Get expert guidance on IEPs, 504 plans, and special education supports. These one-on-one consulting sessions provide clarity, confidence, and practical strategies to help you understand the process, ask meaningful questions, and participate effectively in your child’s educational planning.

Our IEP & 504 Consult Sessions are designed to give parents the clarity and confidence needed to navigate the special education process. Whether you’re preparing for an upcoming IEP meeting, reviewing a 504 plan, or seeking strategies to better advocate for your child, these sessions provide personalized, expert support.

Typical Package Includes:

• One-on-one consultation tailored to your child’s unique needs

• Review of IEP/504 documents and identification of key strengths and gaps

• Coaching on how to communicate effectively in school meetings

• Practical strategies for ensuring access, services, and accommodations

• Written notes or recommendations following the session (optional add-on)

Billed hourly, with a 2-hour minimum for first-time clients to allow for a comprehensive review of documentation. Billing is hourly, and flexible scheduling is available.

These sessions are ideal for families seeking ongoing support without committing to a full package. Each hour is focused on equipping you with actionable insights and next steps to ensure your child’s needs are met.

Gain clarity and confidence in your child’s IEP. This package includes a full review of your child’s IEP, a written summary of key findings, and a one-on-one consultation session to prepare you for meetings. You’ll leave with clear next steps and the tools to advocate effectively.

Our IEP Review + Consult Package provides parents/guardians with expert insight and step-by-step guidance to help them feel confident in advocating for their child’s needs.

What to expect

Comprehensive IEP Review
A full review of your child’s current IEP, the most recent historical IEP, and recent assessments, including goals, accommodations, services, supports, and placement.

Written Summary Report
A clear, parent-friendly report highlighting your child’s strengths, potential gaps, areas of concern, and practical recommendations.

Parent Coaching/Consultation Session: 90–120 Minutes
A one-on-one virtual meeting to walk through the IEP, answer your questions, explain key findings, and help you feel prepared for upcoming meetings.

Follow-Up Resource Guide
Tools, checklists, sample questions, or next-step recommendations tailored to your child’s unique needs.

Optional 15-Minute Follow-Up Call
A brief check-in after your IEP meeting to review outcomes, clarify next steps, and discuss any lingering questions.

Real-time consultation and support during IEP meetings, helping parents and guardians feel informed, prepared, and confident as they participate in important conversations about their child’s education.

Our IEP Meeting Attendance service provides families with professional support during their child’s IEP meeting. As a coach and consultant, not an advocate, I attend virtually to help you feel prepared, confident, and supported throughout the process while maintaining a collaborative, student-centered approach with the school team.

What to Expect

• Virtual attendance at your child’s IEP meeting via Zoom or a similar platform

• Real-time coaching, clarification, and support during the meeting

• Guidance on effective communication, key talking points, and meaningful parent participation

• Post-meeting debrief to review outcomes, clarify next steps, and identify any follow-up questions or concerns

This service is ideal for families who want a knowledgeable professional present to provide insight, reassurance, and guidance while supporting productive collaboration with the school team.

Beers Educational Consulting Group offers ongoing consultation packages for charter schools, school districts, and LEA leadership teams seeking consistent, practical support in special education systems, compliance, defensibility, team development, and dispute prevention.

Monthly consultation packages provide access to experienced special education leaders, school psychology expertise, and systems-level guidance without requiring a full-time internal position or long-term employment commitment. Consultation hours may be used for case consultation, IEP and PWN guidance, compliance questions, assessment and IEE consultation, difficult team dynamics, service delivery systems, leadership coaching, and special education program support.

LEA Support Lite
3 consultation hours per month
Best for smaller LEAs or teams needing occasional guidance

LEA Partnership
6 consultation hours per month
Best for LEAs needing regular support with compliance, complex cases, and team systems

LEA Systems Support
10 consultation hours per month
Best for LEAs needing ongoing strategic support, leadership consultation, and systems improvement

Custom Intensive Support
Available for larger LEAs, corrective action support, high-volume consultation needs, program development, or complex systems work

Pricing available upon request

Independent, student-centered expertise in special education compliance, defensibility, and access, supporting legal teams through case review, mediation, ADR, and due process preparation.

Please reach out to discuss the scope of your case and receive a customized pricing proposal.

Our Expert Witness & Case Review Services provide District Administrators and/or legal teams with clear, balanced, and defensible insight into special education matters. Drawing on more than 50 years of experience in special education leadership, compliance, program development, and dispute resolution, Beers Educational Consulting Group offers student-centered analysis grounded in documentation, best practices, and applicable special education procedures.

What to Expect

• Comprehensive review of IEPs, evaluations, assessment plans, progress data, service records, and related documentation

• Analysis of timelines, procedural compliance, service delivery, documentation, and alignment with Ed Code, SELPA guidance, and best practices

• Written reports summarizing findings, areas of concern, strengths, and expert opinions

• Consultation with attorneys to support preparation for mediation, ADR, settlement discussions, or due process

• Expert witness testimony, if required

  5-hour minimum initial retainer required

Testimony, deposition preparation, hearing participation, written reports, expedited review, and extensive record review may be billed at a higher rate depending on the scope, timeline, and complexity of the case.

Our goal is to support administrative and/or legal teams in understanding the educational record, identifying key compliance and implementation issues, and working toward fair, defensible outcomes that uphold the student’s right to meaningful access, progress, and success.

Independent evaluation of special education programs with written findings and practical recommendations to strengthen access, compliance, fidelity, and defensibility.

Our Program Evaluation service provides districts and charter schools with an objective review of specific special education programs, services, or systems. This may include AAC, assistive technology, SEL supports, adapted physical education, behavior interventions, related services, inclusive practices, and other targeted program areas.

Each evaluation is grounded in special education leadership experience, practical systems knowledge, and a commitment to helping teams strengthen compliance, improve implementation, and increase meaningful student access.

What to Expect

• Review of the selected program, service area, or system

• Evaluation of compliance, fidelity of implementation, effectiveness, and student access

• Review of relevant documentation, procedures, data, and service delivery practices

• Optional interviews, team input, or data review based on the project scope

• Written report summarizing findings, strengths, areas for improvement, and recommendations

• Follow-up consultation to review results and discuss next steps

Rate

Pricing is based on the size, scope, timeline, and complexity of the evaluation. Custom proposals are available for larger program reviews, multi-area evaluations, on-site observations, staff interviews, and ongoing implementation support.

This service is ideal for districts and charter schools seeking to evaluate current practices, improve student access, strengthen systems, and align programs with special education requirements, SELPA guidance, and best practices.

Development of customized policies, procedures, handbooks, and implementation tools to strengthen compliance, improve consistency, and support special education teams.

Our Policy & Procedure Development service helps districts and charter schools establish clear, practical, and defensible systems that support compliance, consistency, and meaningful student access.

Drawing on extensive special education leadership experience and practical systems knowledge, Beers Educational Consulting Group develops customized documents and implementation tools aligned with California Ed Code, SELPA guidance, and special education best practices.

Examples May Include

• Special education manuals and compliance guides

• ACCESS handbooks and inclusive practice frameworks

• IEP process guides and team-facing procedures

• ISA procedures and NPA/NPS placement protocols

• Documentation tools, service delivery procedures, and defensibility checklists

• Due process timelines, compliance trackers, and meeting preparation tools

• Training materials to support implementation and staff consistency

Rate

Custom project-based pricing is available based on the project's size, scope, timeline, and complexity.

This service is ideal for districts and charter schools seeking to build, refine, or strengthen systems that increase staff consistency, support compliance, improve implementation, and reduce legal risk.

Customized professional development for school, charter, and district teams focused on special education compliance, meaningful student access, defensibility, and practical implementation.

Beers Educational Consulting Group provides customized training for school districts, charter schools, and educational leadership teams seeking to strengthen special education systems, improve compliance, and increase meaningful student access.

Our trainings are grounded in special education leadership experience, practical systems knowledge, and a commitment to helping teams strengthen compliance, improve collaboration, and increase meaningful student access.

Training Topics May Include

• IEP compliance and defensibility

• Inclusive access and least restrictive environment, LRE, best practices

• Special education documentation and service delivery

• Behavior support systems and manifestation determinations

• Assistive technology, AAC, and inclusive supports across tiers

• Collaboration between general education and special education teams

• Due process preparation and dispute prevention

• Leadership development for special education teams

• Systems improvement, program implementation, and accountability

Rates

Custom pricing is available for half-day sessions, shorter targeted trainings, on-site trainings, multi-day professional development, leadership coaching, and ongoing consultation packages.

Please reach out to discuss your organization’s needs and receive a customized training proposal.

Our trainings are interactive, data-informed, and designed to equip teams with clear next steps and practical strategies they can use immediately to support students, strengthen systems, and maintain compliance.

Strengths-based coaching for leaders who want to better understand how they naturally think, lead, communicate, build relationships, and get things done. Using CliftonStrengths results as a foundation, coaching sessions help clients turn self-awareness into practical leadership strategies they can use immediately.

As a Certified StrengthsFinder / CliftonStrengths Coach, I help leaders better understand their natural talents and apply them with intention, confidence, and clarity. Leadership coaching is designed for administrators, educators, managers, team leads, and professionals who want to better understand how they lead, communicate, build relationships, solve problems, and move work forward.

Through a strengths-based coaching process, clients explore their CliftonStrengths results, identify patterns in how their talents show up day-to-day, and develop practical strategies to use those strengths more intentionally in their leadership roles. Coaching may focus on communication, decision-making, team dynamics, confidence, delegation, conflict, influence, execution, team development, or navigating change.

This service is especially helpful for new leaders, leaders in transition, team members preparing for advancement, or experienced professionals who want to lead with greater self-awareness and impact.

Rate:

Pricing Available Upon Request

Strengths-based coaching for leaders who want to better understand how they naturally think, lead, communicate, build relationships, and get things done. Using CliftonStrengths results as a foundation, coaching sessions help clients turn self-awareness into practical leadership strategies they can use immediately.

As a Certified StrengthsFinder / CliftonStrengths Coach, I help leaders better understand their natural talents and apply them with intention, confidence, and clarity. Leadership coaching is designed for administrators, educators, managers, team leads, and professionals who want to better understand how they lead, communicate, build relationships, solve problems, and move work forward.

Through a strengths-based coaching process, clients explore their CliftonStrengths results, identify patterns in how their talents show up day-to-day, and develop practical strategies to use those strengths more intentionally in their leadership roles. Coaching may focus on communication, decision-making, team dynamics, confidence, delegation, conflict, influence, execution, team development, or navigating change.

This service is especially helpful for new leaders, leaders in transition, team members preparing for advancement, or experienced professionals who want to lead with greater self-awareness and impact.

Rate: $300 per hour
Leadership Strengths Package: $750 for three 60-minute sessions or 3-hour training
Assessment: CliftonStrengths assessment must be completed prior to the first coaching session and is purchased separately at current Gallup pricing.

Strong teams do not happen by accident. They are built through trust, self-awareness, clear communication, and a shared understanding of how each person naturally contributes.

As a Certified StrengthsFinder / CliftonStrengths Coach, our team facilitates strengths-based team development sessions designed to help teams better understand themselves and one another. Using CliftonStrengths as a foundation, teams explore individual talent themes, collective strengths, communication patterns, potential blind spots, and practical ways to work together more effectively.

Team Development sessions are ideal for leadership teams, special education departments, school teams, charter school teams, administrative teams, and organizations navigating growth, transition, conflict, or change. Sessions may focus on team communication, role clarity, collaboration, decision-making, conflict prevention, leadership alignment, and using each person’s strengths to support shared goals.

Best for: leadership teams, school teams, special education teams, district/charter departments, and small organizations

Pricing Available Upon Request

Beers Educational Consulting Group offers comprehensive Independent Educational Evaluations designed to help families, school districts, charter schools, and legal teams better understand a student’s unique strengths, needs, and educational programming considerations.

Our evaluations are individualized, student-centered, and grounded in a careful review of records, assessment data, educational history, and current areas of concern. Each evaluation includes a written report with clear findings, educationally relevant recommendations, and, when appropriate, participation in IEP meetings or consultation with the family, LEA, or legal team.

Available Independent Educational Evaluations may include:

Psychoeducational Evaluation
A comprehensive review of a student’s cognitive, academic, processing, social-emotional, behavioral, and educational functioning. This evaluation helps clarify eligibility considerations, learning needs, educational impact, and appropriate supports and services.

Educationally Related Mental Health Services Evaluation
An assessment of a student’s social-emotional, behavioral, and mental health needs as they relate to educational access, school functioning, and progress. This evaluation may include recommendations for counseling, behavioral supports, school-based mental health services, or other related supports.

Academic Achievement Evaluation
An in-depth assessment of reading, writing, mathematics, and related academic skills. This evaluation helps identify areas of academic strength and need, skill gaps, intervention needs, and instructional recommendations.

Specific Learning Disability Evaluation
A focused evaluation to examine suspected learning disabilities in areas such as basic reading, reading fluency, reading comprehension, written expression, mathematics calculation, and math problem solving. This evaluation may also include analysis of processing skills and patterns of academic performance.

Executive Functioning Evaluation
An evaluation of skills such as attention, organization, planning, task initiation, working memory, emotional regulation, cognitive flexibility, and follow-through. This assessment is especially helpful for students with ADHD, autism, anxiety, learning disabilities, or difficulty managing school demands.

Behavioral Assessment / Functional Behavior Assessment
A comprehensive review of behavior patterns, triggers, environmental factors, and the function of behaviors that interfere with learning or school participation. This evaluation may include recommendations for positive behavioral supports, behavior intervention planning, and team implementation strategies.

Autism Evaluation
An assessment of social communication, restricted or repetitive behaviors, sensory needs, developmental history, adaptive functioning, and educational impact. This evaluation helps inform eligibility considerations, programming needs, supports, and services.

Attention / ADHD Evaluation
An evaluation of attention, impulsivity, hyperactivity, executive functioning, emotional regulation, and educational impact. This assessment helps identify how attention-related needs affect learning, behavior, and school participation.

Adaptive Behavior Evaluation
An assessment of daily living skills, communication, socialization, independence, and functional performance across environments. This evaluation is often helpful when considering eligibility, level of support, transition planning, or functional programming needs.

Transition Evaluation
An evaluation focused on postsecondary goals, career interests, independent living skills, vocational readiness, education/training needs, and transition services. This evaluation supports meaningful transition planning for students preparing for adulthood.

Assistive Technology Evaluation
An assessment of whether tools, devices, software, or technology-based supports may help a student access instruction, communicate, write, read, organize, or participate more independently in the educational setting.

Augmentative and Alternative Communication Evaluation
An evaluation for students who may need additional communication supports, systems, or devices to express themselves effectively. This may include consideration of low-tech, mid-tech, or high-tech communication options.

Speech and Language Evaluation
An assessment of receptive language, expressive language, articulation, phonology, fluency, voice, and pragmatic/social communication skills. This evaluation helps identify communication needs and educationally relevant supports.

Occupational Therapy Evaluation
An assessment of fine motor skills, visual-motor integration, sensory processing, self-regulation, handwriting, functional school participation, and access to the educational environment.

Adapted Physical Education Evaluation
An assessment of motor skills, physical access, movement, coordination, strength, balance, and participation in physical education. This evaluation helps determine whether adapted physical education support may be needed.

Educational Program Review
A comprehensive review of a student’s current IEP, services, goals, accommodations, placement, progress data, and educational programming. This review helps determine whether the current program is reasonably designed to support meaningful progress.

IEP and Records Review
A detailed review of educational records, evaluations, IEPs, progress reports, service logs, prior written notices, and related documentation. This review may be used to identify concerns, clarify timelines, support case preparation, or guide next steps.

Special Education Eligibility Review
A targeted review of whether available assessment data and educational records support special education eligibility under one or more suspected disability categories. This review may include recommendations for additional assessment or team consideration.

Placement and Least Restrictive Environment Review
An evaluation of whether a student’s current placement and continuum of supports align with their identified needs, access to general education, and requirement for special education and related services.

Compensatory Education Analysis
A review of missed services, delayed assessments, implementation concerns, lack of progress, or denial of access to appropriate supports. This analysis may help inform recommendations for remediation, services, or other educational remedies.

Each evaluation is tailored to the referral question and the student’s individual circumstances. Services may include record review, interviews, observations, standardized assessment, data analysis, written reports, consultation, and IEP meeting participation, depending on the scope of the evaluation.

Please contact us for our 2026/27 Rate Sheet

Beers Educational Consulting Group provides contract assessment and evaluation support for small LEAs, charter schools, and school districts that need high-quality special education assessments without maintaining full-time assessment staff.

This service is designed for organizations that need flexible, reliable support with psychoeducational evaluations, educationally related mental health assessments, academic achievement testing, records review, eligibility analysis, and legally defensible written reports.

Assessment support may include initial evaluations, triennial evaluations, targeted reassessments, Independent Educational Evaluations, ERMHS evaluations, educational program reviews, and consultation with IEP teams. Each evaluation is completed with attention to compliance, educational relevance, defensibility, and meaningful student-centered recommendations.

This service may be offered on a project-by-project basis, through a monthly consultation package, or as part of a broader LEA support agreement.

Not sure where to start?
Schedule a complimentary 15-minute consultation to share what’s on your mind, talk through your needs, and learn how Beers Educational Consulting Group can help you take the next step with confidence.

During this complimentary consultation, we will:

• Review your immediate questions or concerns

• Identify which services may best fit your situation

• Outline next steps and options for moving forward

This no-obligation consultation is an opportunity to gain clarity, ask questions, and explore how Beers Educational Consulting Group can partner with you to support compliance, collaboration, and student success.