The Law Office of Lawrence W. Berliner, LLC announces a free workshop for parents of children with special needs. Titled “Back to School and Beyond: How to Navigate Your Child’s Special Education Journey,”  the speakers are Lawrence W. Berliner, Special Education Law Attorney, and Dr. Shelley Pelletier, Neuropsychologist and School Psychologist, who will offer their expert perspectives.
This workshop is free and open to the public.

Parents will learn strategies to navigate the special education and the evaluation process.

Topics will include:

• • The Turning Point: What to do when your child is struggling and the school is not responding to your child’s needs.
  • Your child’s basic educational rights.
  • Demystifying the role of the Neuropsychologist.
  • The evaluation process: School evaluation and the parents’ right to an IEE (Independent Educational Evaluation). 
  • Social /emotional and cognitive/learning issues.

To register for the workshop, please contact Rachel Berliner, Public Relations Assistant at Law Office of Lawrence W. Berliner, LLC at (203)-255-0582 or rachel@berlinerspecialedlaw.com .

Lawrence Berliner is a statewide special education and disability rights law attorney with offices in Guilford, Conn and Westport, Conn. Attorney Berliner has been representing children with disabilities and their families for 35 years and founded the Law Office of Lawrence W. Berliner, LLC in 2011.

Shelley Pelletier is a pediatric neuropsychologist and school psychologist in private practice in Old Saybrook, Conn.  Dr. Pelletier works with children ages 3-21 and their families in situations that present a wide range of social-emotional, physical, cognitive, and learning issues.

 For more information, please visit www.berlinerspecialedlaw.com .