— DODEA + MILITARY SPECIAL EDUCATION

DoDEA Special Education Advocate Helping Military Families Worldwide

Whether you’re stationed in DoDEA Americas, DoDEA Europe, or DoDEA Pacific, your child’s IEP shouldn’t lose ground because of a duty station. The Dyslexia Life provides virtual special education advocacy for military families navigating DoDEA schools worldwide.

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Americas DoDEA region supported

Europe DoDEA region supported

Pacific DoDEA region supported

100% Virtual — meets your family anywhere

— WORLDWIDE SUPPORT

Supporting Military Families Through DoDEA IEP Challenges

DoDEA schools operate across three regions worldwide, and each posting brings its own version of the same core challenge: keeping a child’s services intact through the move.

DoDEA Americas

Stateside and near-stateside DoDEA schools, including Puerto Rico and Cuba — advocacy support for families navigating IEPs on these installations.

DoDEA Europe

Germany, Italy, the UK, Belgium, and beyond — virtual advocacy that works with your time zone and your child’s IEP timeline, wherever you’re stationed.

DoDEA Pacific

Japan, Okinawa, Guam, and South Korea — support for families managing DoDEA IEP meetings and evaluations across the Pacific region.

No matter which region you’re stationed in, support is 100% virtual IEP advocacy — built for military families stationed worldwide who can’t always get an advocate in the room in person.

— WHAT GETS FAMILIES STUCK

Common DoDEA IEP Challenges Military Parents Face

These are the issues that come up again and again when a family PCSes into or out of a DoDEA school.

→PCS transitions — coordinating IEP transfer paperwork and timelines around a move date you don’t control.

→Lost services after a move — services quietly dropped or “paused” at the new school instead of continued as comparable services.

→Delayed evaluations — new evaluations that stall for months, leaving a child without updated goals or supports.

→Reading intervention concerns — a new school’s reading program that doesn’t match what actually worked for your child.

→Dyslexia support — inconsistent identification and intervention standards for dyslexia between DoDEA regions.

→ADHD accommodations — accommodations that get dropped or diluted when a 504 plan or IEP transfers to a new school.

→Understanding comparable services — knowing what “comparable services” actually means under IDEA, and what a school can and can’t change without your input.

— SERVICES

How a DoDEA IEP Advocate Can Help

IEP Document Review

A line-by-line read of your child’s current IEP to flag what’s missing, outdated, or legally required but absent.

IEP Meeting Preparation

Walking through the agenda, your goals, and your questions before you sit down at the table.

Virtual IEP Meeting Attendance

Joining your IEP meeting virtually to advocate alongside you in real time, wherever you’re stationed.

Parent Coaching

Helping you understand your rights and build the confidence to advocate between meetings, not just during them.

Evaluation Review

Reviewing evaluation results and reports to check they actually support the goals and services your child needs.

Transition Support During PCS

Coordinating IEP continuity between the losing and gaining schools so services don’t quietly disappear mid-move.

— WHY FAMILIES TRUST HER

Why Military Families Choose The Dyslexia Life

Hilary reads a DoDEA IEP the way a paralegal reads a contract — line by line, looking for what’s missing. And she knows what it feels like to watch a child’s services disappear the moment new orders come in.

Her advocacy draws on IDEA, the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children, and 34 C.F.R. § 300.323(f), which governs how a child’s IEP transfers when a family moves between states or DoDEA regions.

✓Military spouse background — 12 years as a Coast Guard spouse, in the military community since 2000

✓Firsthand understanding of PCS challenges — has moved her own child’s IEP across three states

✓Dyslexia expertise — her own child has severe dyslexia and other learning disabilities

✓Special education advocacy training — graduate-level paralegal degree and Special Education Law Certificate, University of San Diego

✓Worldwide virtual support — serving DoDEA Americas, DoDEA Europe, and DoDEA Pacific

— READY WHEN YOU ARE

Schedule a Military IEP Consultation

Get a straight-talking read on your child’s IEP or 504 plan — wherever your orders send you.

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Or email hilarybreese@gmail.com | 404-987-7658

DoDEA Special Education Advocate | Military Families Worldwide

Virtual IEP advocacy, evaluation review, and PCS transition support for military families in DoDEA Americas, DoDEA Europe, and DoDEA Pacific.

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Hilary Reese

The Dyslexia Life

hilarybreese@gmail.com · 404-987-7658

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