Taylor Educational Advocacy

What Taylor Educational Advocacy does

Taylor Educational Advocacy is a solo private educational consulting practice headquartered at 1 Turkey Hill Road South in Westport, Connecticut, founded approximately in 1994 by Nancy Taylor, M.S., a certified school psychologist and school administrator. The firm delivers educational advocacy, advising, assessment, and coaching services to families of students with learning and developmental needs, spanning ADHD, autism, dyslexia, learning disabilities, giftedness, twice-exceptional profiles, concussions, language impairment, and difficult behaviors, primarily serving Connecticut and the New York metro area across urban, suburban, and rural districts.

The service portfolio is organized around seven interconnected practice areas: Educational Advocacy (504/IEP/PPT meeting attendance, records review, data assessment, goal writing, IEE requests), Support For Parents (family coaching, behavior management, transition planning), Support For Students (self-advocacy training, self-monitoring, attention and learning coaching), Assessment Services, Collaboration Services, Problem-Solving Services, and Coaching Services. The business operates as a pure professional-services practice with no proprietary technology platform, software product, AI integration, or API surface; the website is a standard Squarespace-hosted marketing property.

Revenue is generated on a per-engagement, pay-as-you-go basis at rates described as regionally competitive; service delivery follows a structured funnel beginning with a complimentary initial phone consultation, progressing to 1.5-2 hour parent intake meetings, 1-1.5 hour student sessions, and ongoing school meeting attendance conducted in person at the Westport office or via virtual meetings. The firm is bootstrapped with no external funding, no acquisitions, and no executive transitions; marketing is founder-led through Nancy Taylor's personal brand, an educational blog, an email newsletter, and active profiles on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram, supplemented by published client testimonials.

Name

Taylor Educational Advocacy

Legal name

Taylor Educational Advocacy

Website

https://tayloredadvocacy.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Taylor Educational Advocacy is a Westport, CT-based solo practice founded by Nancy Taylor, M.S., providing educational advocacy, assessment, and coaching for Connecticut and Metro NYC families of students with learning needs including ADHD, autism, dyslexia, and giftedness.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Educational Advocacy & Consulting Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Family Advocacy, Parent Training & Support Services (EDAJAKAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Family & Parent Support Services (Parent Coaching, Advocacy) (EDAJALAK)

Keywords

• Educational advocacy services
• Special education consulting
• IEP and 504 support
• School psychology services
• Learning disabilities coaching

Headquarters

HQ city

Westport

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Educational Advocacy Services: Professional consulting services including assessment, advocacy at IEP/504 meetings, parent coaching, student coaching, and school team collaboration. Billed per session or engagement with rates competitive with regional professionals.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Taylor Educational Advocacy provides one-on-one educational advocacy, advising, and coaching services for families of students from PreK through college age who have learning, developmental, or behavioral needs including ADHD, autism, dyslexia, learning disabilities, giftedness, twice-exceptional profiles, social-emotional issues, and other disabilities. Services encompass assessment, IEP/504 meeting representation, school-team collaboration, parent coaching, student coaching, behavior management, transition planning, and intervention problem-solving, delivered by founder Nancy Taylor in person in Westport, CT or virtually.

Product overview

Taylor Educational Advocacy is a service-based educational consulting practice led by Nancy Taylor, a certified school psychologist with over 30 years of experience. The company offers a comprehensive suite of educational advocacy and coaching services for students with learning needs (ADHD, autism, dyslexia, giftedness, complex profiles) and their families in Connecticut and Metro NYC. Services are structured around seven interconnected service areas: Educational Advocacy (504/IEP support, school team collaboration, data assessment, goal writing), Support For Parents (family coaching, behavior management, transition planning), Support For Students (coaching for learning/social-emotional concerns, self-advocacy training), Assessment Services, Collaboration Services, Problem-Solving Services, and Coaching Services. The service delivery model begins with a complimentary phone consultation, followed by intake meetings and individualized plan development for each family.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Educational Advocacy Advocacy services ensuring students have the supports and services in school they need to be successful, including 504 and IEP meeting representation, school team collaboration, data assessment and analysis, goal writing and monitoring, IEE requests, records review, intake meetings with students and families, school consultation summaries, and school meeting preparation.
• Support For Parents
• Support For Students
• Assessment Services
• Collaboration Services
• Problem-Solving Services
• Coaching Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Successfully advocated for in-school support plans resulting in measurable student progress
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD): A national nonprofit advocating for rights and opportunities for people with learning disabilities, with significant parent-resource and policy-advocacy programs. Comparable to Taylor in mission and target audience at the resource and policy layer.
• Understood.org: A large, well-funded digital resource platform for parents of children with learning and attention issues (ADHD, dyslexia, LD). It overlaps with Taylor Educational Advocacy on the parent-education and decision-support layer and competes for the same top-of-funnel parent attention, though it does not provide individualized advocacy.
• Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDA): A national advocacy and education organization for individuals with learning disabilities. It overlaps with Taylor's LD-focused advocacy, parent training, and school-engagement services at the resource and referral layer.
• CHADD (Children and Adults with ADHD): A national nonprofit providing ADHD education, advocacy, and parent-support resources. It overlaps with Taylor's ADHD parent-coaching and school-advocacy work and competes for referral-driven ADHD family engagement.
• International Dyslexia Association (IDA): A national membership organization focused on dyslexia identification, intervention, and advocacy. It serves the same dyslexia/LD family segment Taylor supports and competes for institutional credibility in the dyslexia parent community.

Emerging players

• Learning Ally: A national nonprofit providing audiobook and reading-support services for students with dyslexia and other learning disabilities. It overlaps with Taylor's dyslexia student-coaching work and competes for parent mindshare in the LD intervention space.
• Lexercise: An online structured-literacy tutoring provider for children with dyslexia and reading difficulties. It is an emerging tech-enabled alternative to Taylor's in-person student coaching, serving the same parent demographic with a virtual delivery model.

Direct peers

• Wrightslaw: Founded by attorney Pete Wright, Wrightslaw is the most widely recognized source of training, information, and advocacy guidance for parents navigating special education law (IDEA, IEPs, 504s). It is directly comparable as a special education advocacy resource brand serving the same parent customer base.

Others

• Landmark School: A private residential/day school specializing in students with language-based learning disabilities (dyslexia, ADHD). It is an adjacent referral destination for the same LD student demographic that Taylor Educational Advocacy serves, though it operates as an alternative schooling option rather than an advocacy practice.
• Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes: A national provider of research-based literacy and cognitive instruction for students with learning differences (dyslexia, LD, ADHD). It is an adjacent, thematically related service provider in the LD intervention space rather than a direct advocacy competitor.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/tayloreducationaladvocacy
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/taylor-educational-advocacy
• Instagraminstagram.com/tayloredadvocacy

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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