MY Advocacy LLC | 2025 LOVE Award Winner – Best Educational Advocate
MY Advocacy LLC provides educational advocacy services to families with special needs children in the counties of Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia.
MY Advocacy LLC | 2025 LOVE Award Winner – Best Educational Advocate
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MY Advocacy LLC provides educational advocacy services to families with special needs children in the counties of Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia. MY Advocacy's mission is to provide supportive advocacy services that both educate and empower parents to be effective members of their child's IEP team. Services include: support with the initial evaluation and identification process, educational document review, explanation of special education rights, attendance at IEP meetings, dispute resolution, and disciplinary hearings, participation in ongoing district communication, assistance with transitioning services from another state, and more!
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Mandy D.
Melissa Yelito at My Advocacy is a fantastic resource when navigating the school system. In an age where people like to talk more than listen, Melissa really takes the time to understand your child’s challenges when it comes to school. She is thoughtful in her approach and is balanced in what is fair for both you and the school.
Jamie B.
The process of navigating the school system with a special needs kid is overwhelming, scary and very frustrating. Melissa was recommended to us by so many families in similar vulnerable situations, and she has been patient, reassuring and kind. She has given us a voice just when we felt our voice wasn’t going to be heard. Her knowledge of my child’s rights has given us the confidence to advocate for the supports that will foster his progress and happiness. MY Advocacy has made it possible for my son to live a safe, happy and meaningful life at school, and we are so grateful!
Tammy Anthony
Melissa Yelito helped us immensely with understanding our child’s options, creating a plan and communicating with our child’s school, and ultimately receiving placement in a private school. She is organized, professional and respectful and I highly recommend working with her.
Marianne M.
Melissa Yelito, at MY Advocacy LLC, helped us navigate through the difficult IEP process for our son. In previous years before working with Melissa we struggled to get our son the help he needed. Melissa helped us to better understand what tools he needed to be successful and how to ask for them. Our son is now a senior and being accepted to several colleges.
Heather
When we first reached out to Melissa, our once happy-go-lucky 10 year old son was in crisis. He had been diagnosed with ADHD, dyslexia, anxiety and depression. For nearly three years, he had not made progress towards his IEP goals. He was not receiving the right interventions or supports to allow him to be successful at school. His self-esteem was shattered, and he spiraled into a extreme state of depression. Every aspect of his school day was difficult and overwhelming. Melissa helped us secure an out of district placement at a private school that specialzes in teaching bright children with learning differences. Now our son is happy and well adjusted at his new school. He has thanked us many times for sending him there, and he looks forward to going to school everyday. We are very grateful to Melissa for helping to make this a smooth and timely transition for our son. We highly recommend her to anyone that is seeking the support of special educational advocate.
Mandy
I’m in the beginning of this process with my kindergartener and felt totally lost. I knew I needed help, but had no idea where to start. Melissa and I had a warm and non-judgmental conversation about my struggles. She was able to identify how to reach my goals. I wanted my daughter to thrive in school and not just survive it. She immediately sent me an email that outlined my options and put it together in an orderly action plan. I would highly recommend her if you are feeling overwhelmed by the public school system.
Amanda Jefferson
I reached out to Melissa at a time when I really needed some guidance about the next steps for our family in terms of schooling. She was so easy to talk to and made the process of signing on with her really easy. I wouldn’t have been able to make our school switch without her. I highly recommend her to anyone looking for support!
Theresa A Praul-DeFrank
Melissa is a great asset to the special education community! We are proud to have her as a trusted, educated, and balanced colleague in our field. Melissa is full of knowledge on special education rights and laws and our team is lucky enough to get to learn from and with her. I would highly recommend Melissa to the families we service!
Bethany Reynolds
Melissa is an absolute asset to our family and IEP teams for both of our children in middle and high school. She is so knowledgeable able to suggest things to the team that I wouldn’t have thought of as well as supporting our choices and really helping us to be heard in meetings. She helps me by stepping in when my emotions get the best of me, checking back in to make sure we are moving in the right direction. I don’t know how I would ever manage without her!
Main Line Parent Community Member
We began our journey of advocating for my son 10 years ago when he was in kindergarten. My son has ADHD, generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety and major depressive disorder. It hasn’t been easy. Throughout those 10 years of IEP meetings and psychological evaluations, he was placed in Intensive Outpatient programs, various emotional support settings and at one point, not attending school at all. We have had many advocates over the years, but he didn’t get the out of district placement we have been aiming for until Melissa joined our team. Of all the advocates we’ve ever had, Melissa made me feel like our case was her priority. She is organized, efficient and reliable. If it weren’t for her advocacy, I truly believe my son would not be in the school that he is currently placed in, where he is thriving for the first time.