When our son M started 2nd grade his teacher alerted my husband, Mike, and I that his testing scores were very low and he was reading at a below kindergarten level. We reached out to our friend and special education advocate Jana Pochintesta at MAX Advocacy for help.. She was instrumental in guiding us through the initial processes when engaging with the administration at our sons school. It was crucial that every interaction be recorded and worded specifically or else the school may not have provided ou son with the resources he so needed. Without Janas help, I am certain that M would not have been awarded all the services he received, Additionally, because of her help, we were able to have the school district pay for M to be tested thoroughly by an independent agency so that we could understand exactly which areas of learning and processing with which M needed help. Many times, Ms. Pochintesta came with my husband and I to our meetings at the school. In those meetings she advocated on behalf of our family. Her knowledge in those meetings helped the team understand that M was going to need lots of extra support. Later, when the school wanted to reduce the level of support services M needed, Jana was able to convince them to keep providing the help he still needs. I am positive that our son would not be in the place he is now without the the help of MAX Advocacy.