Connect with advocates who help Katy families request FIIEs, prepare for ARD meetings, review services and goals, and address eligibility, dyslexia, behavior, or Section 504.
4 based in Texas · 3 virtual advocates who work with Texas schools
Katy ISD instructs parents who want a special education evaluation to contact an administrator at the child's campus. Its operating guidelines also describe the 15-school-day response to a written evaluation request, the 45-school-day FIIE timeline, and the ARD process.
Families may also use Region 4 Education Service Center and statewide SPEDTex materials to understand Texas terminology and procedural safeguards.
Local starting points include Katy ISD Child Find, campus administrator referral process, Katy ISD special education operating guidelines, and Region 4 Education Service Center.
Katy ISD’s Child Find and operating-guideline pages explain local routing and district procedures. The student’s FIIE and ARD decisions must still be individualized to the child’s suspected needs, evaluation data, and educational program.
A Katy advocate can draft the written request, review the proposed evaluation areas, calculate the Texas timeline, and prepare a decision-focused ARD agenda based on the district’s reports and the parent’s outside records.
Compare advocates serving Katy families with FIIEs, ARD meetings, dyslexia, behavior, services, and eligibility.
One of these advocates works from Katy. The rest are based elsewhere in Texas. Each card names the city.
Based in Katy, TX
Special Education Advocate
Besides being a parent of a neurodivergent son, I have been a special education teacher, diagnostician, and advocate for the past 30 years. I am a true hands-on, walk in your shoes type of advocate.
Based in Austin, TX
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.
Based in Midland, TX
Special Education Advocate
Kate Keenan is a special education advocate serving families in Midland, TX.
Based in San Antonio, TX
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.
These advocates are not based in Texas. They join IEP meetings by video or phone, which IDEA allows when you and the school agree.
Virtual · based in Wesley Chapel, FL · works with Texas schools
Special Education Advocate
With 24 years of experience in the K-12 sector, I serves as a Student Support Specialist specializing in academic and behavioral ESE services.
Virtual · based in Hialeah, FL · works with Texas schools
Advocate
Hello! I look forward to helping families and their students get the crucial support they need. I have varied experience working with families and educators at the state and local levels.
Virtual · based in Newcastle, OK · works with Texas schools
Special Education Advocate - IEP Consultant
Former special education teacher and educational advocate with experience on both sides of the IEP table.
Katy Independent School District directs parents requesting an initial special education evaluation to an administrator at the child's campus and links families to Region 4 Education Service Center.
Katy-area growth and mailing addresses can complicate district assignment. Confirm Katy ISD enrollment before using district-specific contacts.
Texas gives a school district 45 school days to finish an initial special education evaluation. A written request for an evaluation has to be answered inside 15 school days. Missed deadlines are handled by the Texas Education Agency, Office of Special Populations and Student Supports, which takes written state complaints from parents.
Certification programs exist and some advocates hold them. None of them is issued by the Texas Education Agency, Office of Special Populations and Student Supports, and none of them is required to sit in a Texas IEP meeting.
Katy Independent School District does not approve or bar advocates. Federal rules let a parent bring anyone with knowledge of the child to the meeting.
Hiring an advocate does not pause a deadline or undo a meeting that already happened. The work starts from wherever the Katy file sits today.
What worked for a family in Converse may not fit yours. Ask the advocate what is different about your file before you copy anyone.
One advocate listed here, Sunnye, works out of Katy. The others reach Texas families by video or by driving in.
Ask for two references from cases like yours. Somebody who cannot produce one has not worked many.
Answers about hiring a special education advocate in Katy, Texas, including cost, timing, virtual support, and Section 504 help.
How do I request a special education evaluation in Katy ISD?
Katy ISD directs parents to contact an administrator at the child's campus. A clear written request helps document when the request was received and starts the district's response obligations.
How much does an IEP advocate cost in Katy?
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 Katy, Texas?
Most Katy families work with Katy Independent School District. Charter and magnet enrollment can change which agency owes the service, so ask that question before the first meeting.
How long does the IEP evaluation process take in Texas?
Texas sets its own deadline and it is 45 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 Texas links for parents in Katy.
Last reviewed 2026-08-11.
Start with two calls, not six. Ask each advocate what they would do first with a Katy file, and hire the one whose answer is specific enough that you could write it down as a task.
Do not sign anything at the first meeting if you are unsure. Consent can wait a day.
