Connect with advocates who understand Arlington Heights' separate elementary and high-school district structure and can help with evaluations, IEP meetings, services, and transition.
3 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 22 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.
The Illinois State Board of Education oversees special education in Illinois. 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.
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.
Arlington Heights School District 25 is allowed to say no. What it is not allowed to do is say no without written notice that explains the reason.
One advocate listed here, Angela, works out of Arlington Heights. The others reach Illinois families by video or by driving in.
Ask whether the advocate has sat in an Arlington Heights School District 25 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 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.
What do special education advocates charge in Arlington Heights, Illinois?
Flat fees are common for a single meeting and hourly billing is common for everything else. Many advocates give a free first call. Nobody bills you through this site, so ask each person how they invoice.
Who runs special education for Arlington Heights schools?
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.
Are there free IEP advocates in Arlington Heights?
No public program assigns you a private advocate. The links under official resources on this page go to the state agency and to the complaint process, and both cost nothing to use.
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.
If nobody here fits, check the Decatur page next. The same Illinois rules apply there.
Keep a one-page timeline of what happened and when. Every advocate you talk to will start by building the same thing.
