Educational Advocacy & Consulting

AdvocacySD

Launching Students Towards Success

The talented team at AdvocacySD LLC provides educational advocacy and consulting in California and Arizona to support your student to launch toward success.

IEP, 504 and Residential Placement Support from
Fully- Credentialed Consultants

Be it navigating your first IEP or your tenth, finding a residential placement for your student, or locating a young adult program, our educational advocates and consultants will use their district experience to help launch your student toward success.

Services

Special Education / 504

With over 20 years of hands-on school district experience, our educational advocacy experts are well-versed in all things special education and Section 504. Whether you just need someone to review documents and reports, or you need someone to go to bat for your student, our special education advocates will get you through the challenges your student faces. Our team is highly skilled in Alternative Dispute Resolution, preventing cases from going to due process unnecessarily.

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Educational Consulting/Placement

You may find your child or young adult needs more mental health support and guidance than is available locally. As educational consultants, we personally tour in-state and out-of-state therapeutic and transition programs to ensure we have first-hand experience with programs we recommend.

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Young Adult Support

Just because your student has transitioned into adulthood does not mean their need for support disappears. Our educational consultants assist you in finding appropriate school-based and community supports for your student to help them prepare to launch toward success.

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Professional Development

Are you a program or school district wanting hands-on collaborative staff training? Are you a community group wanting to provide learning opportunities for your members? Our educational consultants provide the time and training you need to meet your organization’s goals.

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What our Clients are Saying

"Thank you for your guidance, Nicole. Although this goes without saying, I'm going to say it anyway. We couldn't have done it without you and we're grateful for all that you've done for our family."

– Heather

"Can I just say I think you are amazing and I am so happy you are involved and helping."

– Bob

"We wanted to take the time to thank you for all your efforts on our family's behalf. We have often discussed that we are unprepared to navigate this situation on our own. Your guidance and ability to get the attention of the district has completely changed the level of discussion and engagement by the district and the outcomes/services for our child. Thank you, again."

– Joe

"I would recommend you to any parent who need advocacy services. I can tell a BIG difference after we had you represent us. Thank you!"

– Ying

“Nicole (Our Education Advocate) has helped my family tremendously to navigate the IEP process with both of my step-children. Both are / were challenging cases and the resources she opened up, the flexibility across the District, and contacts that she fought to connect us with have made this experience, at least, slightly easier and, certainly, more successful. Her passion for the kids is limitless and I know that her time and effort in the industry has given her particularly strong contacts. We could not have gotten what our kids need without her.”

– David

“Working with Nicole and AdvocacySD was amazing! They helped us navigate what was a very difficult IEP in a timely and professional manner getting our son everything he needed.”

– Melissa

"Nicole was extremely helpful in assisting us with the IEP process. I highly recommend her services to anyone navigating an IEP for the first time. Her knowledge and assistance were just what we needed when we didn’t know how to proceed in dealing with the school."

– Alicia

"Nicole helped us to determine that an RTC was the best option for our daughter. She had contacts at the RTCs that we were considering and some others. Nicole was very responsive and a great listener. I felt more assured taking this route after our conversations, which helped keep me on the same page with my husband, which was critical when taking such a significant step. Our daughter is doing well at the RTC and I know this was the best path forward."

– Candace

"My husband found AdvocacySD by a Google search and after speaking to Nicole for about 10 minutes I didn't bother reaching out to anyone else. My son was getting all F's and the school was making the most minor changes to correct it. They were not helping at all. The 1st email that advocacy SD sent to his school listed off at least 10 things that they were doing wrong. Within a matter of months his IEP was completely modified. It was a great learning experience with a positive outcome working with this company."

– Heather

"Advocacy SD did a great job in battling for my son to get the special education services that he qualified for. Advocacy SD had the school district conduct assessments on my son to get him the accommodations that he needed to be successful and fought diligently to construct an IEP that my son can use to continue his educational pursuits post High School graduation. My son and I highly recommend Advocacy SD!"

– Paul

"Nicole was the best Special Education advocate my son ever had. She was direct, fierce and effective in getting the school district to admit they were violating my son's IEP. Her skills and abilities were able to get my son compensation for services the school never provided to him. I only wish I hired Nicole during the Elementary School years, because my son would have had services the school refused to provide during that time period. My son graduated from High School two days ago and I am so grateful that he had Nicole fighting for him until the very end. Her work ethic and effectiveness were very impressive. I highly recommend her to parents that struggling with their children's needs not being met."

– Rose

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