Connect with advocates serving San Antonio families across the area's independent school districts. Get help with FIIEs, ARD meetings, IEP services, dyslexia, behavior, discipline, or Section 504.
3 based in Texas · 3 virtual advocates who work with Texas schools
San Antonio is not a one-district city. Families may work with San Antonio ISD or another independent school district depending on their home address, making district identification essential before requesting records or an evaluation.
San Antonio ISD is one local example and maintains Disability Services, parent liaisons, family workshops, and a Special Education Parent Advisory Council. Texas ARD and FIIE rules apply across the local ISDs.
Local starting points include San Antonio ISD Disability Services, SAISD parent support resources, SAISD Special Education Parent Advisory Council, and Education Service Center Region 20.
The metropolitan area includes many independent school districts, and SAISD is only one of them. Families need to confirm the responsible ISD before using district contacts and then apply the same statewide Texas FIIE, ARD, complaint, mediation, and due process rules.
A San Antonio advocate can verify district responsibility, review transfer and evaluation records, prepare for the ARD, and help the family direct written requests or complaints to the correct public agency.
Compare advocates serving families across San Antonio’s many independent school districts.
One of these advocates works from San Antonio. The rest are based elsewhere in Texas. Each card names the city.
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 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 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 Bowie, MD · works with Texas schools
Independent Education Consultant
I am a licensed school counselor with extensive experience supporting students with IEPs and 504 plans, providing academic and career counseling, and guiding families through critical educational…
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
Hi! 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.
San Antonio is served by multiple independent school districts. San Antonio ISD is one major local system and uses a Disability Services structure with parent resources and a Special Education Parent Advisory Council.
San Antonio spans many independent school districts. The student’s home address and enrollment determine which ISD is responsible for records, evaluation, ARD meetings, and services.
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.
Training varies, and so does what it proves. A parent who asks how many San Antonio IEP meetings an advocate sat in last year learns more than a certificate would show.
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 charge for this. At $75 to $150 per hour, a standard IEP cycle with two hours of prep and two hours in the meeting runs about $400, and that money does not come back if the answer is still no.
You sign, not the advocate. Consent and the plan itself both need a parent signature.
One advocate listed here, Nicole, works out of San Antonio. The others reach Texas families by video or by driving in.
Experience with San Antonio Independent School District matters more than the number of years printed on a profile page.
Answers about hiring a special education advocate in San Antonio, Texas, including cost, timing, virtual support, and Section 504 help.
Which school district handles a San Antonio child's IEP?
The responsible independent school district depends on the child's address or school enrollment. Confirm the ISD first because San Antonio includes several separate public-school systems.
What do special education advocates charge in San Antonio, Texas?
Most advocates on this directory charge $75 to $150 per hour. A standard cycle with two hours of prep and two hours in the meeting runs about $400. Travel and extra meetings cost more.
Who runs special education for San Antonio schools?
Most of the city sits inside San Antonio 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.
Do I have to use an advocate from my own town?
1 of the advocates listed here give a Texas home address and 17 more work with families here remotely. Being listed is not the same as taking every case, so read the service area first.
Official Texas links for parents in San Antonio.
Last reviewed 2026-08-11.
The same Texas rules apply in Dallas, Houston, Fort Worth, Austin and the other cities listed here, or see every Texas advocate.
If nobody here fits, check the Dallas page next. The same Texas rules apply there.
Have the most recent San Antonio Independent School District progress report open on the first call. It shows whether the goals moved at all.
