Advocates here work with Greenwich families and Greenwich School District teams. Each profile lists a rate when the advocate shares one.
3 virtual advocates who work with Connecticut 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.
Families in Greenwich and Putnam 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.
During a Greenwich IEP meeting an advocate writes down what the team agrees to and asks for it in the document before anyone leaves the room.
Greenwich School District can charge for copies of a file. Asking to inspect the record in person instead costs nothing under federal rules.
These advocates are not based in Connecticut. They join IEP meetings by video or phone, which IDEA allows when you and the school agree.
Virtual · based in San Diego, CA · works with Connecticut schools
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.
Virtual · based in Katy, TX · works with Connecticut schools
Special Education Advocate
Besides being a parent of a neurodivergent son, I have been a special education teacher, diagnostician, and advocate for the past 30 years. I am a true hands-on, walk in your shoes type of advocate.
Virtual · based in Cumming, GA · works with Connecticut schools
Founder
I’m Russell Lloyd, founder of YourChild.org, author, mentor, and special education advocate. I review the record, find the gaps, build the strategy, prepare the parent, and lead IEP meetings.
See all 26 virtual advocates who work with Connecticut families
9 public schools inside Greenwich belong to Greenwich 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.
Charter and magnet enrollment changes who owes the service. Ask which agency is responsible before the first meeting.
Confirm your child's district by address before you send a letter or name a district-specific process.
A written request for an evaluation starts a second clock in Connecticut, and the district has to answer inside 5 school days.
Keep every email. Most of what an advocate does with a Greenwich file is date-stamping what the school already told you.
Connecticut gives a school district 45 school days from the referral to finish an initial special education evaluation. A written request for an evaluation has to be answered inside 5 school days. Missed deadlines are handled by the Connecticut State Department of Education, Bureau of Special Education, which takes written state complaints from parents.
Certification programs exist and some advocates hold them. None of them is issued by the Connecticut State Department of Education, Bureau of Special Education, and none of them is required to sit in a Connecticut IEP meeting.
Advocates who work Putnam and here see the same state rules twice a week. Repetition inside one state is the practice worth paying for.
Hiring an advocate does not pause a deadline or undo a meeting that already happened. The work starts from wherever the Greenwich file sits today.
What worked for a family in Putnam may not fit yours. Ask the advocate what is different about your file before you copy anyone.
Video is normal now. 26 of the advocates listed for Greenwich work with families by phone or video instead of driving to the school.
Ask for two references from cases like yours. Somebody who cannot produce one has not worked many.
Answers about hiring a special education advocate in Greenwich, Connecticut, including cost, timing, virtual support, and Section 504 help.
How much does an IEP advocate cost in Greenwich?
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.
Do I need a lawyer or an advocate for my child?
An advocate is not a lawyer and cannot give legal advice or file a lawsuit. What an advocate can do is build the written record a lawyer would need later.
Can an advocate join an IEP meeting by video?
Yes, with one condition. The school has to agree to the meeting format, so put the request in writing before the date is set.
Which school district serves Greenwich, Connecticut?
Most of the city sits inside Greenwich School District. The district writes the plan and holds the special education budget, which is why a complaint about a missed service names the district and not the school.
Should my child have an IEP or a Section 504 plan?
The short version. IEP means the school changes what is taught and how, and Section 504 means the school changes the conditions around it.
Official Connecticut links for parents in Greenwich.
Last reviewed 2026-08-11.
The same Connecticut rules apply in Putnam, West Hartford, New Britain, Danbury and the other cities listed here, or see every Connecticut advocate.
If nobody here fits, check the Putnam page next. The same Connecticut rules apply there.
Do not sign anything at the first meeting if you are unsure. Consent can wait a day.
