Based in Newcastle, OK
Lyndon Parker
Special Education Advocate - IEP Consultant
Former special education teacher and educational advocate with experience on both sides of the IEP table.
- From $65 per hour
- Meets in person or by video
IEP advocates in Nichols Hills, Oklahoma
Special education and Section 504 advocates for Oklahoma City Public Schools families in Nichols Hills.
1 based in Oklahoma · 3 virtual advocates who work with Oklahoma schools
What an advocate does for a Nichols Hills family
The job is plain. An advocate knows what services the school owes your child and asks for them in writing.
Most of the work happens before anyone sits down in a Nichols Hills conference room.
What the work looks like
Advocates also coach. Some Nichols Hills parents hire one for two hours of prep and go into the meeting alone.
Records live with Oklahoma City Public Schools, not with the front office of one building, and a request addressed to the district gets a faster answer than one that is not.
Advocate based in Oklahoma
No advocate in this directory lists Nichols Hills as their home base. These advocates work from other parts of Oklahoma, and each card names the city.
Virtual advocates who work with Oklahoma families
These advocates are not based in Oklahoma. They join IEP meetings by video or phone, which IDEA allows when you and the school agree.
Virtual · based in Leesburg, FL · works with Oklahoma schools
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
Virtual · based in Houston, TX · works with Oklahoma schools
Samantha Wolff
Special Education Advocate
~Beginning of school year document review sale - $50(Up to 4hrs) Non-Attorney Certified Special Education Advocate with 13 years of healthcare experience & 2 years of advocacy experience.
- From $50 per hour
- Meets in person or by video
Virtual · based in Springfield, MA · works with Oklahoma schools
Tina Burston
N/A
My parent advocacy experience in special education began with students diagnosed on the Autism Spectrum, assisting parents with IEP language, asking the appropriate questions to get the answers they…
- From $100 per hour
- Meets in person or by video
See all 30 virtual advocates who work with Oklahoma families
Which district is in the room
Oklahoma City Public Schools runs the IEP meetings for most Nichols Hills students, and its special education staff will be on the other side of the table when you walk in.
Charter and magnet enrollment changes who owes the service. Ask which agency is responsible before the first meeting.
- District Oklahoma City Public Schools
- County Oklahoma County
- Public schools inside Nichols Hills 1
- Size Nichols Hills is the 91st-largest city in Oklahoma by the 2024 Census estimate
- Closest listed advocate Newcastle, OK
Confirm your child's district by address before you send a letter or name a district-specific process.
The deadlines that apply in Oklahoma
Federal law lets a state write its own evaluation deadline instead of using the national one. What Oklahoma actually requires is 45 school days.
Bring the last two report cards and the current plan. That is usually enough paper to start.
Oklahoma gives a school district 45 school days to finish an initial special education evaluation. No Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma State Department of Education, Special Education Services, which takes written state complaints from parents.
Who licenses advocates in Oklahoma
Attorneys are licensed. Advocates hold no license, and the difference matters most when a case gets close to a hearing, which is the point where the Nichols Hills district starts talking to its own lawyer.
A certificate says nothing about Oklahoma City Public Schools. Ask instead what the advocate has filed there and what came back.
What an advocate cannot do
Hiring an advocate does not pause a deadline or undo a meeting that already happened. The work starts from wherever the Nichols Hills file sits today.
Oklahoma City Public Schools 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.
Local advocates and video advocates
Video is normal now. 30 of the advocates listed for Nichols Hills work with families by phone or video instead of driving to the school.
Read a profile for what the advocate actually did, not for what the profile claims. Case detail is the tell.
Nichols Hills IEP and Section 504 advocate FAQ
Answers about hiring a special education advocate in Nichols Hills, Oklahoma, including cost, timing, virtual support, and Section 504 help.
What is the hourly rate for a parent advocate?
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.
Does Oklahoma City Public Schools cover every Nichols Hills address?
Most of the city sits inside Oklahoma City 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.
Can an advocate help with a 504 plan and not an IEP?
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.
Which plan covers therapy and specialized instruction?
An IEP is the stronger document because it carries goals, service minutes and progress reporting. Section 504 plans are faster to write and easier for a district to agree to.
Who investigates a school for missing an IEP deadline?
The Oklahoma State Department of Education takes written complaints from parents about missed deadlines and services never delivered. An advocate can prepare one. The advocate does not decide it and cannot make the district settle.
Official special education resources in Oklahoma
Official Oklahoma links for parents in Nichols Hills.
Sources for the Oklahoma rules on this page
- Oklahoma Special Education Policies and Procedures 2026 (OSDE) (Oklahoma Special Education Policies and Procedures 2026, chapter 5)
- Oklahoma Statutes Title 70 (current compilation) (70 O.S. 13-101.2)
- OSDE IDEA complaint
Last reviewed 2026-08-11.
Nearby cities in Oklahoma
The same Oklahoma rules apply in Noble, Tuttle, The Village, Blanchard and the other cities listed here, or see every Oklahoma advocate.
What to do next
Search is free. You contact advocates directly.
Say the name of your school and Oklahoma City Public Schools in the first message. That is enough for an advocate to know whether they can take the case.
