Derry Cooperative School District staff run the IEP meetings in Derry. These advocates sit on your side of the table.
3 virtual advocates who work with New Hampshire schools
Hiring one is optional. Nothing in federal law requires a parent to bring an advocate to an IEP meeting.
Most of the work happens before anyone sits down in a Derry conference room.
After the meeting the work is dull. The advocate reads the draft against the notes and sends a correction back the same week.
Note what changed at home. Teachers see one room for one hour and parents see the rest of the day.
These advocates are not based in New Hampshire. 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 New Hampshire 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 Coraopolis, PA · works with New Hampshire schools
Board Certified Behavior Analyst and Special Education Advocate
Hi there! I'm Brittany, owner and founder of Balanced Behaviors, LLC. I'm a Behavior Analyst and Licensed Behavior Specialist in Pennsylvania with a Master’s in Special Education from Slippery Rock…
Virtual · based in Arlington Heights, IL · works with New Hampshire schools
Special Education Advocate
I am a former special education teacher, with experience in public and therapeutic day schools.
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Derry Cooperative School District runs the IEP meetings for most Derry students, and its special education staff will be on the other side of the table when you walk in.
Parents in Concord 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.
A written request for an evaluation starts a second clock in New Hampshire, and the district has to answer inside 15 business days.
Write down what you want the school to add, in one page, before you walk into the Derry meeting, because a team that reads your list in advance cannot pretend it never came up.
New Hampshire gives a school district 60 days to finish an initial special education evaluation. A written request for an evaluation has to be answered inside 15 business days. Missed deadlines are handled by the New Hampshire Department of Education, Bureau of Special Education Support, which takes written state complaints from parents.
No state license exists for special education advocacy. No federal agency issues one either, and no exam stands between a person and the title.
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.
No advocate can promise a placement or an outcome in Derry. Anyone who does is selling you something.
Derry Cooperative School District is allowed to say no. What it is not allowed to do is say no without written notice that explains the reason.
No advocate is listed in every city. A remote advocate who knows New Hampshire rules is usually a better hire for Derry than a local one who does not.
Ask whether the advocate has sat in a Derry Cooperative School District 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 Derry, New Hampshire, including cost, timing, virtual support, and Section 504 help.
What do special education advocates charge in Derry, New Hampshire?
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.
Who runs special education for Derry schools?
Derry Cooperative School District runs the IEP meetings for most Derry students. District lines and city lines are not the same, so confirm yours by address before you send a letter.
What is the evaluation deadline in New Hampshire?
The rule here is 60 days. It covers the evaluation only. Writing the plan after a child is found eligible is a separate step with its own timing.
Do I have to use an advocate from my own town?
Every card on this page names the city the advocate works from. Advocates listed under the virtual heading live somewhere else and work with families here by video or phone.
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 New Hampshire links for parents in Derry.
Last reviewed 2026-08-11.
The same New Hampshire rules apply in Concord, Dover, Nashua, Rochester and the other cities listed here, or see every New Hampshire advocate.
Send the same two questions to every advocate you contact in Derry and Concord. Ask for the rate and for the first date they can meet.
Have the most recent Derry Cooperative School District progress report open on the first call. It shows whether the goals moved at all.
