WE HELP YOUR CHILD WIN!

Experienced IEP & Special Education Advocates — Nationwide
 

When your child is struggling in school, you shouldn't have to navigate the special education system alone.

MyChildWins.com Education Advocates helps parents advocate for children with disabilities in public schools throughout the United States.
 

Whether you need help preparing for an IEP meeting, obtaining appropriate special education services, dealing with school discipline, challenging an inappropriate educational program, or resolving a serious dispute with your school district, our experienced special education advocates can help.

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Talk with an experienced special education advocate about your child's situation.
 

HOW CAN WE HELP YOUR CHILD?

IEP Advocacy
 

Does your child's IEP actually address your child's educational needs?

Our IEP advocates help parents prepare for and participate in IEP meetings, review educational records and evaluations, identify areas of concern, develop appropriate goals and services, and advocate for an educational program designed to meet the child's unique needs.

We help families address concerns involving:

• IEP eligibility and evaluations

• Present levels of academic and functional performance

• Measurable annual IEP goals

• Specially designed instruction

• Related services

• Accommodations and modifications

• Assistive technology

• Behavioral supports

• Placement and Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)

• Extended School Year (ESY)

• Transition services
   

Need help with an upcoming IEP meeting? Talk with a MyChildWins.com IEP advocate.

SCHOOL DISCIPLINE, SUSPENSION & EXPULSION

Does Your Child Have an IEP or 504 Plan and Keep Getting in Trouble at School?

Students with disabilities may have important protections under federal law when facing school suspension, expulsion, disciplinary removal or alternative school placement.
 

MyChildWins.com assists  parents with complicated school-discipline matters involving students with disabilities.

We help families with:

• School suspensions

• Proposed expulsions

• Manifestation Determination Reviews (MDRs)

• Disciplinary changes of placement

• Alternative school placements

• Interim Alternative Educational Settings

• Functional Behavioral Assessments (FBAs)

• Behavior Intervention Plans (BIPs)

• IDEA disciplinary protections

• Disputes involving school discipline

Don't wait until repeated suspensions become an expulsion problem.

MANIFESTATION DETERMINATION REVIEWS

Is Your Child Facing a Manifestation Determination?

A Manifestation Determination Review, frequently called an MDR or manifestation meeting, can be one of the most important meetings a parent attends when a student with a disability faces serious school discipline.
 

The team may need to determine whether the student's conduct was caused by, or had a direct and substantial relationship to, the child's disability and whether the conduct was the direct result of the school district's failure to implement the IEP.
 

The outcome can significantly affect what happens next.
 

MyChildWins.com provides experienced advocacy for parents preparing for manifestation determinations and other special education disciplinary proceedings.
 

SECTION 504 ADVOCACY

Does Your Child Need a 504 Plan?
 

Not every student with a disability requires special education through an IEP.

Some students may qualify for protections and accommodations under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
 

MyChildWins.com helps parents address concerns involving:

• 504 eligibility

• Evaluations

• Appropriate accommodations

• Implementation of 504 Plans

• Disability discrimination

• School discipline involving students with disabilities

• Disputes concerning appropriate educational access
   

If the school is refusing to evaluate your child, denying accommodations or failing to follow an existing 504 Plan, we can help you understand your options.
 

SPECIAL EDUCATION EVALUATIONS

Is the School Refusing to Evaluate Your Child?

A good special education program begins with understanding the child's needs.

Parents frequently contact us because they believe their child needs additional evaluations or because existing evaluations do not adequately explain the child's academic, behavioral, communication or functional difficulties.

Our advocates help parents understand special education evaluations and how evaluation results should relate to eligibility, educational needs, IEP goals, services and placement.

We can also help parents understand their rights concerning an Independent Educational Evaluation (IEE) when applicable.

BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS AT SCHOOL

There May Be More to the Problem Than "Bad Behavior"
 

When a child with a disability repeatedly struggles behaviorally, simply suspending the student may not solve the underlying problem.
 

The IEP Team may need to examine why the behavior is occurring and determine what services, interventions and supports the student needs.
 

MyChildWins.com helps families address:

Functional Behavioral Assessments (FBAs)

Behavior Intervention Plans (BIPs)

Positive behavioral interventions and supports

Repeated disciplinary removals

Behavior-related IEP goals and services

Appropriate educational placement

The question should not simply be:

"How do we punish this behavior?"

The team may also need to ask:

"Why is this happening, and what does this child need to be successful?"
 

WHEN THE SCHOOL ISN'T FOLLOWING THE IEP
 

An IEP isn't merely paperwork created at an annual meeting.
 

The services, supports, accommodations, specially designed instruction and other provisions contained in the student's IEP are supposed to mean something in the classroom.
 

Parents often contact MyChildWins.com because they believe:

• The school isn't following the IEP.

• Services aren't being provided.

• Their child isn't making meaningful progress.

• The same IEP goals are repeated year after year.

• Behavioral needs aren't being addressed.

• The school refuses requested evaluations.

• Accommodations aren't being implemented.

• The proposed placement isn't appropriate.

• Their child is repeatedly suspended.

• The relationship between the family and school has broken down.
   

You have options when ordinary conversations with the school aren't solving the problem.

FROM THE IEP MEETING TO SERIOUS SPECIAL EDUCATION DISPUTES
 

Some disagreements can be resolved at an IEP meeting.
 

Others cannot.
 

MyChildWins.com assists families across a broad range of special education matters—from routine IEP advocacy to complicated disputes involving IDEA procedural safeguards, manifestation determinations, school discipline and due process proceedings.
 

Our advocates help parents understand the issues, organize the evidence, identify potential solutions and effectively advocate for their child's educational needs.
 

When appropriate and permitted, our advocacy may continue beyond the IEP meeting into formal special education dispute-resolution proceedings.
 

WHY PARENTS CHOOSE MYCHILDWINS.COM

Experience Matters When Your Child's Education Is at Stake
 

Special education disputes can involve complicated questions about evaluations, eligibility, educational progress, behavior, placement, services and federal disability law.
 

MyChildWins.com focuses on helping families navigate those issues.
 

We believe parents should understand:

What the school is proposing.

Why the school is proposing it.

What the evidence actually shows.

What alternatives may be available.

What rights and procedural options may apply.

Most importantly, we help parents turn those questions into an effective strategy for advocating for their child.

IEP ADVOCACY THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES

Nationwide Special Education Advocacy

MyChildWins.com provides IEP and special education advocacy nationwide.

Although special education is administered through individual states and local school districts, eligible students with disabilities receive important protections under federal laws including the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

Our nationwide advocacy model allows families to obtain experienced assistance regardless of where they live.

YOUR CHILD IS MORE THAN AN IEP
 

Behind every IEP, evaluation, manifestation determination, suspension and due process dispute is a child.

And behind that child is often a parent trying to figure out what to do next.

Maybe your child isn't learning.

Maybe the school isn't following the IEP.

Maybe behavior is getting worse.

Maybe your child has been suspended.

Maybe the school is talking about expulsion or alternative placement.

Maybe you've attended meeting after meeting and nothing seems to change.

That's when having an experienced advocate can make a difference.
 

LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR CHILD

Schedule Your FREE 15-Minute Consultation

Tell us what's happening.
 

We'll discuss your concerns and help you determine whether MyChildWins.com may be able to assist your family.
 

IEP Advocacy • 504 Plans • Evaluations • School Discipline • Manifestation Determinations • FBAs & BIPs • IDEA Disputes • Due Process

Helping Parents Advocate. Helping Children Succeed.