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Help your child get support at school

What Edvokit drafts for you, what you send, and where a paid partner attorney takes over. For parents of neurodivergent kids, whether or not a 504 or an IEP is already in place.

Step 1

Name what your child’s learning needs

A private diagnosis in a drawer does not make the school act. Edvokit starts from what you already know about your child — so the ask matches them.

  • For your child

    Get the school looking at the right areas — autism, ADHD, and reading, writing, or math — not a guess that fits another kid.

  • Edvokit drafts

    A child profile with stacked packs: autism, ADHD, and specific learning disability for reading, writing, or math. Fairfax / Virginia only in the first version.

  • You do

    Pick the packs that fit. You can turn on more than one.

  • Where it stops

    Deaf or blind services, nurse plans, speech-only, preschool Child Find, and adapted-curriculum lanes are not packs here. You get a plain pointer to PEATC (703-923-0010).

Step 2

See the next written ask for your child

One sentence. The Fairfax form. The Virginia or Fairfax clock. Not a lecture on the whole special-education book.

  • For your child

    Know what to ask this week so the school starts evaluating and considering a 504 or an IEP.

  • Edvokit drafts

    The next ask from your child’s packs: form id, clock label, and one clear sentence. Default: evaluate in all suspected areas, with autism named inside that request when it belongs there — not as the only ask.

  • You do

    Read it. Decide whether it matches what you have seen. Edit later when you download.

  • Where it stops

    This is parent education, not legal advice. Edvokit does not predict whether you will “win.”

504

Changes that let your child take part — when a disability substantially limits a major life activity. Teaching does not have to change.

IEP

Teaching that changes — specialized instruction, related services, and goals under special education law. The heavier plan when how they teach has to change.

  • If autism is on the table

    Ask for the right program name, a written plan if your child leaves the building, and goals that are not “tolerate that peer.”

  • If ADHD is on the table

    Ask for a 504 or an IEP. If the school writes up behavior as discipline instead of help, know there is a short clock to push back in writing.

  • If reading (or writing or math) is hard

    Dyslexia is a learning disability on the school form. A reading plan in general education is not the same as an IEP.

If your child panics under demands (sometimes called PDA), ask for support language — Virginia does not use that as an eligibility box.

Step 3

Draft the letter you send

One clear sentence. The real school form. The real clock. You send it. Edvokit does not email the school.

  • For your child

    Put a written request in the school’s hands so they have to stop saying “wait and see.”

  • Edvokit drafts

    A school-ask letter you can edit — meeting request, evaluation request, prior-written-notice demand, or stay-put note when that applies.

  • You do

    Edit the draft. Check the not-a-law-firm box. Type your name. Download. Email or deliver it yourself. Keep a copy and the date they received it.

  • Where it stops

    Nothing on this site contacts the school. A school ask does not require a partner attorney. You decide what goes out.

In Fairfax, that referral is often SS/SE-5. The 65-business-day clock starts when the school receives it — how that clock works. SS/SE-10A is the autism worksheet at eligibility, not the letter that starts the clock.

Step 4

Walk into the meeting with a prep sheet

Bring what the school wrote. Bring your one ask. Bring what you want on the record before they decide.

  • For your child

    Walk in ready so the meeting is about help — not another delay.

  • Edvokit drafts

    A meeting prep sheet from your school-ask draft plus the school’s words you type in. No calendar invite. No school scrape.

  • You do

    Paste what the school wrote. Print or save the sheet. Bring it. Decide what to say.

  • Where it stops

    Edvokit does not attend the meeting and does not speak for you.

What to walk in with

  • Their words

    What the school wrote this week — not your paraphrase.

  • The one ask

    One sentence. The form. The clock.

  • Your input

    What belongs on the record before they decide about your child.

  • Cost of wait

    What “wait and see” already delayed for your child.

Step 5

Get notices about your drafts — not the school’s inbox

  • For your child

    Know when a draft is ready, a download unlocked, or a partner review changed — so you are not guessing.

  • Edvokit drafts

    In-app notices tied to your school-ask or filing draft and to attorney review status.

  • You do

    Read them in your account. Optional email to you only when a send domain exists.

  • Where it stops

    Messaging means messages to the parent. No school transport. No co-parent chat.

Step 6

If the school refuses, ask for it in writing

  • For your child

    Do not let a soft “wait and see” erase a written referral without a paper trail.

  • Edvokit drafts

    A prior-written-notice demand: the school must list options considered and rejected. A blank “none considered” is a defect.

  • You do

    Send the demand yourself if they refuse an evaluation, service, or placement after your written ask.

  • Where it stops

    Edvokit does not file a complaint for you. Escalation to a state complaint or due process is the attorney lane below.

Step 7

Peer harm can need two asks at once

  • For your child

    Access supports on a plan and a written safety / peer-harm log can both be true — your child should not lose months while adults argue over one word.

  • Edvokit drafts

    A disability-access school ask, and — if you choose that track — a peer-harm / safety notice log on Virginia’s 24-hour clock and Fairfax Reg 2601’s five school days. The product does not force the word “bullying.”

  • You do

    Pick the access track, the log track, or both. Send what you decide.

  • Where it stops

    School-ask rules apply unless you choose a formal filing. Filings wait for a partner attorney.

Step 8

If the school proposes “emotional disability”

  • For your child

    Make the team show their work before a label that does not match autism, ADHD, or a learning disability.

  • Edvokit drafts

    An emotional-disability mislabel check — criteria gaps, whether autism / OHI / SLD forms fit first, and space for a parent dissenting statement. Not a pack that seeks that eligibility.

  • You do

    Bring the check to the meeting. Decide what you sign and what you dissent from.

  • Where it stops

    “Emotional disability” is a label to question, not a destination. Edvokit does not generate “refuse ED” as legal advice.

Examples

Two ways this shows up

1 · Before a plan

No 504. No IEP. Get one started for your child.

What is missing

  • No plan

    Sixth grader. No 504. No IEP.

  • No eval

    Private autism evaluation on a shelf. School has not opened eligibility.

  • Wait

    School said wait and see. That is the school delaying help — not a plan.

First ask: evaluate in all suspected areas, in writing — name autism inside it. Start a 504 or an IEP. You send it.

2 · After a hard week

The school wrote something. Ask for the supports your child needs.

What the school wrote

A sixth grader. Private autism evaluation months old. Eligibility still closed. After a hard week:

“non-preferred peer interactions” and that he “left the building.”

Do not accept another wait-and-see meeting. Ask in writing for evaluation in all suspected areas — autism named inside that request. Put a written elopement plan and peer separation in the IEP as supports — not a compliance goal, and not a PDA eligibility label Virginia does not use.

KIT

Fairfax · referral65 business days

This week’s ask

Evaluate in all suspected areas — name autism. Put a written elopement plan and peer separation in the IEP as access supports.

You send the letter. Edvokit drafts it. Nothing files itself.

Step 9

A school letter is yours. A formal filing waits.

  • For your child

    School asks get out after you sign. State complaints, OCR, due process, and private-placement reimbursement only download after a licensed partner reviews that version.

  • Edvokit drafts

    Filing drafts stay watermarked Not for filing — pending attorney review. The partner’s name, firm, and fee label show before you join the queue.

  • You do

    Acknowledge the fee. Wait for approved or declined. If approved, sign the disclaimer again for that version, then download. You file or serve — not this site.

  • Where it stops

    Declined means no download. No skip-attorney path. Not a law firm. No fee split. Edvokit never files and never appears as counsel.

School letter: yours after the checkbox and typed name.

Filings stay watermarked until a paid partner attorney reviews them. Fee disclosed before the queue.

Not in the first version: deaf or blind services, medical nurse plans, speech-only, preschool developmental delay, or adapted curriculum for intellectual disability. Twice-exceptional later. Stay-put reminders for an unsigned annual IEP are in the product when that situation applies. How the school has to move — referral, the 65-day count, eligibility forms.