Virtual · based in Austin, TX · works with Michigan schools
Chelsea Venegas
Educational Advocate
Chelsea Venegas is a special education advocate serving families in Austin, TX.
- From $175 per hour
- Meets by video or phone
IEP advocates in Farmington Hills, Michigan
Special education and Section 504 advocates for Farmington Public School District families in Farmington Hills.
3 virtual advocates who work with Michigan schools
What an advocate does for a Farmington Hills family
An IEP advocate goes to school meetings with you and argues for services your child is not getting.
Parents in Farmington Hills usually start looking for an advocate when a meeting is already on the calendar.
What the work looks like
Before the meeting an advocate reads the current IEP against the evaluation reports, pulls the progress data to see whether the goals are actually being met, writes your concerns into one page, and sends it to the team in advance.
Farmington Public 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.
Virtual advocates who work with Michigan families
These advocates are not based in Michigan. They join IEP meetings by video or phone, which IDEA allows when you and the school agree.
Virtual · based in Atlanta, GA · works with Michigan schools
Ms. Dixon, Psy.S.
School Psychologist & Parent Advocate
I’m a certified School Psychologist, Parent Advocate, and Coach dedicated to helping families navigate special education with confidence.
- Anxiety, ADHD / Attention, Autism Spectrum, Behavioral & Emotional
- From $100 per hour
- Meets by video or phone
Virtual · based in Harrisburg, PA · works with Michigan schools
Boaz Gregory
Special Education Advocate
I’m a special education teacher with experience supporting students with behavioral, intellectual, and learning needs.
- From $100 per hour
- Meets in person or by video
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Which district is in the room
11 public schools inside Farmington Hills belong to Farmington Public 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.
Buildings do not fund services and districts do. Ask which office is deciding before you spend a meeting arguing with the wrong one.
- District Farmington Public School District
- County Oakland County
- Public schools inside Farmington Hills 11
- Size Farmington Hills is the 10th-largest city in Michigan by the 2024 Census estimate
Confirm your child's district by address before you send a letter or name a district-specific process.
The deadlines that apply in Michigan
The clock that matters starts when you sign consent. In Michigan it runs 30 school days.
Keep every email. Most of what an advocate does with a Farmington Hills file is date-stamping what the school already told you.
Michigan gives a school district 30 school days to finish an initial special education evaluation. A written request for an evaluation has to be answered inside 10 school days. Missed deadlines are handled by the Michigan Department of Education, Office of Special Education, which takes written state complaints from parents.
Who licenses advocates in Michigan
Certification programs exist and some advocates hold them. None of them is issued by the Michigan Department of Education, Office of Special Education, and none of them is required to sit in a Michigan IEP meeting.
Farmington Public School District does not approve or bar advocates. Federal rules let a parent bring anyone with knowledge of the child to the meeting.
What an advocate cannot do
Hiring an advocate does not pause a deadline or undo a meeting that already happened. The work starts from wherever the Farmington Hills 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.
Local advocates and video advocates
Rates and openings decide most of this. An advocate who cannot meet before your Farmington Hills meeting date is the wrong hire, and the second-best advocate who is free this month usually beats the best one who is not.
Distance is a scheduling problem and not a legal one. Meetings run by video whenever the parent and the school both agree to it.
Farmington Hills IEP and Section 504 advocate FAQ
Answers about hiring a special education advocate in Farmington Hills, Michigan, including cost, timing, virtual support, and Section 504 help.
What is the hourly rate for a parent advocate?
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.
When should I hire a special education advocate in Farmington Hills?
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.
Does Farmington Public School District cover every Farmington Hills address?
Most of the city sits inside Farmington Public School District. 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.
How long can a school take to test my child?
The deadline in Michigan for finishing an initial evaluation is 30 school days. Put that date on your calendar the day you sign consent, because the district counts from the paperwork and not from the conversation.
How do I get my child school records?
Ask for the full file, which means every evaluation, the progress data behind each goal and any email where the school said no. Put it in writing and keep the date.
Official special education resources in Michigan
Official Michigan links for parents in Farmington Hills.
Sources for the Michigan rules on this page
- Mich. Admin. Code R 340.1721b (Mich. Admin. Code R 340.1721b)
- Mich. Admin. Code R 340.1721 (Mich. Admin. Code R 340.1721)
- MDE Dispute Resolution Options
- MDE Special Education
Last reviewed 2026-08-11.
Nearby cities in Michigan
The same Michigan rules apply in Flint, Troy, Livonia, Rochester Hills and the other cities listed here, or see every Michigan advocate.
What to do next
If nobody here fits, check the Flint page next. The same Michigan rules apply there.
Say the name of your school and Farmington Public School District in the first message. That is enough for an advocate to know whether they can take the case.
