Not a law firm
Edvokit is for parents of neurodivergent kids who do not have a plan yet. Get one started. Know what to ask for, how to ask in writing, and what to bring to the meeting. When you need more than a letter, we name the handoff.
Ask the school, in writing, to evaluate for autism. Do not accept “wait and see.”
You send it. Edvokit drafts. Nothing emails the school.
Five moves, in order. You send every letter. Edvokit does not email the school, does not file, and does not practice law.
Ask the school in writing to evaluate and to start a 504 or an IEP. Child Find starts the clock. A private diagnosis on a shelf is not school eligibility.
Access accommodations when a disability substantially limits a major life activity. No specialized instruction required.
Specialized instruction under IDEA, plus related services and goals. The heavier plan when teaching has to change.
Once evaluation is moving or a plan exists: the packs — autism, ADHD, and specific learning disability for reading, writing, and math. Dyslexia goes on the form as a learning disability. A reading plan is not the IEP. PDA is support language, not a Virginia eligibility label. Emotional disability is a mislabel check, not a destination.
One written request. The real form number. The real clock. For an autism evaluation in Fairfax: SS/SE-10A and 65 business days. Parents send. Edvokit drafts. Nothing files itself.
Walk in with the school’s own words for the week, the one ask, parent input, and what “wait and see” costs. This is prep — not a chat product, not an inbox, not a thread with the school.
A letter to the school is yours after a disclaimer and a typed name. A state complaint, OCR complaint, due process, or private-placement reimbursement stays watermarked until a partner attorney reviews it. Fee disclosed before you join the queue. No skip-attorney path. Edvokit is not a law firm and does not split fees.
Not in v1: deaf or blind services, medical other-health-impairment nurse plans, speech-only, preschool developmental delay, or intellectual disability / Category B adapted curriculum. Twice-exceptional comes later.
Know what to ask for — after the evaluation is moving, or once a plan exists.
The right program name, a written elopement plan, and goals that are not “tolerate that peer.” PDA stays off the eligibility form.
A 504 or an IEP, and the 10-day clock when refusal gets written up as discipline.
Dyslexia is a learning disability on the form. A reading plan is not the IEP. Writing and math sit on the same SLD form.
Composite. Names and schools omitted. First: get a plan started. Second: what to ask for once the plan is in motion.
1 · Before a plan
The front door. A parent of a neurodivergent kid who does not have a plan yet.
A sixth grader. No 504. No IEP. A private autism evaluation has sat for months. The school has not opened eligibility. They told the parent to wait and see.
The first job is not a better email thread. It is a written request to evaluate and to start a 504 or an IEP. Child Find starts the clock. A private diagnosis on a shelf is not school eligibility.
504 is access accommodations when a disability substantially limits a major life activity. IEP is specialized instruction under IDEA. You ask in writing. You send it.
Ask the school, in writing, to evaluate for autism. Do not accept “wait and see.”
You send the letter. Edvokit drafts it. Nothing files itself.
2 · Afterward — plan in motion
What happens after the plan is in motion — or once you are asking for what belongs in it.
A sixth grader. The private autism evaluation is months old. The school has not opened eligibility. After a hard week, the note says:
“non-preferred peer interactions” and that he “left the building.”
The parent does not need another meeting to “wait and see.” The parent needs the school to evaluate for autism in writing, and to put an elopement plan and peer separation into the IEP as supports — not as a compliance goal, and not as a PDA eligibility label Virginia does not use.
Edvokit names the week in the school’s words, then names the ask, the form, and the clock.
Evaluate for autism under SS/SE-10A. Put a written elopement plan and peer separation in the IEP as access supports.
You send the letter. Edvokit drafts it. Nothing files itself.
Meeting prep. Not a chat product. Not an inbox.
What the school wrote this week — not your paraphrase.
One sentence. The form. The clock. Know what to ask. Ask it in writing.
What you need the team to put on the record before they decide.
What “wait and see” already delayed: evaluation days, services, and a plan that protects access.
A letter to the school is yours after a disclaimer checkbox and a typed name. You send it. Edvokit does not.
A VDOE state complaint, an OCR complaint, due process, or a private-placement reimbursement notice is drafted here and watermarked “Not for filing — pending attorney review.” A partner attorney reviews it. The fee is disclosed before you join the queue. Download opens only after that review and a fresh parent signature on that document version. Declined means no download. There is no skip-attorney path.
That is the moment you should not do it alone — not a directory of therapists, and not Edvokit acting as counsel.
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