Special education and Section 504 advocates for Pueblo School District No. 60 families in Pueblo.
1 based in Colorado · 3 virtual advocates who work with Colorado schools
Advocates work for you, not for the school. That is the whole difference.
Families in Pueblo and Centennial run into the same problem. The school says the current plan is working, and the progress report shows the same goal repeated from last year with the same numbers under it.
The meeting itself is the smallest part of the job. Nearly all the hours go into records and email before the Pueblo team ever sits down.
Read the evaluation report twice. The second read is where the missing service usually shows up.
No advocate in this directory lists Pueblo as their home base. These advocates work from other parts of Colorado, and each card names the city.
Based in Lamar, CO
Special Education Advocate
I’ve been a science teacher, a Director of Financial Aid, and a Dean of Students at a rural community college — always at the table with students and families navigating systems not built for them.
These advocates are not based in Colorado. They join IEP meetings by video or phone, which IDEA allows when you and the school agree.
Virtual · based in Cumming, GA · works with Colorado schools
Founder
I’m Russell Lloyd, founder of YourChild.org, author, mentor, and special education advocate. I review the record, find the gaps, build the strategy, prepare the parent, and lead IEP meetings.
Virtual · based in Hawthorne, NJ · works with Colorado 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 Atlanta, GA · works with Colorado schools
Special Education Advocate
My name is Jalani Traxler and I have loved teaching sense I myself was a student with an IEP receiving my own accommodations in elementary school.
See all 24 virtual advocates who work with Colorado families
29 public schools inside Pueblo belong to Pueblo School District No. 60. 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.
Families who move between Centennial and here change districts, and the new team is not required to keep the old plan word for word.
Confirm your child's district by address. Pueblo addresses may fall in more than one public school district.
The clock that matters starts when you sign consent. In Colorado it runs 60 calendar days.
Write down what you want the school to add, in one page, before you walk into the Pueblo meeting, because a team that reads your list in advance cannot pretend it never came up.
Colorado gives a school district 60 calendar days to finish an initial special education evaluation. No Colorado rule sets a separate deadline for answering a written request, so the federal reasonable-time standard is what applies. Missed deadlines are handled by the Colorado Department of Education, Office of Special Education, which takes written state complaints from parents.
The Colorado Department of Education oversees special education in Colorado. It does not license the advocates parents hire.
Ask what training the advocate actually finished and who ran it. A one-day webinar and a two-year program both end in a certificate.
Advocates charge for this. At $75 to $150 per hour, a standard IEP cycle with two hours of prep and two hours in the meeting runs about $400, and that money does not come back if the answer is still no.
Pueblo School District No. 60 is allowed to say no. What it is not allowed to do is say no without written notice that explains the reason.
Being listed for Colorado is not the same as taking Pueblo cases, so read the service area on each of the 1 in-state profiles before you write to anyone.
Ask whether the advocate has sat in a Pueblo School District No. 60 meeting before. The answer is a yes or a no and it tells you a great deal.
Answers about hiring a special education advocate in Pueblo, Colorado, including cost, timing, virtual support, and Section 504 help.
What do special education advocates charge in Pueblo, Colorado?
Rates run $75 to $250 per hour. What moves the number is experience, the type of case, and whether anyone has to drive to the meeting. Profiles here show the rate when the advocate publishes one.
Who runs special education for Pueblo schools?
Pueblo School District No. 60 runs the IEP meetings for most Pueblo students. District lines and city lines are not the same, so confirm yours by address before you send a letter.
What is the evaluation deadline in Colorado?
The rule here is 60 calendar days. It covers the evaluation only. Writing the plan after a child is found eligible is a separate step with its own timing.
Where does a written special education complaint go?
Written complaints go to the Colorado Department of Education. It decides on the paperwork rather than at a hearing, so dates and documents are what the decision turns on.
What documents does an advocate need from me?
Bring the current IEP or 504 plan, the most recent evaluation report, the last two progress reports and any email where the school said no. An advocate who has those before the call can tell you what is missing in ten minutes.
Official Colorado links for parents in Pueblo.
Last reviewed 2026-08-11.
The same Colorado rules apply in Centennial, Greeley, Boulder, Westminster and the other cities listed here, or see every Colorado advocate.
Send the same two questions to every advocate you contact in Pueblo and Centennial. Ask for the rate and for the first date they can meet.
Keep a one-page timeline of what happened and when. Every advocate you talk to will start by building the same thing.
