Based in Leesburg, FL
Evelyn Roman-Santos
CEO IEP Advocate Espanol
Evelyn Roman-Santos is a bilingual Special Education Advocate with 30 years of experience as a School Social Worker.
- From $120 per hour
- Meets in person or by video
IEP advocates in Leesburg, Florida
1 advocate based in Leesburg, plus advocates who work with Florida schools by video.
3 based in Florida · 3 virtual advocates who work with Florida schools
What an IEP advocate is
Advocates get hired after a meeting goes badly, rarely before the first one, which is why most of them start by reading a file that already carries a year of history in it.
Leesburg parents tend to call at one of two moments. The first is before an initial evaluation and the second is after a service quietly disappears from the plan.
Before and after a Leesburg IEP meeting
Paperwork is where cases are won or lost, and an advocate who has read every progress report in the file will find the sentence a Leesburg team wrote two years ago that contradicts what it is saying now.
Read the evaluation report twice. The second read is where the missing service usually shows up.
Advocates based in Leesburg and elsewhere in Florida
One of these advocates works from Leesburg. The rest are based elsewhere in Florida. Each card names the city.
Based in Wesley Chapel, FL
Angela Picardi
Special Education Advocate
With 24 years of experience in the K-12 sector, I serves as a Student Support Specialist specializing in academic and behavioral ESE services.
- Autism, Behavioral Support, Intellectual Disability, Learning Disabilities
- Contact for rate
- Meets in person or by video
Based in Hialeah, FL
Julian Moreira
Advocate
Hello! I look forward to helping families and their students get the crucial support they need. I have varied experience working with families and educators at the state and local levels.
- Autism Spectrum, Behavioral Support, Intellectual & Cognitive, Learning Disabilities
- From $100 per hour
- Free first call
- Meets in person or by video
Virtual advocates who work with Florida families
These advocates are not based in Florida. They join IEP meetings by video or phone, which IDEA allows when you and the school agree.
Virtual · based in Atlanta, GA · works with Florida schools
Ms. Dixon, Psy.S.
School Psychologist & Parent Advocate
I’m a certified School Psychologist, Parent Advocate, and Coach dedicated to helping families navigate special education with confidence.
- Anxiety, ADHD / Attention, Autism Spectrum, Behavioral & Emotional
- From $100 per hour
- Meets by video or phone
Virtual · based in San Antonio, TX · works with Florida schools
Nicole Santiago
FamilyADDventures.com
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.
- Autism Spectrum, Behavioral Support, Learning Disabilities, IDEA
- Contact for rate
- Meets in person or by video
Virtual · based in Arlington Heights, IL · works with Florida schools
Angela Williams
Special Education Advocate
I am a former special education teacher, with experience in public and therapeutic day schools.
- Autism, Behavioral Support, Developmental Delay, Learning Disabilities
- Contact for rate
- Meets in person or by video
The district behind a Leesburg IEP
The district writes the IEP, not the state. That is why a complaint about a missed service in Leesburg names the district.
Families who move between Aventura and here change districts, and the new team is not required to keep the old plan word for word.
What the clock is here
The deadline for finishing an initial evaluation in Florida is 60 calendar days. Put that date on your calendar the day the paperwork goes in.
Put the request in writing and date it. An email to the Leesburg school counts as writing.
Florida 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 30 days. Missed deadlines are handled by the Florida Department of Education, Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student Services, which takes written state complaints from parents.
No license, no required certification
The Florida Department of Education oversees special education in Florida. It does not license the advocates parents hire.
Check the references and not the letters after the name. Two calls to past clients settle it faster than any credential list.
Where advocacy stops
No advocate can promise a placement or an outcome in Leesburg. Anyone who does is selling you something.
Nobody can undo a meeting you already agreed to in writing. Read the page you are asked to sign before the room empties.
Who serves Leesburg today
One advocate listed here, Evelyn, works out of Leesburg. The others reach Florida families by video or by driving in.
Distance is a scheduling problem and not a legal one. Meetings run by video whenever the parent and the school both agree to it.
Leesburg IEP and Section 504 advocate FAQ
Answers about hiring a special education advocate in Leesburg, Florida, including cost, timing, virtual support, and Section 504 help.
What do special education advocates charge in Leesburg, Florida?
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.
Do I need an advocate for a routine annual review?
Most parents call after a school says no to testing, after goals repeat unchanged for a year, or a week before an annual review. Earlier is cheaper. An advocate hired the night before a meeting can only read so much.
What is the difference between an IEP advocate and a special education attorney?
An advocate is not a lawyer and cannot give legal advice or file a lawsuit. What an advocate can do is build the written record a lawyer would need later.
What should a records request say?
Ask in writing and address it to the district rather than the front office. Schools have to let parents inspect the education records they keep, and inspection has to happen before the next IEP meeting.
What is the difference between an IEP and a 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.
Official special education resources in Florida
Official Florida links for parents in Leesburg.
Sources for the Florida rules on this page
- Fla. Admin. Code R. 6A-6.0331, rule record and current text (Fla. Admin. Code R. 6A-6.0331(3)(g))
- Fla. Admin. Code R. 6A-6.0331 adopted text (Fla. Admin. Code R. 6A-6.0331(3)(g))
- FDOE Dispute Resolution Systems
- FDOE Exceptional Student Education
Last reviewed 2026-08-11.
Nearby cities in Florida
The same Florida rules apply in Aventura, Panama City, Land O' Lakes, Oviedo and the other cities listed here, or see every Florida advocate.
Before you contact anyone
You are not limited to advocates inside Leesburg. The closest listed office is in Wesley Chapel, and distance matters less than whether that person has worked a case in your district.
Keep a one-page timeline of what happened and when. Every advocate you talk to will start by building the same thing.
