Ohio · IEP advocacy, learning support & professional training
Your child is entitled to more than you were told.
- 30 yrs
- In special education
- M.Ed.
- Special education, Xavier
- K–22
- Preschool through transition
- Ohio
- IEP, ETR & scholarship rules
Not a measurable goal. There's no baseline, no target, no way to prove at the next meeting whether it worked. Ask for a number.
An expired evaluation is the most common reason services stall and funding gets denied. Request a re-evaluation in writing today, and date the letter.
That's one accommodation for a child with a reading disability. There should be a page here, not a line.
FIXABLEStart with the sentence that sounds like you.
Where to start
- "I have an IEP meeting and I don't know what to ask for."Meeting prep →
- "I don't understand a word of my child's IEP."Document review →
- "We have an IEP, but nothing in it is actually happening."Implementation →
- "I don't know how anyone affords the school my child needs."Funding guide →
- "My child is falling further behind every year."Learning support →
- "My kid graduates in two years and I'm scared."Transition planning →
- "I'm a school or agency that needs training."Professional services →
Ohio will pay for this. Nobody hands you the map.
| Speech or language impairment | $10,045 |
|---|---|
| Specific learning disability · intellectual disability · OHI-minor | $13,069 |
| Hearing impaired · emotional disturbance | $20,069 |
| Vision impaired · OHI-major | $24,080 |
| Orthopedic impairment · multiple disabilities | $29,750 |
| Autism · TBI · deaf-blind | $34,000 |
Source: Ohio Dept. of Education & Workforce, FY2026 award chart. Amounts are set annually — always verify current figures with ODEW. Category 1 may only be used for IEP-listed related services, not tuition. Ohio's Autism Scholarship Program is funded on a separate formula.
The part nobody explains
This rarely means your child is ineligible. It usually means one form on the district's side was never returned.
There is a next step. There's always a next step. It just isn't printed on the letter, because the letter wasn't written for you.
APPEALABLE
What we do
How families work with us.
01 — ADVOCACY
IEP, 504 & evaluation
- IEP and ETR review, in plain English
- Goal and accommodation analysis
- Meeting preparation and talking points
- Attendance at your IEP meeting
- Written follow-up to the district
- Re-evaluation and eligibility questions
02 — LEARNING
Specialized instruction
- Structured reading and math intervention
- Writing and language support
- Executive function and organization
- Study skills and test preparation
- Virtual, in-home, or in-school
- Progress reported against IEP goals
03 — TRANSITION
Ages 14 to 22
- Transition planning inside the IEP
- College disability services preparation
- Accommodation requests for college
- Self-advocacy skills
- Independent living and work readiness
- Scholarship and application strategy
04 — FUNDING & PLACEMENT
Opening fall 2027Scholarship navigation and private placement
Full application support, category review, denial appeals and provider services will open when Suzanne moves to Socrates Ed full time. Until then, everything we know is in the free funding guide above — and you can hold a place in line.
For schools, districts & agencies
Bring thirty years of the system into your building.
Writing measurable IEP goals
ETR interpretation for general educators
Accommodations that actually get implemented
Parent–school collaboration
Transition planning ages 14–22
Executive function across the curriculum
Inclusive practice for co-taught classrooms
Understanding Ohio’s scholarship landscape.
Who you're hiring
Thirty years on the other side of the table.
Suzanne began in 1991 as a teaching assistant and moved through every role special education has: classroom teacher, intervention specialist, and administrator with Cincinnati Public Schools. She earned her undergraduate degree and her Master's in Education with a special education focus at Xavier University, graduating summa cum laude.
She knows what happens on the district side of an IEP meeting because she has sat there. She knows which sentence in an evaluation changes a child's entire school year, and which one is boilerplate. Parents started finding her years ago, and she has been answering their questions on evenings and weekends ever since, because nobody else would.
Socrates Ed exists because families shouldn't have to become special education experts to get their children what they're already owed.
Published prices, because you have enough unknowns.
Pricing
Parent consultation
$29575 minutes · one child
- Review of IEP, ETR or evaluation
- Plain-English explanation of results
- Questions to bring to the school
- Written next-steps memo
Meeting package
$850One IEP or 504 meeting cycle
- Full record review
- Goal and accommodation analysis
- Strategy session before the meeting
- Susan attends with you
- Debrief and follow-up letter
Learning support
$95Per hour · packages of 10 or 20
- Specialized reading, writing, math
- Executive function coaching
- Virtual or in-home
- Progress tracked to IEP goals
Training & speaking
$1,850Half day · full day $3,200
- Professional development
- Staff and team workshops
- Keynotes and conference sessions
- Parent organization sessions
Note: If cost is a significant barrier to your family and you cannot afford our prices in full, please reach out to us. We would love to talk to you.
Next step
Fifteen minutes. No charge.
Tell us what’s happening. We’ll tell you what the paperwork says.