Special education advocate in Palos Verdes. IEP and 504 advocacy for families across the Palos Verdes Peninsula and the South Bay.
Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified serves four cities and a small island with a single district. It is academically strong, geographically isolated and, for families seeking specialized services, sometimes limited by its own size.
Families here often face a specific trade-off: the local district is excellent for general education, but the specialized program your child needs may not exist on the peninsula. That raises difficult questions about placement, transportation and whether an out-of-district program is appropriate.
We help families work through those questions with evidence rather than assumption. If the district’s program can meet your child’s needs, we help make the plan specific enough to work. If it cannot, we help document why — which is the foundation of any request for a different placement.
Documenting inadequacy is a process, not an argument. It requires data on what was tried, what progress did or did not occur, and what the district’s program could not provide. We help families build that record over time.
Weighing district programs, out-of-district options and non-public schools.
Explore placement helpServes Palos Verdes Estates, Rancho Palos Verdes, Rolling Hills, Rolling Hills Estates and Lomita.
Serves neighboring areas including San Pedro and Harbor City.
Several private schools serve the peninsula; students may be eligible for district assessment and a services plan.
We compare your child’s needs to what the district program actually delivers.
Progress data, service logs and independent reports, organized.
We present the case in writing and at the table.
The district must provide a free appropriate public education, which means an IEP reasonably calculated to enable progress. If the available program cannot do that, the district may need to look outside its own offerings.
If the IEP team determines the placement is necessary, transportation is a related service the district must provide. It should be written into the IEP.
You can request an independent educational evaluation at public expense. The district must either fund it or file for due process to defend its assessment.
Yes. We support families across the Palos Verdes Peninsula on IEP development, placement questions and disputes about whether the district program meets a child’s needs.
Documenting why is the first step. That means data on what was tried, what progress occurred, and what the program could not provide — which is the foundation of any request for a different placement.
A free consultation can help you decide what to ask for next.
