Special education and Section 504 advocates for Cobb County Public Schools families in Marietta.
5 based in Georgia · 3 virtual advocates who work with Georgia schools
An IEP advocate goes to school meetings with you and argues for services your child is not getting.
Parents in Marietta usually start looking for an advocate when a meeting is already on the calendar.
During a Marietta IEP meeting an advocate writes down what the team agrees to and asks for it in the document before anyone leaves the room.
Cobb County Public Schools can charge for copies of a file. Asking to inspect the record in person instead costs nothing under federal rules.
No advocate in this directory lists Marietta 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 Portland, OR · works with Georgia schools
Experienced Special Education Advocate & Former District Administrator
Chelsea Venegas, M.Ed., is the Founder & Special Education Advocate at Access & Bloom. A former special education teacher, school administrator, and district leader, she supports families with IEPs,…
Virtual · based in Houston, TX · works with Georgia schools
Special Education Advocate
~Beginning of school year document review sale - $50(Up to 4hrs) Non-Attorney Certified Special Education Advocate with 13 years of healthcare experience & 2 years of advocacy experience.
Virtual · based in San Diego, CA · works with Georgia 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.
45 public schools inside Marietta belong to Cobb County Public Schools. 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.
Buildings do not fund services and districts do. Ask which office is deciding before you spend a meeting arguing with the wrong one.
Confirm your child's district by address. Marietta addresses may fall in more than one public school district.
Once you sign consent for testing, a Georgia district has 60 calendar days to finish an initial evaluation, and that clock does not stop because a case manager is out or the file went to the wrong building.
Keep every email. Most of what an advocate does with a Marietta file is date-stamping what the school already told you.
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.
Certification programs exist and some advocates hold them. None of them is issued by the Georgia Department of Education, Division for Exceptional Children, and none of them is required to sit in a Georgia IEP meeting.
A certificate says nothing about Cobb County Public Schools. Ask instead what the advocate has filed there and what came back.
Hiring an advocate does not pause a deadline or undo a meeting that already happened. The work starts from wherever the Marietta file sits today.
Nobody can undo a meeting you already agreed to in writing. Read the page you are asked to sign before the room empties.
Rates and openings decide most of this. An advocate who cannot meet before your Marietta meeting date is the wrong hire, and the second-best advocate who is free this month usually beats the best one who is 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 Marietta, Georgia, including cost, timing, virtual support, and Section 504 help.
How much does an IEP advocate cost in Marietta?
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.
Can an advocate join an IEP meeting by video?
Yes. IDEA, the federal special education law, requires parent participation in IEP meetings and allows alternative means such as video or phone when you and the school agree. Your advocate does not have to live nearby.
Which school district serves Marietta, Georgia?
Most Marietta families work with Cobb County Public Schools. 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 Georgia?
The deadline in Georgia for finishing an initial evaluation is 60 calendar days. Put that date on your calendar the day you sign consent, because the district counts from the paperwork and not from the conversation.
Are there any IEP advocates near Marietta?
No advocate is listed in every town, and each card here says where that person lives. Somebody who knows the state rules and has an opening this month usually beats the nearest name on the list.
Official Georgia links for parents in Marietta.
Last reviewed 2026-08-11.
The same Georgia rules apply in Albany, Brookhaven, Alpharetta, Smyrna and the other cities listed here, or see every Georgia advocate.
Start with two calls, not six. Ask each advocate what they would do first with a Marietta file, and hire the one whose answer is specific enough that you could write it down as a task.
Say the name of your school and Cobb County Public Schools in the first message. That is enough for an advocate to know whether they can take the case.
