ATTORNEYS/ADVOCATES
NATIONWIDE
ATTORNEY/ADVOCATE LISTINGS
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ATTORNEYS
CALIFORNIA
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
CALABASAS
Dina C. Kaplan - Special Law for Special Kids - Dina C. Kaplan is an Attorney with twenty-five years of litigation experience. She has been protecting the rights of children with disabilities for the past twelve years. Her practice consists mainly of representing families at Individualized Education Program (IEP) meetings, Due Process Resolution Conferences, Mediations and Hearings involving Special Education issues. Ms. Kaplan also represents families in Fair Hearings with Regional Centers.
PO Box 9055
Calabasas, CA 91302
(818) 222-8118
mgkaplan@pacbell.net
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SHERMAN OAKS
Valerie Vanaman
For four decades, Valerie Vanaman has represented people who need help obtaining services from private and governmental agencies, providing knowledgeable and compassionate legal representation to families with special situations.
Since entering private practice in 1980, Valerie has become an acknowledged leader in providing representation for individuals challenged with disabilities and for their families, securing for her clients a basic education, as well as their rights under such programs as Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Social Security Act, Supplemental Security Income Act and the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act.
Newman.Aaronson.Vanaman
14001 Ventura Boulevard
Sherman Oaks, CA 91423
(818)990-7722
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WOODLAND HILLS
Rice & Bloomfield is widely known as one of the leading personal injury and business litigation firms in Southern California. They focus on helping people with serious injuries in need of legal advice and representation. Their medical malpractice practice includes birth injury, brain injury, cerebral palsy and shoulder dystocia.
5550 Topanga Canyon Boulevard
Suite 200
Woodland Hills, CA 91367
(866) 999-2220 (818) 999-2220
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NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
PALO ALTO
William Koski - An accomplished clinical teacher and litigator, Bill Koski is the founder and director of the Stanford Law School Youth and Education Law Project. He and the students in the Law Project have represented hundreds of disadvantaged children and their families in educational equity, disability rights, and school reform matters.
Director, Stanford Law School Youth and Education Law Project
650 724.3718
bkoski@stanford.edu
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SANTA CRUZ
Steven A. Greenburg has over 25 years of experience in special education, including 15 years of legal experience related to education law. He represents parents, students and private schools in all aspects of education law, particularly in the area of special education. Before law school, he worked for 10 years as a teacher of learning-disabled children and as the director of a clinic for special-needs children.
55 River Street
Suite 100
Santa Cruz, CA 95060-4567
(831) 458-9900; (831) 458-0502
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ADVOCATES
NATIONWIDE
Education-a-Must provides advocate services for the child or youth with physical, emotional, behavioral, or learning disabilities. Their goal is to assist parents and caregivers in finding help for the child with special needs. Education-A-Must receives thousands of inquiries each year from families, regarding special education and related services, vocational education, transition, and civil rights. Often they have become frustrated with the system and Education-A-Must helps them sort things out and empower them to get the services that their children so well deserve. They will work with school districts and local, state & federal agencies to secure the necessary services and education for all who qualify. We work for you and your child alone and with drive and determination, and with the ability to stick with it, they make things happen for those who need it. In the State of New Hampshire, Massachusetts and other states they can work as an Educational Consultant Advocate as an objective third party on your behalf.
PO Box 216
East Derry, NH 03041
(603) 437-6286
info@education-a-must.com
education-a-must.com
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CALIFORNIA
The SCILS Group, a nonprofit consulting organization headquartered in Sacramento, California, was created in 1992 to serve communities with personalized inclusion thinking, strategies and training that guide people to become contributing members of their community. The SCILS Group offers services throughout California.
Mark Starford, Director
Post Office Box 60-1477
Sacramento, CA 95860
(916) 574-1023 (866)
75-SCILS (866-757-2457)
info@scilsgroup.org
mark@scilsgroup.org
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ANAHEIM
Team of Advocates for Special Kids (TASK) is a Parent Training and Information Center that parents and professionals can turn to for assistance in seeking and obtaining needed early intervention, educational, medical or therapeutic support service for children.
Team of Advocates for Special Kids
100 W. Cerritos Ave.
Anaheim, CA 92805
(866) 828-8275 (toll-free in California) or (714) 533-8275
taskca@yahoo.com
www.taskca.org
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PASADENA
Lee Englander -- Pasadena, LA, and Valley districts
Recommended by Joy Huguet, Joy for Kids Physical Therapy, Burbank
Special Education Advocacy Office
2354 Teasley Street
La Crescenta, CA 91214
(818) 957-0332
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WEST HILLS
Andrea Lorant, M.A., is an advocate and educational consultant in private practice. She is on the Board of Directors of The United Autism Alliance, The K.E.N. Project and the professional advisory Board of CHADD of the Central Pacific Region. Ms. Lorant is the mother of three children, two of whom have special needs.
Andrea Lorant
6520 Platt Ave., #813
West Hills, CA 91304
(818) 343-2227
alorant@gmail.com