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
The job is plain. An advocate knows what services the school owes your child and asks for them in writing.
Greenwich parents tend to call at one of two moments. The first is before an initial evaluation and the second is after a service quietly disappears from the plan.
Advocates also coach. Some Greenwich parents hire one for two hours of prep and go into the meeting alone.
Greenwich School District keeps progress data on every goal in the plan. Ask for it as a table of dates and numbers rather than a paragraph.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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 Greenwich district starts talking to its own lawyer.
Greenwich School District does not approve or bar advocates. Federal rules let a parent bring anyone with knowledge of the child to the meeting.
Advocates are not attorneys. No advocate in Greenwich can file a lawsuit for you or give you legal advice about the case.
What worked for a family in Putnam may not fit yours. Ask the advocate what is different about your file before you copy anyone.
No advocate is listed in every city. A remote advocate who knows Connecticut rules is usually a better hire for Greenwich than a local one who does not.
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.
Which school district serves Greenwich, Connecticut?
Most Greenwich families work with Greenwich School District. Charter and magnet enrollment can change which agency owes the service, so ask that question before the first meeting.
How long does the IEP evaluation process take in Connecticut?
Connecticut sets its own deadline and it is 45 school days from the referral. Federal law lets a state do that, so a timeline a parent reads on a national site may not be the one running here.
How do I prepare for an IEP meeting in Greenwich?
Bring the current IEP or 504 plan, the most recent evaluation report, the last two progress reports and any email where the school said no. An advocate who has those before the call can tell you what is missing in ten minutes.
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.
Start with two calls, not six. Ask each advocate what they would do first with a Greenwich file, and hire the one whose answer is specific enough that you could write it down as a task.
Two questions sort most of this out. What would you do first with this file, and what does that cost.
