Conway School District staff run the IEP meetings in Conway. These advocates sit on your side of the table.
3 virtual advocates who work with Arkansas schools
An IEP advocate goes to school meetings with you and argues for services your child is not getting.
Conway is the 7th-largest city in Arkansas. Size has nothing to do with how well a district runs its IEP meetings, and a small district with one experienced case manager often does better than a large one.
Advocates also coach. Some Conway parents hire one for two hours of prep and go into the meeting alone.
Records live with Conway School District, not with the front office of one building, and a request addressed to the district gets a faster answer than one that is not.
These advocates are not based in Arkansas. They join IEP meetings by video or phone, which IDEA allows when you and the school agree.
Virtual · based in Atlanta, GA · works with Arkansas schools
School Psychologist & Parent Advocate
I’m a certified School Psychologist, Parent Advocate, and Coach dedicated to helping families navigate special education with confidence.
Virtual · based in Hawthorne, NJ · works with Arkansas schools
IEP Consultant, School Social Worker, Advocacy
I am a Child Study Team School Social Worker, with a Master of Social Work from Fordham University. I have core competencies in special education law, mental health, and behavioral health.
Virtual · based in Leesburg, FL · works with Arkansas schools
CEO IEP Advocate Espanol
Evelyn Roman-Santos is a bilingual Special Education Advocate with 30 years of experience as a School Social Worker.
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16 public schools inside Conway belong to Conway School District. Each one has its own case manager and its own backlog, and the answer you get about scheduling depends on which building your child attends.
District lines and city lines are not the same thing. A street can sit inside one city and be zoned to the district next door.
Confirm your child's district by address before you send a letter or name a district-specific process.
A written request for an evaluation starts a second clock in Arkansas, and the district has to answer inside 7 calendar days.
Keep every email. Most of what an advocate does with a Conway file is date-stamping what the school already told you.
Arkansas gives a school district 60 calendar days to finish an initial special education evaluation. A written request for an evaluation has to be answered inside 7 calendar days. Missed deadlines are handled by the Arkansas Department of Education, Division of Elementary and Secondary Education, Office of Special Education, which takes written state complaints from parents.
Attorneys are licensed. Advocates hold no license, and the difference matters most when a case gets close to a hearing, which is the point where the Conway district starts talking to its own lawyer.
Advocates who work North Little Rock and here see the same state rules twice a week. Repetition inside one state is the practice worth paying for.
Hiring an advocate does not pause a deadline or undo a meeting that already happened. The work starts from wherever the Conway file sits today.
What worked for a family in North Little Rock may not fit yours. Ask the advocate what is different about your file before you copy anyone.
Video is normal now. 26 of the advocates listed for Conway work with families by phone or video instead of driving to the school.
Ask for two references from cases like yours. Somebody who cannot produce one has not worked many.
Answers about hiring a special education advocate in Conway, Arkansas, including cost, timing, virtual support, and Section 504 help.
How much does an IEP advocate cost in Conway?
Flat fees are common for a single meeting and hourly billing is common for everything else. Many advocates give a free first call. Nobody bills you through this site, so ask each person how they invoice.
Can an advocate join an IEP meeting by video?
Yes. IDEA, the federal special education law, requires parent participation in IEP meetings and allows alternative means such as video or phone when you and the school agree. Your advocate does not have to live nearby.
Which school district serves Conway, Arkansas?
Most of the city sits inside Conway School District. The district writes the plan and holds the special education budget, which is why a complaint about a missed service names the district and not the school.
Do advocates handle accommodation plans?
Yes, and the rules differ slightly. Section 504 does not spell out who may attend the way IDEA does, so ask the school in writing before the meeting and keep the answer.
What records should I ask for before an IEP meeting?
Ask for the full file, which means every evaluation, the progress data behind each goal and any email where the school said no. Put it in writing and keep the date.
Official Arkansas links for parents in Conway.
Last reviewed 2026-08-11.
The same Arkansas rules apply in North Little Rock, Rogers, Bentonville, Jonesboro and the other cities listed here, or see every Arkansas advocate.
Start with two calls, not six. Ask each advocate what they would do first with a Conway file, and hire the one whose answer is specific enough that you could write it down as a task.
Two questions sort most of this out. What would you do first with this file, and what does that cost.
