The school system is overwhelming. You don't have to face it alone.
From IEP meetings that feel rigged against you to evaluations that never come — getting your child what they're legally entitled to in Nassau, Suffolk, or any of the five boroughs shouldn't take a law degree. I'm the insider who walks in beside you.
The struggle is real.
Endless paperwork. Meetings packed with people who already know what they're going to say. A child who can't wait another semester for the school to catch up.
I know the rooms.
I've sat at the CSE table in Long Island districts and at NYC DOE regional meetings. I know which words trigger a re-evaluation, which deadlines actually have teeth, and what a defensible IEP looks like in your district.
One call to change the trajectory.
Bring me the paperwork and the worry. I'll tell you, plainly, what's missing and what to do next — usually within the week.
The right words, said at the right moment, change what your child gets next year.
Six ways to put a professional advocate on your side.
Send me the IEP and recent evaluations. You get a written analysis that names every gap, every missing service, and every legal lever you have.
I sit at the CSE/IEP table with you, prepared, on-record, and impossible to brush off.
On-call support for the families who need a year of vigilance, not a single meeting.
Parent Member statements, evaluation requests, prior-written-notice responses — written so the district has to take them seriously.
Two flavors: a Long Island session and an NYC DOE session. The crash course every parent should take before their first CSE meeting.
Years inside the system. Now working only for families.
I spent years inside New York's special-education system. I know what gets said when parents leave the room — and what to ask so it never gets said about your child.
"After two years of being told 'there's nothing more we can do,' she walked into one meeting and we walked out with a 1:1 paraprofessional. {{REPLACE_WITH_REAL_QUOTE}}"
"The IEP audit alone was worth ten times what I paid. It read like a legal brief, and the district responded accordingly. {{REPLACE_WITH_REAL_QUOTE}}"
The next meeting will happen with or without preparation.
Let's make sure it happens with someone in your corner who has done this before.