Special education and Section 504 advocates for Beaverton School District 48J families in Beaverton.
1 based in Oregon · 3 virtual advocates who work with Oregon schools
Advocates get hired after a meeting goes badly, rarely before the first one, which is why most of them start by reading a file that already carries a year of history in it.
Beaverton 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.
After the meeting the work is dull. The advocate reads the draft against the notes and sends a correction back the same week.
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 Beaverton as their home base. These advocates work from other parts of Oregon, and each card names the city.
Based in Portland, OR
Experienced Special Education Advocate & Former District Administrator
Chelsea Venegas, M.Ed., is the Founder & Special Education Advocate at Access & Bloom. A former special education teacher, school administrator, and district leader, she supports families with IEPs,…
These advocates are not based in Oregon. They join IEP meetings by video or phone, which IDEA allows when you and the school agree.
Virtual · based in Chicago, IL · works with Oregon schools
Virtual Special Education & IEP Consultant
I provide virtual IEP and special education support to families in Illinois and beyond. With experience as a Special Education Director, case manager, and special education teacher, I bring both…
Virtual · based in Atlanta, GA · works with Oregon 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.
Virtual · based in Avondale, PA · works with Oregon schools
Personalized support from an Experienced Advocate
I'm Lisa Lightner, a Special Education Advocate with 16 years of experience helping families navigate IEPs, evaluations, placement disputes, and special education challenges.
31 public schools inside Beaverton belong to Beaverton School District 48J. Each one has its own case manager and its own backlog, and the answer you get about scheduling depends on which building your child attends.
A Bend 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.
Federal law lets a state write its own evaluation deadline instead of using the national one. What Oregon actually requires is 60 school days.
Put the request in writing and date it. An email to the Beaverton school counts as writing.
Oregon gives a school district 60 school days to finish an initial special education evaluation. No Oregon 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 Oregon Department of Education, Office of Enhancing Student Opportunities, which takes written state complaints from parents.
The Oregon Department of Education oversees special education in Oregon. 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.
Advocates do not decide complaints. The Oregon Department of Education does, and only after someone files one in writing.
Beaverton School District 48J is allowed to say no. What it is not allowed to do is say no without written notice that explains the reason.
No advocate is listed in every city. A remote advocate who knows Oregon rules is usually a better hire for Beaverton than a local one who does not.
Experience with Beaverton School District 48J matters more than the number of years printed on a profile page.
Answers about hiring a special education advocate in Beaverton, Oregon, including cost, timing, virtual support, and Section 504 help.
How much should I budget for one IEP meeting?
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.
Can an advocate represent me at a due process hearing in Oregon?
An advocate is not a lawyer and cannot give legal advice or file a lawsuit. What an advocate can do is build the written record a lawyer would need later.
What district will be at my IEP meeting in Beaverton?
Most Beaverton families work with Beaverton School District 48J. Charter and magnet enrollment can change which agency owes the service, so ask that question before the first meeting.
Where does Beaverton School District 48J stand on state special education indicators?
45 of 65 indicators met. Read that as a compliance signal rather than a rating, because a district can meet the indicator and still miss the service your child needs.
How many advocates on this page are based in Oregon?
Every card on this page names the city the advocate works from. Advocates listed under the virtual heading live somewhere else and work with families here by video or phone.
Official Oregon links for parents in Beaverton.
Last reviewed 2026-08-11.
The same Oregon rules apply in Bend, Medford, Corvallis, Hillsboro and the other cities listed here, or see every Oregon advocate.
If nobody here fits, check the Bend page next. The same Oregon rules apply there.
Have the most recent Beaverton School District 48J progress report open on the first call. It shows whether the goals moved at all.
