Advocates here work with Livonia families and Livonia Public School District teams. Each profile lists a rate when the advocate shares one.
3 virtual advocates who work with Michigan schools
The job is plain. An advocate knows what services the school owes your child and asks for them in writing.
Livonia is the 8th-largest city in Michigan. Size has nothing to do with how well a district runs its IEP meetings, and a small district with one experienced case manager often does better than a large one.
During a Livonia IEP meeting an advocate writes down what the team agrees to and asks for it in the document before anyone leaves the room.
Records live with Livonia Public School District, not with the front office of one building, and a request addressed to the district gets a faster answer than one that is not.
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 Newcastle, OK · works with Michigan 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 Hawthorne, NJ · works with Michigan schools
IEP Consultant, School Social Worker, Advocacy
I am a Child Study Team School Social Worker, with a Master of Social Work from Fordham University. I have core competencies in special education law, mental health, and behavioral health.
Virtual · based in Cumming, GA · works with Michigan schools
Founder
I’m Russell Lloyd, founder of YourChild.org, author, mentor, and special education advocate. I review the record, find the gaps, build the strategy, prepare the parent, and lead IEP meetings.
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Livonia Public School District takes most Livonia addresses, but not all of them. Check yours before you send a letter, because a request that lands in the wrong district office does not start the evaluation clock at all.
District lines and city lines are not the same thing. A street can sit inside one city and be zoned to the district next door.
Confirm your child's district by address. Livonia addresses may fall in more than one public school district.
A written request for an evaluation starts a second clock in Michigan, and the district has to answer inside 10 school days.
Ask the Livonia team for the evaluation report before the meeting, not at it, because nobody reads a long report accurately while the rest of the team waits.
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.
Michigan does not license or certify special education advocates. Anyone in Livonia can print a card with the word advocate on it.
A certificate says nothing about Livonia Public School District. Ask instead what the advocate has filed there and what came back.
An advocate cannot make the district agree. What moves a district is the record you build, not the person sitting next to you, and a good advocate spends more hours on the record than in the room.
Livonia Public School District answers to the parent on the paperwork, so an advocate can draft the letter and you still have to be the one who sends it.
Rates and openings decide most of this. An advocate who cannot meet before your Livonia 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 Livonia, Michigan, including cost, timing, virtual support, and Section 504 help.
How much does an IEP advocate cost in Livonia?
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 a lawyer or an advocate for my child?
Two different jobs. The advocate works the IEP process and the attorney works the legal one. If a hearing is already filed, you need the attorney.
Which school district serves Livonia, Michigan?
Most of the city sits inside Livonia 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.
Do advocates handle accommodation plans?
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.
How do I prepare for an IEP meeting in Livonia?
Bring the current IEP or 504 plan, the most recent evaluation report, the last two progress reports and any email where the school said no. An advocate who has those before the call can tell you what is missing in ten minutes.
Official Michigan links for parents in Livonia.
Last reviewed 2026-08-11.
The same Michigan rules apply in Dearborn, Troy, Farmington Hills, Lansing and the other cities listed here, or see every Michigan advocate.
Send the same two questions to every advocate you contact in Livonia and Dearborn. Ask for the rate and for the first date they can meet.
Two questions sort most of this out. What would you do first with this file, and what does that cost.
