Special education and Section 504 advocates for Campbell County School District No. 1 families in Gillette.
3 virtual advocates who work with Wyoming schools
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 Gillette schools are offering enough.
After the meeting the work is dull. The advocate reads the draft against the notes and sends a correction back the same week.
Read the evaluation report twice. The second read is where the missing service usually shows up.
These advocates are not based in Wyoming. They join IEP meetings by video or phone, which IDEA allows when you and the school agree.
Virtual · based in Leesburg, FL · works with Wyoming schools
CEO IEP Advocate Espanol
Evelyn Roman-Santos is a bilingual Special Education Advocate with 30 years of experience as a School Social Worker.
Virtual · based in Harrisburg, PA · works with Wyoming schools
Special Education Advocate
I’m a special education teacher with experience supporting students with behavioral, intellectual, and learning needs.
Virtual · based in Austin, TX · works with Wyoming schools
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.
Campbell County School District No. 1 runs the IEP meetings for most Gillette students, and its special education staff will be on the other side of the table when you walk in.
Families who move between Casper and here change districts, and the new team is not required to keep the old plan word for word.
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 Wyoming actually requires is 60 calendar days.
Write down what you want the school to add, in one page, before you walk into the Gillette meeting, because a team that reads your list in advance cannot pretend it never came up.
Wyoming gives a school district 60 calendar days to finish an initial special education evaluation. No Wyoming 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 Wyoming Department of Education, Special Education Programs Division, which takes written state complaints from parents.
The Wyoming Department of Education oversees special education in Wyoming. 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.
No advocate can promise a placement or an outcome in Gillette. Anyone who does is selling you something.
Advocates who have never seen the file cannot tell you what is missing from it. Send the records first and book the call second.
Rates and openings decide most of this. An advocate who cannot meet before your Gillette meeting date is the wrong hire, and the second-best advocate who is free this month usually beats the best one who is not.
Advocates who take Casper cases usually take these too. Say where you are in the first email so nobody wastes a week finding out.
Answers about hiring a special education advocate in Gillette, Wyoming, including cost, timing, virtual support, and Section 504 help.
How much should I budget for one IEP meeting?
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.
Is it too late to bring in an advocate?
Bring somebody in when the file stops making sense to you. A routine review with services in place and progress data that moves usually does not need one.
What district will be at my IEP meeting in Gillette?
Most of the city sits inside Campbell County School District No. 1. 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 advocates here work on Section 504 plans in Gillette?
Yes. Section 504 work looks the same as IEP work, which is records, a written request and somebody in the room who knows what the school already agreed to.
What should I bring to the IEP meeting?
Write down the two things you want changed and bring the paperwork that shows why. Meetings run long when nobody in the room has decided what the ask is.
Official Wyoming links for parents in Gillette.
Last reviewed 2026-08-11.
The same Wyoming rules apply in Casper, Laramie, Cheyenne, Rock Springs and the other cities listed here, or see every Wyoming advocate.
Print the current IEP and bring it to the first call. Every advocate on the Gillette list will ask for it.
Have the most recent Campbell County School District No. 1 progress report open on the first call. It shows whether the goals moved at all.
