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B.S. Illinois State University in Special Education
M.S. Johns Hopkins University in Special Education 
 
Mary Hepple is a special education consultant and advocate with more than 25 years of experience. She has taught children in urban, rural and suburban school districts providing both classroom instruction and itinerant services for children from pre-school through high school, specializing in children with severe communication disorders. Since moving to Maryland from the Midwest in 1986, she has been providing advocacy and educational consultation to families of children with special needs. For 8 years she was affiliated with the Kennedy Krieger Institute’s Child and Family Support Program, and for 2 years served as the Educational Director of the Bridges School of the Hearing and Speech Agency. Returning to Kennedy Krieger in 1995, she served as the Educational Specialist for the Center for Autism and Related Disorders at Kennedy Krieger Institute until January 2000 at which time she decided to devote full time to her private consulting and advocacy practice. Mary has successfully advocated for children in the Baltimore Metropolitan area including Baltimore City, Baltimore, Harford, Cecil, Howard, Anne Arundel, Carroll, Frederick, Charles, Prince George’s and Montgomery Counties. Mary is active in several statewide advocacy organizations including the Educational Advocacy Coalition for Student with Disabilities and served the Board of Directors for the Baltimore Chesapeake Chapter of the Autism Society of America for 8 years.

• Services provided to families include:
  
• Direct Advocacy and Representation in IEP Meetings
  
• IEP Reviews
  
• IEP Development
  
• 504 Plan Development
  
• Educational Planning
  
• School Observations
  
• Monitoring of Progress and Provision of Services
  
• Referral to Community Resources including: camps, private schools, residential placements, college programs for LD students, family support groups, and recreational activities for children with special needs