Compare advocates who support San Angelo families with FIIEs, ARD meetings, evaluations, dyslexia, Section 504, centralized programs, and transition planning.
3 based in Texas · 3 virtual advocates who work with Texas schools
San Angelo ISD describes a full continuum of services, including programs on neighborhood campuses and centralized programs for students with more specialized needs.
The district's Child Find information points families to both SAISD Special Education and Education Service Center Region 15. District contacts also separate evaluation, compliance, dyslexia, Section 504, and transition responsibilities.
Local starting points include SAISD Special Programs, SAISD Child Find, Education Service Center Region 15, and SAISD centralized programs and evaluation/compliance contacts.
SAISD publishes local Child Find and centralized-program information. A centralized program is one possible service option, not an automatic placement based on a disability category.
A San Angelo advocate can review the FIIE and ARD record, compare proposed settings and supports, and help the parent ask what data show that the selected program is necessary and how progress will be measured.
Find advocates serving San Angelo families with evaluation, ARD, dyslexia, 504, behavior, and placement concerns.
One of these advocates works from San Angelo. The rest are based elsewhere in Texas. Each card names the city.
Based in San Angelo, TX
Special Education Advocate/IEP Consultant
Hello! My journey began as a middle and high school teacher in 2006. After 2 years in the general education classroom, I began my journey with special education and became an elementary inclusion…
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.
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.
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 Coraopolis, PA · works with Texas schools
Board Certified Behavior Analyst and Special Education Advocate
Hi there! I'm Brittany, owner and founder of Balanced Behaviors, LLC. I'm a Behavior Analyst and Licensed Behavior Specialist in Pennsylvania with a Master’s in Special Education from Slippery Rock…
Virtual · based in Arlington Heights, IL · works with Texas schools
Special Education Advocate
I am a former special education teacher, with experience in public and therapeutic day schools.
Virtual · based in Las Vegas, NV · works with Texas schools
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.
San Angelo ISD provides a continuum of special education services and coordinates Child Find information with Education Service Center Region 15.
Use SAISD-specific resources for students enrolled in or residing within San Angelo ISD. Confirm district assignment for addresses outside the district.
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.
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 San Angelo district starts talking to its own lawyer.
Advocates who work Flower Mound and here see the same state rules twice a week. Repetition inside one state is the practice worth paying for.
Advocates are not attorneys. No advocate in San Angelo can file a lawsuit for you or give you legal advice about the case.
What worked for a family in Flower Mound may not fit yours. Ask the advocate what is different about your file before you copy anyone.
One advocate listed here, Shannon, works out of San Angelo. The others reach Texas families by video or by driving in.
Read a profile for what the advocate actually did, not for what the profile claims. Case detail is the tell.
Answers about hiring a special education advocate in San Angelo, Texas, including cost, timing, virtual support, and Section 504 help.
What local special education resources serve San Angelo families?
San Angelo ISD's Special Programs department is the local starting point, and Education Service Center Region 15 coordinates regional Child Find and technical-assistance resources.
What is the hourly rate for a parent advocate?
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.
Is an IEP advocate a type of lawyer?
No. Advocates prepare for meetings, read the records and negotiate with the district. Attorneys file due process complaints and appear at hearings, which an advocate cannot do.
Does San Angelo Independent School District cover every San Angelo address?
Most of the city sits inside San Angelo Independent School District. 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.
Official Texas links for parents in San Angelo.
Last reviewed 2026-08-11.
The same Texas rules apply in Flower Mound, Georgetown, Missouri City, Sugar Land and the other cities listed here, or see every Texas advocate.
Print the current IEP and bring it to the first call. Every advocate on the San Angelo list will ask for it.
Two questions sort most of this out. What would you do first with this file, and what does that cost.
