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 IEP advocate goes to school meetings with you and argues for services your child is not getting.
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 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 Fairfax, VA · works with Connecticut 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 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.
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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.
Ask the Greenwich team for the evaluation report before the meeting, not at it, because nobody reads a long report accurately while the rest of the team waits.
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.
An advocate cannot make the district agree. What moves a district is the record you build, not the person sitting next to you, and a good advocate spends more hours on the record than in the room.
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.
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 Greenwich, Connecticut, including cost, timing, virtual support, and Section 504 help.
What is the hourly rate for a parent advocate?
Flat fees are common for a single meeting and hourly billing is common for everything else. Many advocates give a free first call. Nobody bills you through this site, so ask each person how they invoice.
Does Greenwich School District cover every Greenwich address?
Greenwich School District runs the IEP meetings for most Greenwich students. District lines and city lines are not the same, so confirm yours by address before you send a letter.
Can an advocate help with a 504 plan and not an IEP?
Yes, and the rules differ slightly. Section 504 does not spell out who may attend the way IDEA does, so ask the school in writing before the meeting and keep the answer.
What can I do if I cannot afford an advocate?
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.
Which plan covers therapy and specialized instruction?
An IEP is the stronger document because it carries goals, service minutes and progress reporting. Section 504 plans are faster to write and easier for a district to agree to.
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.
Print the current IEP and bring it to the first call. Every advocate on the Greenwich list will ask for it.
Two questions sort most of this out. What would you do first with this file, and what does that cost.
