Fulton County Public Schools staff run the IEP meetings in East Point. These advocates sit on your side of the table.
5 based in Georgia · 3 virtual advocates who work with Georgia schools
Advocates work for you, not for the school. That is the whole difference.
Families in East Point and Canton 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.
The meeting itself is the smallest part of the job. Nearly all the hours go into records and email before the East Point team ever sits down.
Request the full file in writing before you hire anyone. Schools have to give parents the education records they keep.
No advocate in this directory lists East Point as their home base. These advocates work from other parts of Georgia, and each card names the city.
Based in Flowery Branch, GA
Special education advocate/ IEP consultant
I am a certified special education teacher and a behavior specialist. Additionally, I am a mother to a child with behavioral issues who has an Individualized Education Program (IEP), as well as…
Based in Buford, GA
Georgia Special Education & IEP Advocate
Dr. Mary Jo Ray-Jewett is the owner and lead advocate of The IEP Guru, LLC, providing special education advocacy throughout Georgia.
Based in Atlanta, GA
Special Education Advocate
My name is Jalani Traxler and I have loved teaching sense I myself was a student with an IEP receiving my own accommodations in elementary school.
These advocates are not based in Georgia. They join IEP meetings by video or phone, which IDEA allows when you and the school agree.
Virtual · based in Newcastle, OK · works with Georgia schools
Special Education Advocate - IEP Consultant
Former special education teacher and educational advocate with experience on both sides of the IEP table.
Virtual · based in Alamo, TX · works with Georgia schools
Bilingual Special Education Advocate and Interpreter
Félix Ramos Jr. es fundador de RIO Advocates, LLC, donde brinda servicios bilingües de defensa educativa e interpretación en inglés y español.
Virtual · based in Hialeah, FL · works with Georgia schools
Advocate
I look forward to helping families and their students get the crucial support they need. I have varied experience working with families and educators at the state and local levels.
Fulton County Public Schools runs the IEP meetings for most East Point students, and its special education staff will be on the other side of the table when you walk in.
Families who move between Canton and here change districts, and the new team is not required to keep the old plan word for word.
Confirm your child's district by address before you send a letter or name a district-specific process.
Federal law lets a state write its own evaluation deadline instead of using the national one. What Georgia actually requires is 60 calendar days.
Write down what you want the school to add, in one page, before you walk into the East Point meeting, because a team that reads your list in advance cannot pretend it never came up.
Georgia gives a school district 60 calendar days to finish an initial special education evaluation. No Georgia rule sets a separate deadline for answering a written request, so the federal reasonable-time standard is what applies. Missed deadlines are handled by the Georgia Department of Education, Division for Exceptional Children, which takes written state complaints from parents.
No state license exists for special education advocacy. No federal agency issues one either, and no exam stands between a person and the title.
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 Georgia Department of Education does, and only after someone files one in writing.
Fulton County Public Schools 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 Georgia is not the same as taking East Point cases, so read the service area on each of the 5 in-state profiles before you write to anyone.
Ask whether the advocate has sat in a Fulton County Public Schools meeting before. The answer is a yes or a no and it tells you a great deal.
Answers about hiring a special education advocate in East Point, Georgia, including cost, timing, virtual support, and Section 504 help.
What do special education advocates charge in East Point, Georgia?
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.
Do I need an advocate for a routine annual review?
Most parents call after a school says no to testing, after goals repeat unchanged for a year, or a week before an annual review. Earlier is cheaper. An advocate hired the night before a meeting can only read so much.
Can we work with an advocate who lives outside Georgia?
Yes, with one condition. The school has to agree to the meeting format, so put the request in writing before the date is set.
Who runs special education for East Point schools?
Most East Point families work with Fulton County Public Schools. Charter and magnet enrollment can change which agency owes the service, so ask that question before the first meeting.
What documents does an advocate need from me?
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 Georgia links for parents in East Point.
Last reviewed 2026-08-11.
The same Georgia rules apply in Canton, Woodstock, Douglasville, Kennesaw and the other cities listed here, or see every Georgia advocate.
Send the same two questions to every advocate you contact in East Point and Canton. Ask for the rate and for the first date they can meet.
Have the most recent Fulton County Public Schools progress report open on the first call. It shows whether the goals moved at all.
