Advocates here work with Westminster families and Westminster Public Schools teams. Each profile lists a rate when the advocate shares one.
1 based in Colorado · 3 virtual advocates who work with Colorado schools
An IEP advocate goes to school meetings with you and argues for services your child is not getting.
Most of the work happens before anyone sits down in a Westminster conference room.
Advocates also coach. Some Westminster parents hire one for two hours of prep and go into the meeting alone.
Westminster Public Schools keeps progress data on every goal in the plan. Ask for it as a table of dates and numbers rather than a paragraph.
No advocate in this directory lists Westminster 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 Harrisburg, PA · works with Colorado schools
Special Education Advocate
I’m a special education teacher with experience supporting students with behavioral, intellectual, and learning needs.
Virtual · based in New York, NY · works with Colorado schools
Special Education Advocate
Clara Liriano, M.S., is a Special Education Advocate and New York State Certified Special Education Teacher with more than 20 years of experience supporting children and individuals with…
Virtual · based in San Antonio, TX · works with Colorado schools
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Nicole Santiago is a learning specialist and an advocate (IEP coach). She is a member of COPAA.org and ensures special education students receive the most appropriate educational services possible.
See all 24 virtual advocates who work with Colorado families
Westminster Public Schools runs the IEP meetings for most Westminster students, and its special education staff will be on the other side of the table when you walk in.
Buildings do not fund services and districts do. Ask which office is deciding before you spend a meeting arguing with the wrong one.
Confirm your child's district by address. Westminster addresses may fall in more than one public school district.
The deadline for finishing an initial evaluation in Colorado is 60 calendar days. Put that date on your calendar the day the paperwork goes in.
Bring the last two report cards and the current plan. That is usually enough paper to start.
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.
Certification programs exist and some advocates hold them. None of them is issued by the Colorado Department of Education, Office of Special Education, and none of them is required to sit in a Colorado IEP meeting.
A certificate says nothing about Westminster Public Schools. Ask instead what the advocate has filed there and what came back.
Hiring an advocate does not pause a deadline or undo a meeting that already happened. The work starts from wherever the Westminster file sits today.
What worked for a family in Arvada may not fit yours. Ask the advocate what is different about your file before you copy anyone.
Rates and openings decide most of this. An advocate who cannot meet before your Westminster meeting date is the wrong hire, and the second-best advocate who is free this month usually beats the best one who is not.
Read a profile for what the advocate actually did, not for what the profile claims. Case detail is the tell.
Answers about hiring a special education advocate in Westminster, Colorado, including cost, timing, virtual support, and Section 504 help.
How much does an IEP advocate cost in Westminster?
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.
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 Westminster, Colorado?
Most of the city sits inside Westminster Public Schools. 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.
Should my child have an IEP or a Section 504 plan?
The short version. IEP means the school changes what is taught and how, and Section 504 means the school changes the conditions around it.
Who decides a special education complaint in Colorado?
Three routes stay open when you disagree. Mediation is voluntary for both sides, a written state complaint is decided on the record by the Colorado Department of Education, and a due process hearing takes evidence.
Official Colorado links for parents in Westminster.
Last reviewed 2026-08-11.
The same Colorado rules apply in Arvada, Greeley, Pueblo, Thornton and the other cities listed here, or see every Colorado advocate.
Start with two calls, not six. Ask each advocate what they would do first with a Westminster file, and hire the one whose answer is specific enough that you could write it down as a task.
Do not sign anything at the first meeting if you are unsure. Consent can wait a day.
