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