Advocates here work with Pembroke Pines families and Broward County Public Schools teams. Each profile lists a rate when the advocate shares one.
3 based in Florida · 3 virtual advocates who work with Florida schools
Advocates work for you, not for the school. That is the whole difference.
Families in Pembroke Pines and Fort Lauderdale 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 Pembroke Pines team ever sits down.
Note what changed at home. Teachers see one room for one hour and parents see the rest of the day.
No advocate in this directory lists Pembroke Pines as their home base. These advocates work from other parts of Florida, and each card names the city.
Based in Wesley Chapel, FL
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.
Based in Leesburg, FL
CEO IEP Advocate Espanol
Evelyn Roman-Santos is a bilingual Special Education Advocate with 30 years of experience as a School Social Worker.
Based in Hialeah, FL
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.
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 San Antonio, TX · works with Florida schools
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.
Virtual · based in Bloomington, IL · works with Florida schools
Founder & Advocate
Jade is a former special education teacher who has taught everything from pre-k all the way to transition classrooms with students up to age 21.
Virtual · based in Philadelphia, PA · works with Florida schools
Educational Consultant
I began this journey because my own daughter was issued an IEP in 3rd grade. I didn't understand special education.
Broward County Public Schools met 46 of 65 state special education indicators in the most recent Florida report.
Families who move between Fort Lauderdale 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 before you send a letter or name a district-specific process.
Federal law lets a state write its own evaluation deadline instead of using the national one. What Florida actually requires is 60 calendar days.
Write down what you want the school to add, in one page, before you walk into the Pembroke Pines meeting, because a team that reads your list in advance cannot pretend it never came up.
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.
Training varies, and so does what it proves. A parent who asks how many Pembroke Pines IEP meetings an advocate sat in last year learns more than a certificate would show.
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.
No advocate can promise a placement or an outcome in Pembroke Pines. Anyone who does is selling you something.
Broward County Public Schools 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 Florida is not the same as taking Pembroke Pines cases, so read the service area on each of the 3 in-state profiles before you write to anyone.
Ask whether the advocate has sat in a Broward County Public Schools 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 Pembroke Pines, Florida, including cost, timing, virtual support, and Section 504 help.
What do special education advocates charge in Pembroke Pines, 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.
Who runs special education for Pembroke Pines schools?
Most Pembroke Pines families work with Broward County Public Schools. Charter and magnet enrollment can change which agency owes the service, so ask that question before the first meeting.
How is Broward County Public Schools doing on special education?
Broward County Public Schools met 46 of 65 state special education indicators in the most recent report. Indicators measure compliance and outcomes across a whole district and say nothing about one classroom.
Can I bring an advocate to a Section 504 meeting?
Nearly every advocate on this page takes both. Compare profiles for experience with accommodations, 504 meetings and school compliance, and ask the school in writing before you bring anyone to a 504 meeting.
Where does a written special education complaint go?
Written complaints go to the Florida Department of Education. It decides on the paperwork rather than at a hearing, so dates and documents are what the decision turns on.
Official Florida links for parents in Pembroke Pines.
Last reviewed 2026-08-11.
The same Florida rules apply in Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, Gainesville, Tallahassee and the other cities listed here, or see every Florida advocate.
You are not limited to advocates inside Pembroke Pines. The closest listed office is in Hialeah, and distance matters less than whether that person has worked a case in your district.
Have the most recent Broward County Public Schools progress report open on the first call. It shows whether the goals moved at all.
