is out or the file went to the wrong building.
Write down what you want the school to add, in one page, before you walk into the El Segundo meeting, because a team that reads your list in advance cannot pretend it never came up.
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.
Training varies, and so does what it proves. A parent who asks how many El Segundo IEP meetings an advocate sat in last year learns more than a certificate would show.
Membership in a professional body is not a licence. It usually means dues were paid and a code of conduct was signed.
Advocates do not decide complaints. The California Department of Education does, and only after someone files one in writing.
El Segundo Unified School District is allowed to say no. What it is not allowed to do is say no without written notice that explains the reason.
Being listed for California is not the same as taking El Segundo cases, so read the service area on each of the 2 in-state profiles before you write to anyone.
Advocates who take Coronado cases usually take these too. Say where you are in the first email so nobody wastes a week finding out.
Answers about hiring a special education advocate in El Segundo, California, including cost, timing, virtual support, and Section 504 help.
What do special education advocates charge in El Segundo, California?
Rates run $75 to $250 per hour. What moves the number is experience, the type of case, and whether anyone has to drive to the meeting. Profiles here show the rate when the advocate publishes one.
Who runs special education for El Segundo schools?
El Segundo Unified School District runs the IEP meetings for most El Segundo students. District lines and city lines are not the same, so confirm yours by address before you send a letter.
Do I have to use an advocate from my own town?
Every card on this page names the city the advocate works from. Advocates listed under the virtual heading live somewhere else and work with families here by video or phone.
Can I bring an advocate to a Section 504 meeting?
Nearly every advocate on this page takes both. Compare profiles for experience with accommodations, 504 meetings and school compliance, and ask the school in writing before you bring anyone to a 504 meeting.
Are there free IEP advocates in El Segundo?
Free guidance exists. Parent centers, disability rights agencies and local parent groups all give it, and none of them will attend the meeting as your representative.
Official California links for parents in El Segundo.
Last reviewed 2026-08-11.
The same California rules apply in Coronado, Del Mar, Hermosa Beach, La Jolla and the other cities listed here, or see every California advocate.
You are not limited to advocates inside El Segundo. The closest listed office is in San Diego, and distance matters less than whether that person has worked a case in your district.
Have the most recent El Segundo Unified School District progress report open on the first call. It shows whether the goals moved at all.
