Advocating for Special Education Services During the Covid-19 Pandemic

The NYS AAP – Chapter 2 and 3 Committee for Children with Disabilities

OVERVIEW:

The NYS AAP – Chapter 2 and 3 Committee on Children with Disabilities invites you to a virtual Town Hall on “Advocating for Special Education Services During the Covid-19 Pandemic.” It will be held on Wed., Oct. 7th from 7 – 8pm.

Janyll Canals-Kernizan, an Attorney and Director of the Robin Hood Project at Advocates for Children of New York, will join us to discuss patients’ rights to special education services during the pandemic and how we can improve advocacy for our patients.

This meeting requires advanced registration.  There is no charge to attend.  REGISTER NOW!

Janyll Canals-Kernizan is the Director of the Robin Hood Project at Advocates for Children of New York (AFC). AFC’s Robin Hood Project partners with roughly 20 other Robin Hood-funded, poverty-fighting organizations to provide advocacy and technical assistance for families who are struggling with education-related issues. As Project Director, Ms. Canals-Kernizan supervises the Robin Hood Project staff, provides legal representation to families experiencing school-related difficulties, conducts trainings and workshops on a variety of education-related issues and provides ongoing technical assistance to partnering agencies. Prior to serving as Project Director, Ms. Canals was a staff attorney on the Robin Hood Project for 6 years. Prior to joining AFC, Janyll served as an Educational Opportunities Project (EOP) Legal Fellow with Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law in Washington, DC. Janyll graduated cum laude from Tufts University with a B.A. in Psychology and Spanish and earned her J.D. cum laude from American University Washington College of Law.