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The work of advocacy, organized

Five tools that carry a case from the first document upload to the follow-up email. Each one handles a specific piece of special education work, and all of them share one student record.

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How a case moves through Highlighter

  1. Document Analysis

    A case starts with paper. Upload an IEP, evaluation, or behavior intervention plan and get a structured summary in plain language, with key dates, goals, services, and potential issues flagged.

    Explore Document Analysis
    Understand a Document: a plain-language summary of a sample psychoeducational evaluation, finding that reading is about two grade levels behind, with a citation to page 12.

  2. Meeting Preparation

    The documents become a plan. Walk into every meeting with a packet built for the student: issues to raise, questions to ask, and talking points that cite their source.

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    Prepare for a Meeting: a meeting packet for a sample student's annual IEP meeting, with questions to ask, goals to review, and services to confirm.

  3. Email Drafting

    The plan becomes the record. Write clear, professional emails to the school team, in the right tone, grounded in the student's IEP.

    Explore Email Drafting
    Draft an Email: a note to the school case manager about reduced speech minutes, written in a collaborative tone and built from the student's records.

  4. Case Management

    The record stays whole. Every student's documents, timeline, notes, and hours live in one place, and Smart Document Search finds anything in the file.

    Explore Case Management
    Records: a question about a sample student's records answered with the date of the change and the prior written notice it came from.

  5. Family Sharing

    The family stays in the loop. Invite parents into their child's case at no cost, and keep your notes and hours private.

    Explore Family Sharing
    Family Sharing: inviting a parent into a sample student's case, with two family members listed and a note that your notes and hours stay private.

Underneath, one case file

Each tool feeds the next. The document you analyze becomes the data in your meeting packet. The meeting becomes the follow-up email, drafted from the same record. Upload once, and every feature works from the same file.

  1. Upload
  2. Understand
  3. Prepare
  4. Communicate

Built into every account

  • Chat.

    Ask about a case, brainstorm next steps, or hand it a task, like analyzing two documents at once or drafting a parent statement.

  • IEP at a Glance.

    Goals, services, accommodations, and key dates from the current IEP, on one screen.

  • Email forwarding.

    Forward anything to the student's Highlighter address and it's filed on the timeline.

  • Team seats.

    Add colleagues and work cases together.

"As an advocate for families, using Highlighter has made the process easier for me to support families in the journey of an IEP or other special education resources. I would personally encourage families and advocates to utilize this growing resource for years to come."

Lauren IsaacsonOwner, The Tutoring Hub: Tutoring & Advocacy, LLC

Built for everyone who advocates

Parents advocating for their own child. Professional advocates carrying a caseload. Organizations supporting families at scale. Same tools, set up for your role.

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