Wellesley Public Schools staff run the IEP meetings in Wellesley. These advocates sit on your side of the table.
1 based in Massachusetts · 3 virtual advocates who work with Massachusetts schools
Advocates work for you, not for the school. That is the whole difference.
The search usually starts the week a parent reads an evaluation report and cannot tell from it whether Wellesley schools are offering enough.
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 Wellesley team wrote two years ago that contradicts what it is saying now.
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 Wellesley as their home base. These advocates work from other parts of Massachusetts, and each card names the city.
Based in Springfield, MA
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My parent advocacy experience in special education began with students diagnosed on the Autism Spectrum, assisting parents with IEP language, asking the appropriate questions to get the answers they…
These advocates are not based in Massachusetts. They join IEP meetings by video or phone, which IDEA allows when you and the school agree.
Virtual · based in Los Angeles, CA · works with Massachusetts schools
Strategic Special Education Advocate
I combine the precision of a Columbia Law attorney with over a decade of special education leadership to help Los Angeles families navigate the IEP process with clarity, confidence, and results.
Virtual · based in Leesburg, FL · works with Massachusetts schools
CEO IEP Advocate Espanol
Evelyn Roman-Santos is a bilingual Special Education Advocate with 30 years of experience as a School Social Worker.
Virtual · based in Elmo, UT · works with Massachusetts schools
Parent Advocate or School Navigation Consultant.
With a Master's in School Counseling and years inside public schools, I bring an insider's perspective. I've led hundreds of IEP and 504 meetings, backed by specialized legal training.
See all 30 virtual advocates who work with Massachusetts families
Wellesley Public Schools runs the IEP meetings for most Wellesley students, and its special education staff will be on the other side of the table when you walk in.
Parents in Lexington face the same paperwork. Rules do not change from one town to the next inside a state.
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 Massachusetts actually requires is 30 school working days for the assessments and 45 school working days to the Team meeting and proposed IEP.
Write down what you want the school to add, in one page, before you walk into the Wellesley meeting, because a team that reads your list in advance cannot pretend it never came up.
Massachusetts gives a school district 30 school working days for the assessments and 45 school working days to the Team meeting and proposed IEP 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 Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Office of Special Education Planning and Policy, which takes written state complaints from parents.
The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education oversees special education in Massachusetts. 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 do not decide complaints. The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education does, and only after someone files one in writing.
Wellesley 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 Massachusetts is not the same as taking Wellesley cases, so read the service area on each of the 1 in-state profiles before you write to anyone.
Ask whether the advocate has sat in a Wellesley 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 Wellesley, Massachusetts, including cost, timing, virtual support, and Section 504 help.
What do special education advocates charge in Wellesley, Massachusetts?
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.
Can we work with an advocate who lives outside Massachusetts?
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 Wellesley schools?
Most Wellesley families work with Wellesley Public Schools. Charter and magnet enrollment can change which agency owes the service, so ask that question before the first meeting.
Can I bring an advocate to a Section 504 meeting?
Nearly every advocate on this page takes both. Compare profiles for experience with accommodations, 504 meetings and school compliance, and ask the school in writing before you bring anyone to a 504 meeting.
What is the difference between an IEP and a 504 plan?
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 Massachusetts links for parents in Wellesley.
Last reviewed 2026-08-11.
The same Massachusetts rules apply in Lexington, Salem, Plymouth, Brookline and the other cities listed here, or see every Massachusetts advocate.
You are not limited to advocates inside Wellesley. The closest listed office is in Springfield, and distance matters less than whether that person has worked a case in your district.
Keep a one-page timeline of what happened and when. Every advocate you talk to will start by building the same thing.
