Seminar on Special Education Law, Fairfield, CT
Navigating Special Education Law: Attorneys Representing Parents & School Boards Discuss the Issues
When: April 7, 2010
Time: 6:45 – 8:30 pm
Where: Fairfield Public Library, Rotary Room, Second Floor
This free seminar will address what every parent should know about their child’s basic special education rights in and outside of school. Hear both sides of the story and learn how attorneys representing parents and school boards can work together to resolve various disputes. Presented by Phillip J. Cohn, attorney representing parents, from the Law Office of Phillip J. Cohn, LLC, Of Counsel to Goldman, Gruder & Woods, LLC, and Michelle Laubin, attorney representing school boards, from Berchem, Moses, & Devlin, P.C. Sponsored by FAVOR, a non-profit statewide family advocacy organization serving families, children and youth dealing with a broad spectrum of behavioral and mental health needs. This seminar will be held at the Fairfield Public Library, Rotary Room, Second Floor, 1080 Old Post Road, Fairfield, CT 06824. All welcome! Reservations are suggested. To make a reservation, please email [email protected] or call 203-604-6770.
Education is definately a vital field, because everything in civilization relies on education and learning. I saw that on a website someplace — a non-profit organization in the Philippines. Teachers strive at their craft (the majority of them, anyway). But there are several who seem to have a gift to inspire. My senior high school world history teacher was one particular. She had lived in China as a child. When she taught in Rockville, Maryland, you could actually feel the wisdom of all her experience. She didn’t have us memorize dates. That was the first excellent thing I had been told by a history tutor. What she said next took the subject several magnitudes higher in value. She wanted us to comprehend the motivations of history — the deeply visceral, human issues with what can somewhat be a deadly dry subject. Jaime Escalante of “Stand and Deliver” fame, dared to dream big. Calculus for the typically dropout crowd? Pushing them to go on to college? Wow. And I’ve this book called, “Calculus Made Easy,” by Sylvanus P. Thompson, first published in 1910. It’s been through lots of printings all to make a super easy subject simple. What are we able to do to create more teachers who inspire world-changing brilliance? Einstein once declared that imagination is a lot more important than knowledge. Knowledge can provide you with the foundation. Imagination usually takes you to the stars. Don’t our children ought to get better?