Jack Morris – Fuerza Consulting & Advocacy

Dedicated to providing the best advocacy available in the Greater Bay area and beyond, Jack Morris has fought for disability rights for 20 years to effectively support families with diverse, challenging, and sometimes rare special needs. Jack has a deep working knowledge of the complex provisions, timelines, standard grievance processes, and due process practices associated with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (i.e., Section 504), IDEA, FERPA, the California Education Code, and regional SELPAs to serve as an extraordinary advocate across more than 20 school districts, two Regional Centers, and eight counties.

Jack provides an array of services to meet every family’s unique needs including a flat-rate “Fix My IEP” intensive consultation to families who just need an extra pair of expert eyes and insight to ensure that they are on the right track. He specializes supporting families new to Special Education, Regional Centers, 504 plans, or IHSS as well as those who have been around the block. Jack will meet your family where they are to lead you through every step of the way to meet your advocacy goals for your child. Central to his work, Jack has also favorably represented multiple clients in the resolution of high-stakes, six-figure settlements, including placements in private, non-public schools through formal and informal mediation and negotiation with program directors, superintendents, school district and county attorneys, and administrative law judges.

Prior to his work as a special needs advocate, Jack worked directly with students with disabilities, their families, and staff for 10 years as a Behavior Specialist and Coordinator of Services in the development and delivery of complex, comprehensive educational intervention and implementation plans for school districts for students with ASD, ADHD, ED and other disabilities. Jack still draws upon this valuable experience and intimate familiarity of how districts think and operate to inform his approach to advocacy.

Jack holds himself to a very high standard in regard to the quality of his clients’ outcomes and is diligent in closing any information gaps that would potentially diminish his ability to perform his work at a superior level. He exercises a variety of strong oral and written communication skills and is adept at conflict management and dispute resolution. Jack is described by colleagues and clients as confident, analytical, persuasive and driven to assist those most in need. Jack is a fervent believer in the ability of professional advocacy to educate, empower, and bring hope to families of individuals with special needs.