Based in Midland, TX
Kate Keenan
Special Education Advocate
Kate Keenan is a special education advocate serving families in Midland, TX.
- From $75 per hour
- Meets in person or by video
IEP advocates in Midland, Texas
1 advocate based in Midland, plus advocates who work with Texas schools by video.
5 based in Texas · 3 virtual advocates who work with Texas schools
What an IEP advocate is
Advocates work for you, not for the school. That is the whole difference.
The search usually starts the week a parent reads an evaluation report and cannot tell from it whether Midland schools are offering enough.
Before and after a Midland IEP meeting
Paperwork is where cases are won or lost, and an advocate who has read every progress report in the file will find the sentence a Midland team wrote two years ago that contradicts what it is saying now.
Request the full file in writing before you hire anyone. Schools have to give parents the education records they keep.
Advocates based in Midland and elsewhere in Texas
One of these advocates works from Midland. The rest are based elsewhere in Texas. Each card names the city.
Based in Austin, TX
Chelsea Venegas
Educational Advocate
Chelsea Venegas is a special education advocate serving families in Austin, TX.
- From $175 per hour
- Meets by video or phone
Based in Austin, TX
David Gonzales
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.
- From $50 per hour
- Meets in person or by video
Virtual advocates who work with Texas families
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 Arlington Heights, IL · works with Texas schools
Angela Williams
Special Education Advocate
I am a former special education teacher, with experience in public and therapeutic day schools.
- Autism, Behavioral Support, Developmental Delay, Learning Disabilities
- Contact for rate
- Meets in person or by video
Virtual · based in Las Vegas, NV · works with Texas schools
Chelsea Horlacher
IEP Consultant
Hey there! I’ve been a special education teacher for nearly a decade, so helping unique learners thrive is truly my life’s work.
- Autism Spectrum, IEP Meetings
- From $50 per hour
- Free first call
- Meets in person or by video
Virtual · based in Wesley Chapel, FL · works with Texas schools
Angela Picardi
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.
- Autism, Behavioral Support, Intellectual Disability, Learning Disabilities
- Contact for rate
- Meets in person or by video
The district behind a Midland IEP
Midland ISD takes most Midland addresses, but not all of them. Check yours before you send a letter, because a request that lands in the wrong district office does not start the evaluation clock at all.
Families who move between Lewisville and here change districts, and the new team is not required to keep the old plan word for word.
- District Midland ISD
- County Midland County
- Public schools inside Midland 29
- Size Midland is the 25th-largest city in Texas by the 2024 Census estimate
- Closest listed advocate Austin, TX
Confirm your child's district by address. Midland addresses may fall in more than one public school district.
What the clock is here
The deadline for finishing an initial evaluation in Texas is 45 school days. Put that date on your calendar the day the paperwork goes in.
Put the request in writing and date it. An email to the Midland school counts as writing.
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.
No license, no required certification
The Texas Education Agency oversees special education in Texas. 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.
Where advocacy stops
No advocate can promise a placement or an outcome in Midland. Anyone who does is selling you something.
You sign, not the advocate. Consent and the plan itself both need a parent signature.
Who serves Midland today
One advocate listed here, Kate, works out of Midland. The others reach Texas families by video or by driving in.
Ask whether the advocate has sat in a Midland ISD meeting before. The answer is a yes or a no and it tells you a great deal.
Midland IEP and Section 504 advocate FAQ
Answers about hiring a special education advocate in Midland, Texas, including cost, timing, virtual support, and Section 504 help.
What do special education advocates charge in Midland, Texas?
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 we work with an advocate who lives outside Texas?
Video is normal now. A remote advocate reads the file, drafts your concerns and joins the meeting by phone. What a remote advocate cannot do is walk the building or read the room.
Who runs special education for Midland schools?
Most of the city sits inside Midland ISD. 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.
Do I have to use an advocate from my own town?
1 of the advocates listed here give a Texas home address and 21 more work with families here remotely. Being listed is not the same as taking every case, so read the service area first.
Are there free IEP advocates in Midland?
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 special education resources in Texas
Official Texas links for parents in Midland.
Sources for the Texas rules on this page
- 19 TAC Chapter 89, Subchapter AA, currently in effect (TEA) (19 TAC 89.1011(d)(1))
- TEA, Full and Individual Initial Evaluation timeline (19 TAC 89.1011(d)(1) and Tex. Educ. Code 29.004(a)(1))
- TEA special education complaints process
- TEA special education
Last reviewed 2026-08-11.
Nearby cities in Texas
The same Texas rules apply in Lewisville, Waco, Carrollton, McAllen and the other cities listed here, or see every Texas advocate.
Before you contact anyone
You are not limited to advocates inside Midland. The closest listed office is in Austin, and distance matters less than whether that person has worked a case in your district.
Free calls are common. Use them to compare people, not to collect advice for nothing.
