Skhillz Family Advocacy™
You remain the decision-maker.We help you prepare, organize and be heard.
Sometimes a family needs help understanding records, preparing for a meeting, organizing questions, documenting what was agreed, or communicating with a school. Advocacy begins only after the scope, the fee, who takes part and the permissions are written down.
What it can include
Defined scope, agreed before anything starts.
- A parent strategy consultation, before any school is contacted.
- Reviewing the report cards, evaluations and records you provide.
- Turning what worries you into questions somebody can answer in a meeting.
- Preparing for a parent-teacher conference.
- Preparing for an IEP or Section 504 meeting.
- Attending an approved meeting, where the school permits an outside participant.
- Communicating with a teacher or counselor, once you have signed authorization naming them.
- A log of what was communicated and when.
- A written summary of what was agreed and what happens next.
Each of these is quoted and agreed before it begins. Nothing on this list happens because it seemed helpful at the time.
How it works
Seven steps, and you can stop after any of them.
- 1
Tell us what is happening
A short confidential inquiry. No school is contacted and no records are requested.
- 2
Scope consultation
We talk through what you need and what would actually help.
- 3
See the scope and the fee
In writing, before you decide anything.
- 4
Sign the agreement and the permissions
Separately. Permission to contact a school is its own document.
- 5
Share the records
Only the ones relevant to what you asked for.
- 6
Prepare
For the specific conversation or meeting ahead.
- 7
Get the follow-up
What was said, what was agreed, what happens next, in writing.
The permission standard
We do not contact a school on a general form.
Skhillz does not contact a school or discuss your child's protected information until you have signed an authorization naming the child, the school or person, exactly what we may request, receive or disclose, why, which records or topics it covers, how long it lasts, and how you withdraw it.
That permission is never bundled into a general family intake, never on by default, and never open-ended. You can withdraw it at any time and every door it opened closes in the same moment.
This is deliberately slower than one signature covering everything. A parent should know precisely what they authorized, and be able to say so a year later.
What it is not
The line, said plainly, before you pay for anything.
Skhillz educational advocacy is not legal representation and not special education legal advice. It is not therapy, diagnosis or medical care, and it is not an independent educational evaluation.
It is not a guarantee that a school will decide anything in particular. We can help you be prepared, organized and heard. We cannot make somebody agree with you.
Schools and districts set their own rules. They may require their own release forms, and they control whether an outside participant may attend a meeting at all.
Questions
Questions people actually ask.
Do I need a diagnosis or an IEP?
No. Plenty of families come because something is not working and nobody has explained why. Preparing for an ordinary parent-teacher conference is a legitimate use of this.
Will you contact my child's school?
Not until you have signed a document naming that school and saying exactly what we may discuss. The inquiry form does not give us that permission and is not written as though it does.
What does it cost?
It depends on the scope, which is why the scope consultation comes before the fee. You see both in writing before you decide.
Can you attend the meeting?
Sometimes. Schools control who may attend and some do not permit an outside participant. We will tell you what we know before you are counting on it.
What if I change my mind?
Withdraw the permission and everything it allowed stops. You do not have to explain why.
Start with the conversation you are preparing for.
You do not need to have worked out what kind of help this is. Tell us what is happening and we will be honest about whether advocacy is the right shape for it.
Sending this does not contact anybody, does not create a case, and does not commit you to a fee.