PA: Philadelphia / Berwyn / Scranton / Wyomissing / Pittsburgh / Central PA // DE: Wilmington / Georgetown // Washington, DC Metropolitan Area
PATTAN in King of Prussia recently held a program regarding Transition Planning – from school to adulthood. The program included some excellent materials which set out the perspectives of the Pennsylvania Department of Education on this issue, as well as checklists and materials which can be very useful for for parents when examining their children’s transition…
December 17th, 2015 – National Alliance on Mental Illness features holiday article by Allyson McAndrews, M.Ed., Director of Marketing for McAndrews Law Offices (Click here to find the article on NAMI’s website or read it below!) Don’t get wrapped up in social media: This is very easy to say, and quite frankly, I enjoy it, so I’m not…
*PLEASE NOTE: Unfortunately, registration is closed, but there are still volunteer opportunities! Click here to sign up! To be put on the waiting list, or for more information, contact Melanie Lyren at mlyren@hope-cc.org ! Hope Community Church will be an official host church for Night to Shine – a prom night experience for persons with disabilities ages 16 and up…
Who are America’s Caregivers? Nearly A Quarter are Millennials by Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health News December 3rd, 2015 Caring for older relatives is usually a task associated with Baby Boomers, the 50- and 60-somethings who find their aging parents need assistance. But almost a quarter of the adults who take care of older people — on…
Strengthen Your School’s IEP and 504 Plan Process and Protect Student Rights Lauren O’Connell Mahler, Esq. of McAndrews Law will be a speaker at the National Business Institute’s IEP and 504 Plan Legal Workshop on December 8th, 2015 at the Courtyard Newark-University of Delaware. Click here for all of the program details including registration.
Lesley Mehalick, JD, LLM, McAndrews Law Offices’ Supervisor of our Estates & Trusts Department, will be speaking on Special Needs Trusts at the Philadelphia Bar Association’s Social Security Disability Benefits Committee Meeting! Click here for details.
Planned Lifetime Assistance Network of Pennsylvania (PLAN of PA), a non-profit organization based out of Wayne, PA, recently interviewed Allyson McAndrews, M.Ed. of McAndrews Law Offices regarding one of her recent articles about mental illness. This particular article, I Faked Happiness Every Day. Then a Drug Addiction Story Saved Me, was written to bring awareness to the…
Join Jacqueline Lembeck, Esq. and Lesley Mehalick, JD, LLM of McAndrews Law Offices, along with Maria Slavin, MS, OTR/L of In-Sync and Social, for discussions on developing appropriate IEPS, including related services/Occupational Therapy, as well as special needs trusts and how to financially plan for a loved one with a disability. In-Sync and Social is an…
On November 11th, 2015, a Delaware blog called Exceptional Delaware, featured McAndrews Law Offices in a story about our new office that has opened in southern Delaware, as well as our advocacy work for children and upcoming free education clinics! Read the full article here!
Unemployment among Americans with disabilities has hovered in the double digits for all but two months since the Bureau of Labor Statistics started keeping track in June 2008. Last week, Rutgers University announced plans that take aim at that problem, with the help of a donation from former Viacom, CBS, and Sirius XM Radio CEO…
