Connect with advocates who understand Arlington Heights' separate elementary and high-school district structure and can help with evaluations, IEP meetings, services, and transition.
4 based in Illinois · 3 virtual advocates who work with Illinois schools
Arlington Heights families may work with separate elementary and high-school districts. District 25 offers a continuum of special education and early-childhood services, while District 214 maintains its own high-school evaluation and program procedures.
An advocate can help families keep records, timelines, accommodations, goals, and transition planning aligned when a student moves between district systems.
Local starting points include District 25 Student Services, District 25 special education services and early childhood, and District 214 evaluation-request and special education resources.
Arlington Heights commonly involves separate elementary and high-school systems. Families may need to coordinate records, reevaluation data, services, and transition planning when responsibility moves from one district system to another.
An Arlington Heights advocate can help coordinate records and services between districts, prepare a transition-focused parent input statement, and verify that evaluations and IEP changes are completed before a building or district move.
Find advocates serving Arlington Heights families through elementary, high school, and transition-age planning.
One of these advocates works from Arlington Heights. The rest are based elsewhere in Illinois. Each card names the city.
Based in Arlington Heights, IL
Special Education Advocate
I am a former special education teacher, with experience in public and therapeutic day schools.
Based in Inverness, IL
Special Education Advocate
I earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Communicative Sciences and Disorders at Michigan State University and a Master’s of Education from DePaul University, with a dual certification in elementary and…
Based in Bloomington, IL
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.
These advocates are not based in Illinois. They join IEP meetings by video or phone, which IDEA allows when you and the school agree.
Virtual · based in Austin, TX · works with Illinois schools
Special Education Advocate
Hi, My name is David Gonzales. Living in Austin, TX, but originally from Los Angeles, CA. I carry a masters degree in special education and currently practice as a sped teacher.
Virtual · based in Kansas City, MO · works with Illinois schools
Navigate Special Education with Clarity and Confidence - Guiding Families. Building Futures.
Dr. Diane is a special education advocate and founder of Steppingstone Services, LLC. She holds a Ph.D.
Virtual · based in Atlanta, GA · works with Illinois 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 27 virtual advocates who work with Illinois families
Arlington Heights School District 25 is a major local elementary district, while Township High School District 214 serves many area high-school students. Other elementary district boundaries may also apply.
Arlington Heights properties may be served by different elementary and high-school districts. District 25 and District 214 do not serve every address in the community.
Illinois gives a school district 60 school days to finish an initial special education evaluation. A written request for an evaluation has to be answered inside 14 school days. Missed deadlines are handled by the Illinois State Board of Education, Special Education Department, which takes written state complaints from parents.
Certification programs exist and some advocates hold them. None of them is issued by the Illinois State Board of Education, Special Education Department, and none of them is required to sit in an Illinois IEP meeting.
Arlington Heights School District 25 does not approve or bar advocates. Federal rules let a parent bring anyone with knowledge of the child to the meeting.
An advocate cannot make the district agree. What moves a district is the record you build, not the person sitting next to you, and a good advocate spends more hours on the record than in the room.
Arlington Heights School District 25 answers to the parent on the paperwork, so an advocate can draft the letter and you still have to be the one who sends it.
One advocate listed here, Angela, works out of Arlington Heights. The others reach Illinois 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.
Answers about hiring a special education advocate in Arlington Heights, Illinois, including cost, timing, virtual support, and Section 504 help.
Why does the school district matter in Arlington Heights?
Elementary and high-school services may be administered by different districts, and some neighborhoods fall into other elementary districts. The correct district determines referral contacts, procedures, records, and available programs.
How much does an IEP advocate cost in Arlington Heights?
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.
Which school district serves Arlington Heights, Illinois?
Most of the city sits inside Arlington Heights School District 25. 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.
How long does the IEP evaluation process take in Illinois?
Illinois sets its own deadline and it is 60 school days. Federal law lets a state do that, so a timeline a parent reads on a national site may not be the one running here.
Official Illinois links for parents in Arlington Heights.
Last reviewed 2026-08-11.
The same Illinois rules apply in Decatur, Evanston, Palatine, Schaumburg and the other cities listed here, or see every Illinois advocate.
Print the current IEP and bring it to the first call. Every advocate on the Arlington Heights list will ask for it.
Say the name of your school and Arlington Heights School District 25 in the first message. That is enough for an advocate to know whether they can take the case.
