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Allison Hertog’s Service Packages:

1. Leave Your Worries Behind (well, almost)

*Consultation with Allison Hertog in her Miami office or by phone before any school meeting.

*Advice on what school services and classroom help your child is entitled to.

*Step-by-step strategies on what to do to get what your child is entitled to in school and what will be effective in school meetings.

*Hands-on advocacy for your child targeted at getting them what they need in school – Turn over all your concerns about your child’s educational needs to Ms. Hertog; she will handle all phone contacts, letters, emails, and required forms with school personnel, any  and get them to start serving your child’s unique needs.

*Let Ms. Hertog sit at your side and passionately advocate for your son or daughter in your next school meeting; she will prepare an agenda to distribute to all personnel, explain special ed. jargon to you and do her absolute best to get your child what he or she needs.

These are some of the public school services that your child might be entitled to:

a.   Speech and Language Therapy
b.   Occupational Therapy
c.   Remedial Reading Instruction
d.   Remedial Math Instruction
e.   Counseling
f.    Physical Therapy
g.   Remedial Summer School
h.   Aide in the Classroom
i.    Individualized Plan to Improve Classroom Behavior
j.    Lower Teacher-to-Student Ratio
k.   Individualized Instruction

* Plus Increase the Private School Tuition Voucher for Your Child

*Help to make sure the services on your child’s IEP translate into a bigger McKay Scholarship — up to thousands of dollars in private school tuition money

*Help navigating through the administrative process of getting a McKay Scholarship

* Help Choosing the Right Private School

2. A La Carte – Create Your Own Package

You may choose from some of the services above to meet your individual service needs.

3. Consultations and Advice

Special Ed. Consults:

Allison Hertog, one of only a few attorneys in the country with a masters degree in special education, provides phone consultations nationwide to select parents of disabled children.  Ms. Hertog, a passionate and dedicated child advocate who struggled with learning disabilities herself as a child, will give you individualized and effective advice and strategies to improve your child’s education.

Ms. Hertog’s has advocated for students at dozens of school (IEP and 504 Plan) meetings in South Florida where her practice is located, and has spoken nationwide about various education issues.  Earlier in her career she taught disabled and mainstream students at public and private schools in New York where she is also licensed to practice law.

Consults to Obtain Accommodations on High-Stakes Exams:

Blending both her legal and education backgrounds, Allison Hertog has developed a strategic and unique approach to winning testing accommodations on high-stakes exams, such as the SAT, ACT, LSAT, MCAT, state bar exams, for students with disabilities.  Some examples of those accommodations include extended time and frequent breaks during testing.  Ms. Hertog’s rather unique approach is designed to prove a students need for accommodations without resorting to litigation – even in complex cases, such as for disabled students who have good grades.