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
An IEP advocate goes to school meetings with you and argues for services your child is not getting.
Most of the work happens before anyone sits down in a Huntington conference room.
During a Huntington IEP meeting an advocate writes down what the team agrees to and asks for it in the document before anyone leaves the room.
Huntington Union Free 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.
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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6 public schools inside Huntington belong to Huntington Union Free 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.
Charter and magnet enrollment changes who owes the service. Ask which agency is responsible before the first meeting.
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.
Bring the last two report cards and the current plan. That is usually enough paper to start.
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.
Certification programs exist and some advocates hold them. None of them is issued by the New York State Education Department, Office of Special Education, and none of them is required to sit in a New York IEP meeting.
A certificate says nothing about Huntington Union Free School District. Ask instead what the advocate has filed there and what came back.
Advocates are not attorneys. No advocate in Huntington can file a lawsuit for you or give you legal advice about the case.
Huntington Union Free 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 Huntington 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.
Answers about hiring a special education advocate in Huntington, New York, including cost, timing, virtual support, and Section 504 help.
How much does an IEP advocate cost in Huntington?
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.
Which school district serves Huntington, New York?
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.
Is there low cost IEP help anywhere?
Free guidance exists. Parent centers, disability rights agencies and local parent groups all give it, and none of them will attend the meeting as your representative.
Who decides a special education complaint in New York?
Written complaints go to the New York State Education Department. It decides on the paperwork rather than at a hearing, so dates and documents are what the decision turns on.
How do I prepare for an IEP meeting in Huntington?
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 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.
Start with two calls, not six. Ask each advocate what they would do first with a Huntington file, and hire the one whose answer is specific enough that you could write it down as a task.
Say the name of your school and Huntington Union Free School District in the first message. That is enough for an advocate to know whether they can take the case.
