Getting Started

• A brief phone or video conversation where we listen to your concerns, hear your hopes for your child, and learn more about your family’s priorities. During this time, we will share an overview of our services and answer your initial questions. Together, we will explore whether our partnership feels like the right fit.

• If you choose to move forward, you’ll complete a short intake form to share your child’s story, educational history, and your family’s priorities. We’ll also review the service agreement together so everything feels clear and transparent. You’ll then receive a DocuSign version for your records and signature, and you’ll select the advocacy package that best fits your family’s needs.

Please note: 

At Sankofa Ed, we believe every family deserves high-quality advocacy, no matter their financial circumstances. Our services are offered at a flat rate so you know exactly what to expect with no hidden fees.

To ensure accessibility, we also provide a sliding scale for families who may need flexibility. This allows us to meet families where they are, while sustaining the quality and depth of advocacy every child deserves. Payment plans are available, and we are committed to finding a pathway that makes partnership possible.

Package 1: Essential Advocacy Package 

• School/District Correspondence: We will establish communication with the school/district on your behalf and help facilitate a collaborative partnership between all parties involved in your child's learning. 

• Report Guidance/Reviewal:  We will review prior IEPs, progress monitoring data, evaluation reports, behavior intervention plans, and other essential documents to help you make sense of your child's unique learning profile and determine your child’s areas of strength and areas in need of support.
• Parent Strategy Meeting: In this meeting we will collaborate using a shared template to outline your meeting objectives and desired outcomes. We will go over what to expect in the IEP meeting and how to best prepare with data informed questions and a parent proposal so you feel comfortable and well informed going into the meeting.
• Meeting Attendance: Wrap-around support from a highly qualified and experienced advocate throughout the IEP or 504 meeting(s). Meeting attendance is virtual or in-person depending on the location.
• Post-Meeting Guidance: A walk through of all paperwork explaining what the school is offering. This includes explanation of the school’s service delivery model, state and district testing accommodations, service minutes, and other specific IEP/504 details.

Package 2: Complete Advocacy Package 

• School/District Correspondence: We will establish communication with the school/district on your behalf and help facilitate a collaborative partnership between all parties involved in your child's learning. 
• Report Guidance/Reviewal:  We will review prior IEPs, progress monitoring data, evaluation reports, behavior intervention plans, and other essential documents to help you make sense of your child's unique learning profile and determine your child’s areas of strength and areas in need of support.
• Parent Strategy Meeting: In this meeting we will collaborate using a shared template to outline your meeting objectives and desired outcomes. We will go over what to expect in the IEP meeting and how to best prepare with data informed questions and a parent proposal so you feel comfortable and well informed going into the meeting.
• Meeting Attendance*: Wrap-around support from a highly qualified and experienced advocate throughout the IEP or 504 meeting(s). Meeting attendance is virtual or in-person depending on the location.
• Post-Meeting Guidance: A walk through of all paperwork explaining what the school is offering. This includes explanation of the school’s service delivery model, state and district eating accommodations, service minutes, and other specific IEP/504 details.
• In-Person Classroom Observation: We will coordinate in-person observation(s) with your child's school and collect information about your child's executive functioning needs in the classroom, how well they use their IEP/504 accommodations, accommodation effectiveness and more!

Package 3: Comprehensive Advocacy Package 

• School/District Correspondence: We will establish communication with the school/district on your behalf and help facilitate a collaborative partnership between all parties involved in your child's learning. 
• Report Guidance/Reviewal:  We will review prior IEPs, progress monitoring data, evaluation reports, behavior intervention plans, and other essential documents to help you make sense of your child's unique learning profile and determine your child’s areas of strength and areas in need of support.
• Parent Strategy Meeting: In this meeting we will collaborate using a shared template to outline your meeting objectives and desired outcomes. We will go over what to expect in the IEP meeting and how to best prepare with data informed questions and a parent proposal so you feel comfortable and well informed going into the meeting.
• Meeting Attendance*: Wrap-around support from a highly qualified and experienced advocate throughout the IEP or 504 meeting(s). Meeting attendance is virtual or in-person depending on the location.
• Post-Meeting Guidance: A walk through of all paperwork explaining what the school is offering. This includes explanation of the school’s service delivery model, state and district eating accommodations, service minutes, and other specific IEP/504 details.
• In-Person Classroom Observation: We will coordinate in-person observation(s) with your child's school and collect information about your child's executive functioning needs in the classroom, how well they use their IEP/504 accommodations, and accommodation effectiveness.
• Academic Assessment: We will complete screeners in the areas of math, oral reading fluency, reading comprehension, and writing to pinpoint exactly what your child's academic strengths are and which areas are in need of support. We will provide a written report of our evaluation and will present our data at your child's IEP and/or 504 meeting.

À La Carte Add-Ons:

• Meeting Attendance (per meeting) -Sometimes families just need an advocate present to make sure their voice is heard. With this add-on, a Sankofa Ed advocate will join you for one scheduled school meeting (IEP, 504, discipline, or other student support meeting). Meetings can be attended virtually or in-person (as available) Families who aren’t ready for a full package often choose this option when they need targeted support for a high stakes or complex meeting. 

• IEP/504 Review & Strategy Session (Live Virtual Call) -Sankofa Ed offers a live virtual call where we go through your child’s IEP or 504 plan together. During this session, we walk line by line through the document to highlight strengths and gaps and explain terms and services in clear, accessible language. You’ll leave the call with clarity, confidence, and a personalized action plan for moving forward—without having to navigate the document alone.

• Cultural & Language Audit - With this service, we carefully review your child’s plan and highlight how your child's strengths and gifts are (or aren’t) being captured, whether the language is culturally affirming and developmentally age appropriate. You’ll receive a clear, parent-friendly summary that helps you pinpoint phrases or wording that may emphasize deficits instead of strengths and how to reframe them.