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Professional Organizations

Organizations

American Academy of Special Education Professionals-AASEP (Executive Director)  

American Association of University Professors-AAUP

American Bar Association-ABA

American Psychological Association-APA

Bammy Awards-Board of Governors

Council for Exceptional Children (Member of Various Divisions)-CEC

Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates-COPAA

Education Law Association-ELA

National Association of Parents with Children in Special Education-NAPCSE (President)

National Association of Special Education Teachers-NASET (Executive Director)

National Soccer Coaches Association of America-NSCAA

New York State Psychological Association-NYSPA

Suffolk County Psychological Association-SCPA

 

Editorial Boards

Executive Editor of the Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals (JAASEP)

 

Executive Editor of the Special Educator e-Journal for the National Association of Special Education Teachers

 

Executive Editor of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals e-journal, The Monitor

 

National Science Foundation—Expert reviewer for Ecology Disrupted, an NSF funded grant that uses Museum based science and educational technology to link real-world environmental issues to basic ecological principles.  Role is to monitor and evaluate its practicality and accessibility for students with disabilities

 

 
Public Service

  • Hofstra University School of Law-Political Asylum Clinic:  I currently volunteer my services/expertise to perform psychoeducational assessments for individuals seeking political asylum in the United States. 

  • TOPSOCCER Special Children's Program of Long Island Junior Soccer League:  In 2007, I founded and became the Commissioner of a new soccer program for children and youths with disabilities for the Dix Hills Soccer Club.  Working with HBC Soccer, which has had a successful program in the community for more than 25 years, Dix Hills Soccer Club now offers exceptional children and youth an opportunity to get involved with soccer, both through practices and game play. The DHSC program for children and youth with disabilities is a part of the TOPSOCCER Special Children's Program of Long Island Junior Soccer League, in affiliation with US Youth Soccer and Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association.

  • Boys’ Head Coach, Half Hollow Hills FURY Basketball, Dix Hills, N.Y.

  • Girls’ Commissioner and Head Coach, Half Hollow Hills FURY Basketball, Dix Hills, N.Y.

  • Assistant Coach, HBC Soccer Club, Huntington, N.Y.

  • Boys’ Commissioner Head Coach, Dix Hills Soccer Club, Dix Hills, N.Y.

  • Girls’ Commissioner and Head Coach, Dix Hills Soccer Club, Dix Hills, N.Y.

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