West Chester Advocate

[mSmith]

Good morning, I am looking for a collaborative and thorough IEP Advocate in West Chester PA. We need clarity, a strong collaborative advocate at this critical academic juncture. Please advise with any contacts.

thank you.

[JSD24]

There are lots of good advocates working in West Chester since WCASD seems to be a magnet for IEP issues.  Let me come up with a list.  (Definitely random order.)

 The REACH Group Educational Consultants, LLC

Arc of Chester County

Melissa Yelito at MY Advocacy LLC

Former WCASD Pupil Services Director, Leigh Ann Ranieri now does advocacy:  https://ranierieducationconsultant.com/

Marie Lewis

Cris Fick

Thrive Advocacy Group

Who is the right advocate for you will depend on what the issue is.  Advocates do tend to specialize to a degree.

[Lisa Lightner]

I don't know if WC is a magnet for issues, I think a lot of it is size bias-- WC and Downingtown both have 10-12000 students, so it feels more frequent.

 

Anyway, I need to come up with a list for parents to use to ask questions when hiring an advocate. There are a few on that list who I would not recommend.... and in fact I would recommend not reaching out to them.

 

but in this litigious society, I'm certainly not going to say who or why.