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NAMI – (National Alliance on Mental Illness) – Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Allyson McAndrews of McAndrews Law Offices has been featured as NAMI – Montgomery County’s Personal Story of the Month in their November 2015 Newsletter! Read her personal journey on page 5 – Monco Memo
With report cards coming out this season, there is no better time than now to make sure your child is receiving the best educational services to allow them to achieve their highest potential! *Bring your child’s IEP for a brief review by a special education attorney from McAndrews Law Offices WHEN: Saturday, November 7th TIME:…
On October 21st and 22nd, McAndrews Law Offices’ bilingual attorney, Tanya Alvarado, Esq., gave two presentations on “The IEP Process: What Families Should Know.” Both Services Access and Management, Inc. (SAM) and the Parent Involved Network’s (PIN) Bilingual Support Group hosted Ms. Alvarado to speak with parents, advocates and individuals on educational services available to…
Heather Hulse, JD, MS, MA and Joseph McGettigan, Esq. of McAndrews Law Offices were featured in this month’s issue of PAJusticeNews. The two were recently asked by CASA – Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children in Luzerne County to speak on Bullying: 101 Know Your Rights and How to Protect Your Child” and “How to…
On October 16th, 2015, at the Baldwin School, Specialists of Schools and the Philadelphia Society of Clinical Psychologists hosted a workshop on “Ethical Dilemmas of School Professionals Regarding Child Abuse”. Pictured: Allyson McAndrews, M.Ed., Joe McGettigan, Esq. and Tanya Alvarado, Esq. of McAndrews Law Offices with speaker Dr. Linda Knauss.
Breaking the Social Stigma of Mental Illness Posted by Micah Dorfner, Wednesday, October 7th, 2015 at 6:48pm EDT Mayo Clinic News Network By Filza Hussain, M.D., a Mayo Clinic Health System behavioral health provider. – As a psychiatrist who also is a self-confessed film buff, I get very excited to watch films with psychological themes.…
Depression — Let’s Snap Out Of Expecting People to Snap Out Of It Posted by Micah Dorfner, Thursday, August 27th at 9:00am EDT MAYO Clinic News Network -Filza Hussain, M.D., behavioral health physician at Mayo Clinic Health System, provides some expert perspective on depression and our culture’s understanding of the subject. Our relationship with the…
Obsessive-compulsive disorder is not simply being neat Tuesday, October 13th, 2015 Elizabeth Turk-Karan, Ph.D., Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania – For Philly.com How many times have you heard someone say, “I am obsessive-compulsive about keeping my house neat”? Yet, people with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) resent hearing…
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On Tuesday, September 29th, the Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children (CASA) of Luzerne County hosted Heather Hulse, JD, MS, MA and Joseph McGettigan, Esq. of McAndrews Law Offices to speak on “Bullying 101: Know Your Rights and How to Protect Your Child” and “How to be a Leader in Preventing Child Abuse: The Jerry…