Early Intervention Guidance
Understand developmental concerns, IFSP supports, provider recommendations, and service options for young children.
Bright Path Advocacy
Early intervention and IEP advocacy for San Diego and Orange County families who want clear guidance, calmer meetings, and practical next steps for their child.
- IFSP, IEP, and 504 support
- Meeting prep and attendance
- Early childhood development guidance
A steady voice before, during, and after the meeting.
When your child needs support, the process can feel full of acronyms, timelines, reports, and decisions that arrive too quickly. Bright Path Advocacy helps families understand what is being proposed, organize the right records, ask stronger questions, and leave meetings with a plan that makes sense.
Practical prep
Records, concerns, goals, and parent questions organized before the meeting.
Collaborative advocacy
Supportive communication with school, district, and early support teams.
Clear follow-through
Plain-language next steps after IFSP, IEP, 504, or service planning conversations.
Support for the moments that matter.
Bright Path Advocacy is designed for families navigating developmental concerns, evaluations, school supports, or a meeting where the stakes feel high and the language feels unfamiliar.
IEP and 504 Support
Review goals, accommodations, services, progress data, and parent concerns before decisions are made.
Meeting Preparation
Build a focused agenda, clarify the family's priorities, and prepare respectful questions for the team.
Follow-Through Plans
Translate meeting outcomes into next steps, questions, documentation, and communication with the team.
Meet Marie Fleming.
Marie has spent more than 15 years supporting children, adults, and families with diverse needs across the United States, Australia, and England. Her work has included front-line family support, counseling-informed service coordination, program leadership, and early intervention management.
At Bright Path Advocacy, she brings that experience into a warm, practical advocacy model for San Diego and Orange County families who need a trusted partner at the table.
- Former Regional Coordinator for Healthy Development Services and Children's Care Connection Manager at Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego.
- Former Early Intervention Program Senior Manager at Kindering Center in Bellevue, Washington.
- Master of Counseling in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Bachelor of Science in Psychology with Honors.
Grounded in respected early support systems.
Marie has led work inside organizations with deep histories in child development, coordinated services, and family-centered early intervention.
Kindering Center, Bellevue Washington
Kindering was founded in 1962 by Bellevue-area mothers of children with disabilities and grew into Washington's largest early support center. Marie's Kindering experience informs Bright Path Advocacy's emphasis on developmental understanding, family coaching, and coordinated support.
Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego California
Rady Children's has served San Diego children since 1954. Its Healthy Development Services program supports children birth to 5 with developmental and behavioral concerns through coordinated, family-facing services. Marie's work there anchors Bright Path Advocacy in San Diego's early childhood landscape.
How the process works.
A simple structure keeps families focused and helps meetings feel more manageable.
Listen and organize
Marie learns what is happening now, reviews key documents, and helps identify the questions the team needs to answer.
Prepare and advocate
Together, you clarify priorities, plan meeting language, and decide where advocacy support is most useful.
Clarify next steps
After the meeting, Bright Path Advocacy helps turn notes, timelines, goals, and service decisions into a practical follow-up plan.
Questions families should ask an advocate.
A good advocate should be clear about experience, approach, communication, and where advocacy ends. Bright Path Advocacy is built to answer those questions directly.
What experience do you have with children like mine?
Marie has more than 15 years of experience supporting children and families with developmental, behavioral, disability, and special education needs.
Do you understand early intervention and school systems?
Yes. Her background includes early intervention program leadership, IFSP-related work, San Diego developmental services, and school-facing support.
How will you prepare for a meeting?
Bright Path Advocacy reviews documents, identifies priorities, maps questions, and helps families understand the decisions likely to come up.
Will you communicate respectfully with the team?
Yes. The approach is collaborative, firm when needed, and centered on helping everyone stay focused on the child's needs.
Are you an attorney?
No. Bright Path Advocacy provides educational advocacy, preparation, and family support. If a legal question requires an attorney, Marie will tell you plainly.
Start with a conversation.
Tell Marie what is happening for your child, what meeting or decision is coming up, and what kind of support would help your family feel more prepared.
Serving San Diego and Orange County families
(760) 925-9675
Bright Path Advocacy San Diego provides educational advocacy and family support, not legal representation.