Advocates here work with Huntington families and Huntington Union Free School District teams. Each profile lists a rate when the advocate shares one.
1 based in New York · 3 virtual advocates who work with New York 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 Huntington 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 Huntington 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 Huntington as their home base. These advocates work from other parts of New York, and each card names the city.
Based in New York, NY
Special Education Advocate
Clara Liriano, M.S., is a Special Education Advocate and New York State Certified Special Education Teacher with more than 20 years of experience supporting children and individuals with…
These advocates are not based in New York. They join IEP meetings by video or phone, which IDEA allows when you and the school agree.
Virtual · based in Leesburg, FL · works with New York 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 Kansas City, MO · works with New York schools
Navigate Special Education with Clarity and Confidence - Guiding Families. Building Futures.
Dr. Diane is a special education advocate and founder of Steppingstone Services, LLC. She holds a Ph.D.
Virtual · based in Leonardtown, MD · works with New York schools
Special Education Advocate
Douglas Hubscher is the Founder and President of Kids Are First, LLC, a special education advocacy firm dedicated to helping families navigate the IEP and 504 process with confidence, clarity, and…
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Huntington Union Free School District runs the IEP meetings for most Huntington students, and its special education staff will be on the other side of the table when you walk in.
Parents in Brookhaven 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.
The deadline for finishing an initial evaluation in New York is 60 calendar days. Put that date on your calendar the day the paperwork goes in.
Put the request in writing and date it. An email to the Huntington school counts as writing.
New York gives a school district 60 calendar days to finish an initial special education evaluation. No New York 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 New York State Education Department, Office of Special Education, which takes written state complaints from parents.
Training varies, and so does what it proves. A parent who asks how many Huntington IEP meetings an advocate sat in last year learns more than a certificate would show.
Check the references and not the letters after the name. Two calls to past clients settle it faster than any credential list.
Advocates do not decide complaints. The New York State Education Department does, and only after someone files one in writing.
Advocates who have never seen the file cannot tell you what is missing from it. Send the records first and book the call second.
Being listed for New York is not the same as taking Huntington cases, so read the service area on each of the 1 in-state profiles before you write to anyone.
Experience with Huntington Union Free School District matters more than the number of years printed on a profile page.
Answers about hiring a special education advocate in Huntington, New York, including cost, timing, virtual support, and Section 504 help.
What do special education advocates charge in Huntington, New York?
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.
Who runs special education for Huntington schools?
Most of the city sits inside Huntington Union Free 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.
What should a records request say?
Ask in writing and address it to the district rather than the front office. Schools have to let parents inspect the education records they keep, and inspection has to happen before the next IEP meeting.
What is the difference between an IEP and a 504 plan?
The short version. IEP means the school changes what is taught and how, and Section 504 means the school changes the conditions around it.
What documents does an advocate need from me?
Write down the two things you want changed and bring the paperwork that shows why. Meetings run long when nobody in the room has decided what the ask is.
Official New York links for parents in Huntington.
Last reviewed 2026-08-11.
The same New York rules apply in Brookhaven, Montour Falls, Babylon, Rye and the other cities listed here, or see every New York advocate.
You are not limited to advocates inside Huntington. The closest listed office is in New York, and distance matters less than whether that person has worked a case in your district.
Have the most recent Huntington Union Free School District progress report open on the first call. It shows whether the goals moved at all.
