Kids at Court: Access & Inclusion for Youth with Disabilities - Philly

Join us for the Kids at Court Conference to gain trauma-sensitive communication strategies for children with disabilities.

Attendees will learn communication strategies for children with disabilities, including physical, cognitive, or developmental disabilities; d/Deaf or hard of hearing children; children with vision impairment or low vision; and children with mental health challenges.

The content has been informed by the perspective of those with lived experience, external partners and advisors, and Child Advocates’ Complex Medical Needs project staff. A pre-requisite online training is required.

• 7.0 CLE credits are available (2.0 substantive/1.0 ethics for the online pre-requisite training; 3.0 substantive/1.0 ethics for the in person conference)
• $30 for CLE registration; free for CEU credit and general registration*
• Space is limited, pre-registration required, no walk-ins will be admitted.

This conference is open to all attorneys in Pennsylvania who interact with children and youth in their courtroom practice, including, but not limited to, criminal, dependency, delinquency, civil, and domestic relations.

Faculty and Advisors

• Kara Finck, Esq., Deputy Dean for Clinical Education, Practice Professor, Director, Interdisciplinary Child Advocacy Clinic, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
• Rachel Guttentag, Autistic Self Advocate
• Brenda Harkavy, Esq., Attorney at Law, Laffey Bucci D'Andrea Reich & Ryan, Board President and Volunteer Attorney, Support Center for Child Advocates
• Kate Hooven, Justice System Project Coordinator, ASERT (Autism Services, Education, Resources and Training)
• Ryan Hooven
• Yeshemebet D. Legesse, MSW, Child Advocate Social Worker

• Amy Lynch, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA, TBRI® Educator, SCFES, Associate Professor Program In Occupational Therapy, Temple University, Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
• Meng McLendon, MS, CCC-SLP, Speech-Language Pathologist, Augmentative and Alternative Communication Services Coordinator, Temple University - College of Education and Human Development Institute on Disabilities

Support Center for Child Advocates Faculty and Project Staff

• Lisa Rayford Barrimond, Esq., Bob and Penny Fox Executive Director
• Morgen Black-Smith, Esq., Staff Attorney, Project Lead of Project YES! (Youth Educational Success)
• Sarah Dlugos, Instructional Designer and Training Coordinator
• Allie Dolan, MSS, LSW, Center for Excellence in Advocacy Program Manager, Education & Advocacy
• Meghan Johnson, MPH, Director of the Center for Excellence in Advocacy (CEA)
• Barry Kassel, Esq., Supervising Attorney
• Dana Morici, Esq., Staff Attorney, Project Lead of the Children with Complex Medical Needs Project
• Shannon Sherwood, Esq., Managing Attorney

This project was supported by PCCD Subgrant #44344 awarded by the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD). The awarded funds originate with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The opinions, findings and conclusions expressed within this publication/program/exhibition are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of PCCD or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

*Reduced rate in partnership with University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School Gittis Legal Clinics.