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Second
Annual COPAA Conference
San Diego, California
Jan. 29-31, 1999
The
2nd Annual Conference of the Council of Parent Attorneys and
Advocates (COPAA), will be held in San Diego, California,
on January 29-31, 1999, the COPAA Board of Directors announced.
COPAA is a not-for-profit organization established to improve
legal resources for parents trying to secure an appropriate education
for their child with disabilities. Membership is available to
parents of children with disabilities, and any attorney or advocate
representing them.
Originally
proposed by The EDLAW Center, COPAA is a joint effort of
the Center for Law and Education; Disabilities Rights and Education
Defense Fund (DREDF); Michigan Protection & Advocacy Service;
Protection & Advocacy, Inc. of California; Public Interest
Law Corporation of Philadelphia (PILCOP); and Statewide Advocacy
Network on Disabilities (STAND).
The 1999 program will consist of a mixture of mini-courses,
workshops, general sessions and breakout sessions. Among the subjects
to be covered, for both the new and experienced registrant, will
be:
- Drafting
and Effective Use of Individual Education Programs (IEPs)
- What
You Need to Know About Tests and Evaluations
- Nuts
and Bolts of Small Office Legal Practice
- Review
of Important Recent Judicial Decisions
- Analysis
of New IDEA Regulations
Program
details and speakers will be announced later.
Speakers at the First Annual Conference included:
Catherine
L. Blakemore, Esq. Executive Director, California Protection
& Advocacy, Inc.;
Matthew
D. Cohen, Esq., Monahan & Cohen, Chicago, IL;
Kathryn
E. Dobel, Esq., Berkeley, CA;
William
L.E. Dussault, Esq., Seattle, WA;
Thomas
P. Gilhool, Esq., and Judith A. Gran, PILCOP;
Beth
Goodman, Esq., Feldesman, Tucker, Leifer, Fidell & Bank,
Washington, DC;
Steward
R. Hakola, Esq., Michigan Protection & Advocacy Service;
Howard
Klebanoff, Esq., West Hartford, CT;
Diane
Lipton, Esq., DREDF;
Deborah
Mattison, Esq., Gordon, Silberman, Wiggins & Childs, Birmingham,
AL;
Valerie
Vanaman, Esq., Sherman Oaks, CA;
Peter
W.D. Wright, Esq.; Deltaville, VA, and
S.
James Rosenfeld, Esq., The EDLAW Center.
In
addition to the previously identified speakers, the COPAA Board
consists of:
Eileen
Ordover, Esq., Center for Law and Education;
Donna
Chewning, Parent Advocate, Christiansburg, VA;
Susan
Dawson, Advocacy Unlimited, Agawam, MA;
Nancy
Diehl, STEP Center, Greeneville, TN;
Joyce
Lane Ginsburg, Parent Advocate, Bloomfield Hills, MI;
Patricia
L. Howey, Parent Advocate, West Point, IN;
Sheryl
Lilly, Parent Advocate, Irvine, CA; and
Nikole
Whitehead, STAND, Tampa, FL.
Persons
wishing to be notified about COPAA and conference developments
may do so by email to <copaa@edlaw.net>
or by visiting COPAA's web site at <http://www.edlaw.net/edcenter/copaa>.
You can contact COPAA at (954) 966-4489 or (954) 966-8561 (fax)
or by mail: COPAA
P.O. Box 81-7327,
Hollywood, FL 33081-0327.
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