With more than 56,000 children in the PHP service area and a staff of 8 in the E ducation Department at PHP, it is impossible to attend IEP's with individual families.  

PHP Education Specialists are there to help you prepare, learn about the law and special education trainings are ongoing so that the broadest audience is reached.  Visit http://www.php.com/services/specialed for a current list of offerings. 

PHP is also able to connect you to another family who is willing to go to an IEP meeting with you.  We encourage you to bring others to your child's IEP--a friend, family member(s) and other people who know your child and is interested in their best outcomes.

When needed, PHP maintains a list of special education advocates and attorneys. Our goal is to give parents the tools they need to advocate for their children.

PLEASE NOTE: Parents of children at Ravenswood City School District are an exception.

Parents Helping Parents has a Resource Directory where you can search for advocates and attorneys. Go to http://www.php.com/resources for the PHP Resource Directory. On the right hand side, there is box with Services which includes links for Advocates and Attorneys.

Also, COPAA (Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates) maintains a database of advocates and attorneys. Go to http://www.copaa.org/find/index.php for their website.

For a list of free/reduced cost attorneys and advocates from the California Office of Administrative Hearings, go to the attachment on the bottom of this webpage and download the attachment.

An Education Specialist will do their best to return your call within 48 hours. You may contact the Education Department at PHP by telephone at (408) 727-5775 or toll free (855) 727-5775.

Use our Special Education Request Letter Writer to create a letter requesting an assessment. If you are concerned that your child is behind his peers in a specific developmental area and you would like to see if the school district might offer services that would address the issue, then this tool will help you write a letter that gets results!