Special education and Section 504 advocates for Cobb County Public Schools families in Kennesaw.
4 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 Kennesaw 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.
Paperwork is where cases are won or lost, and an advocate who has read every progress report in the file will find the sentence a Kennesaw team wrote two years ago that contradicts what it is saying now.
Note what changed at home. Teachers see one room for one hour and parents see the rest of the day.
No advocate in this directory lists Kennesaw 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 I am also a behavior specialist. I am also a mother to a child with Behavioral issues on an IEP, and another child with a 504.
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.
Based in Atlanta, GA
School Psychologist & Parent Advocate
I’m a certified School Psychologist, Parent Advocate, and Coach dedicated to helping families navigate special education with confidence.
Based in Cumming, GA
Founder
Russell Lloyd is a special education advocate serving families in Cumming, GA.
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 Wesley Chapel, FL · works with Georgia schools
Special Education Advocate
With 24 years of experience in the K-12 sector, I serves as a Student Support Specialist specializing in academic and behavioral ESE services.
Virtual · based in New York, NY · works with Georgia schools
Special Education Advocate
Clara Liriano, M.S., is a Special Education Advocate and New York State Certified Special Education Teacher with more than 20 years of experience supporting children and individuals with…
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.
Cobb County Public Schools runs the IEP meetings for most Kennesaw students, and its special education staff will be on the other side of the table when you walk in.
A Canton parent group can tell you how the same district handled a case like yours, which is worth more to read than a policy page.
Confirm your child's district by address before you send a letter or name a district-specific process.
The deadline for finishing an initial evaluation in Georgia is 60 calendar days. Put that date on your calendar the day the paperwork goes in.
Put the request in writing and date it. An email to the Kennesaw school counts as writing.
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. Georgia Department of Education, Division for Exceptional Children oversees special education in the state.
The Georgia Department of Education oversees special education in Georgia. It does not license the advocates parents hire.
Ask what training the advocate actually finished and who ran it. A one-day webinar and a two-year program both end in a certificate.
Advocates charge for this. At $75 to $150 per hour, a standard IEP cycle with two hours of prep and two hours in the meeting runs about $400, and that money does not come back if the answer is still no.
Cobb 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 Kennesaw cases, so read the service area on each of the 4 in-state profiles before you write to anyone.
Advocates who take Canton 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 Kennesaw, Georgia, including cost, timing, virtual support, and Section 504 help.
What do special education advocates charge in Kennesaw, 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?
No fixed trigger exists. The useful test is whether you can tell from the paperwork what the school is actually offering, and whether the last thing you asked for came back in writing.
What is the difference between an IEP advocate and a special education attorney?
No. Advocates prepare for meetings, read the records and negotiate with the district. Attorneys file due process complaints and appear at hearings, which an advocate cannot do.
Who runs special education for Kennesaw schools?
Most of the city sits inside Cobb County Public Schools. 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.
Where does a written special education complaint go?
Written complaints go to the Georgia Department of Education. It decides on the paperwork rather than at a hearing, so dates and documents are what the decision turns on.
Official Georgia links for parents in Kennesaw.
Last reviewed 2026-08-11.
The same Georgia rules apply in Canton, Tucker, Duluth, East Point and the other cities listed here, or see every Georgia advocate.
If nobody here fits, check the Canton page next. The same Georgia rules apply there.
Keep a one-page timeline of what happened and when. Every advocate you talk to will start by building the same thing.
