Understand Students’ Rights!
I offer frequent workshops to help parents conquer the IEP and 504 processes. I also provide customized trainings for educational institutions regarding civil rights and educational equity.
Upcoming
Trainings:
Past Workshops & Panels
Disability
Dyslexia & Other Learning Disabilities. What are the signs, How to Advocate for Your Child and What Needs to Change Panelist, Community Education Council 2 (CEC 2), February 2020.
Twice Exceptional Children’s Advocacy (TECA2E.org) Annual Conference Special Education Law Panel Facilitator, 2017 - 2019
Special Education Know Your Rights Workshops for Parents NYC Community Education Councils 2 and 15, Summer 2018
Parent IEP / 504 2018-2019 Workshop Series (with Neuropsychologist Dr. Claire Golden)
It’s the Law! Conquering the IEP / 504 Process ADHD, the Law and Your Child Understanding 504 Plans IEP Spring Tune Up Obtaining School Accommodations for Twice Exceptional Students An Overview of the IEP Process
Equity
Pennsylvania Conference Of Public Charter Schools 2019 Annual Conference: Breakout Group Panel Member - Designing for Diversity: Legal, Demographic, and Practical Considerations for Pennsylvania Charters.
Teachers College Reimagining Education Summer Institute 2016-2019
Grassroots Integration Design: Lessons from NYC's District 15 How Should Teachers be Supported as We Integrate Schools? Designing for Integration: A Community-Based Framework How Do We Sort Our Students? Increasing Equity in Student Discipline, High Track Programs and Special Education Equity in Student Assignment: Tools from the Office for Civil Rights Part 1 – School Admissions and the Law Part 2 – Access to Gifted, Advanced and Special Opportunity Programs Part 3 – Ensuring Equity in Special Education Placement: a Delicate Balance
New York City Alliance For School Integration And Desegregation (nycASID): Dare to Reimagine Integration for New York City’s Public Schools, 2018 Presentation of Policy Platform
National Coalition Of School Diversity, Annual Conference 2017: School Integration in New York, Plenary Panel Member
New York City Special Education Collaborative
Anti-Racism and Disproportionality: Local Actions for Systemic Change Workshop, Annual Conference, June 2018 Section 504 and the ADA in Charter Schools Training, November 2017
School Integration Forum With Nikole Hannah-Jones: Organized panel discussion that included Nikole Hannah-Jones and Park Slope Collegiate Principal Jill Bloomberg, March 2017
Why New York? Our Segregated Schools Epidemic: Member of panel discussion moderated by Nikole Hannah-Jones, 2016
Title IX Sexual Harassment Student Training, Hostos Community College, 2016
Reimagining the Middle School Admissions Process in District 15, 2015: D15 Parents for Middle School Equity Panelist