Advocates here work with Havre families and Havre Public Schools teams. Each profile lists a rate when the advocate shares one.
3 virtual advocates who work with Montana schools
Advocates work for you, not for the school. That is the whole difference.
Havre 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.
The meeting itself is the smallest part of the job. Nearly all the hours go into records and email before the Havre team ever sits down.
Read the evaluation report twice. The second read is where the missing service usually shows up.
These advocates are not based in Montana. They join IEP meetings by video or phone, which IDEA allows when you and the school agree.
Virtual · based in Cumming, GA · works with Montana schools
Founder
I’m Russell Lloyd, founder of YourChild.org, author, mentor, and special education advocate. I review the record, find the gaps, build the strategy, prepare the parent, and lead IEP meetings.
Virtual · based in San Antonio, TX · works with Montana 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 Austin, TX · works with Montana 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.
Havre Public Schools runs the IEP meetings for most Havre students, and its special education staff will be on the other side of the table when you walk in.
An Anaconda parent group can tell you how the same district handled a case like yours, which is worth more to read than a policy page.
Confirm your child's district by address before you send a letter or name a district-specific process.
Once you sign consent for testing, a Montana district has 60 calendar days to finish an initial evaluation, and that clock does not stop because a case manager is out or the file went to the wrong building.
If the Havre team says no, ask for the refusal in writing.
Montana gives a school district 60 calendar days to finish an initial special education evaluation. No Montana 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 Montana Office of Public Instruction, Special Education, which takes written state complaints from parents.
The Montana Office of Public Instruction oversees special education in Montana. It does not license the advocates parents hire.
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 Havre. Anyone who does is selling you something.
You sign, not the advocate. Consent and the plan itself both need a parent signature.
No advocate is listed in every city. A remote advocate who knows Montana rules is usually a better hire for Havre than a local one who does not.
Ask whether the advocate has sat in a Havre 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 Havre, Montana, including cost, timing, virtual support, and Section 504 help.
What do special education advocates charge in Havre, Montana?
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.
Do I need an advocate for a routine annual review?
No fixed trigger exists. The useful test is whether you can tell from the paperwork what the school is actually offering, and whether the last thing you asked for came back in writing.
Who runs special education for Havre schools?
Most of the city sits inside Havre 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.
What is the evaluation deadline in Montana?
The rule here is 60 calendar days. It covers the evaluation only. Writing the plan after a child is found eligible is a separate step with its own timing.
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.
Official Montana links for parents in Havre.
Last reviewed 2026-08-11.
The same Montana rules apply in Anaconda, Miles City, Kalispell, Helena and the other cities listed here, or see every Montana advocate.
Start with two calls, not six. Ask each advocate what they would do first with a Havre file, and hire the one whose answer is specific enough that you could write it down as a task.
Keep a one-page timeline of what happened and when. Every advocate you talk to will start by building the same thing.
