Childrens’ Rights Seminar Presented by Patrick
Hoover Law Offices and IMPACT Silver Spring, MD
At 7pm on November 27, 2006 at IMPACT
of Silver Spring, Patrick Hoover presented a
seminar titled Children's Rights: What Parents
Need to Know. The seminar was held at the
Adventist Community Services Center at 501 Sligo
Avenue in Silver Spring, Maryland. The attendees
were a dynamic group of parents involved in the
IMPACT in the Schools Parents Initiative, led by
Raymond Moreno of IMPACT Silver Spring.
If you would like to learn more about IMPACT
Silver Spring and their mission, please contact
Raymond Moreno at 301.495.3336.
Patrick spoke at length about current legal
issues and solutions for situations involving
juveniles attending general public schools, parents
and juveniles involved in the juvenile justice
system, and parents requesting special education
services under the IDEA for their children. Parents
at the seminar asked many questions involving
their own children's situations, such as how to
request an IEP meeting, whether they were forced
to medicate their children if the school
recommended medication, whether school records
were public and permanent, and what to do in
situations where a juvenile is in trouble with the
law and DJS is involved. Patrick offered much
practical advice to these parents, and even gave an
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example of an initial consultation for a parent in
the group involved in securing special education
services for her son.
If you would like to learn more about seminars
offered by Patrick Hoover Law Offices and
how Patrick Hoover can come to your
organization or group to speak on Juvenile
and Education Law, please contact Patrick
Hoover at 301.424.5777 or at
phoover@hooverlaw.com.
Through Patrick Hoover Law Offices
unique Internship Program, several high school
and college interns - Ekaterina Silina, Katherine
and Michelle Delgadillo, Macey Harrell and Joelle
Kransnasky-Falcone - working with Patrick Hoover
and Melissa Ngaruri, helped introduce Patrick
Hoover to Raymond Moreno of IMPACT Silver
Spring, developed the seminar concept prepared
materials, and read the roleplays during the
seminar.
If you would like to learn more about Patrick
Hoover Law Offices unique Internship
Program and how to apply, please contact
Melissa Ngaruri at 301.424.5777 or at
mngaruri@hooverlaw.com.
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