California Association Parent Child Advocacy

California Association for Parent-Child Advocacy The California Association for Parent-Child Advocacy is a collaborative, statewide organization which monitors, analyzes, and responds to both legislative and policy initiatives which would affect the education and lifelong prospects for students with disabilities in California. CAPCA has evolved to be a strong voice in California for: • Special Education Parents • Disability Professionals • Special Education Attorneys CAPCA is an opportunity for members of the disability community to network, share information and resources, and participate in legislative issues and policy surrounding special education in California. We have a strong membership based of Attorneys, Advocates and Parents. If you would like more information about CAPCA please contact our Co-Chairs:  Maureen Graves : maureen@maureengraves.com Roberta Savage : roberta@robertasavagelaw.com For membership related questions, please click here for the membe

January 23, 2017 On January 20, 2017 CAPCA wrote the following memo  expressing our strong opposition to the nomination of Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education: "Mrs. DeVos’s record and her responses during the HELP Committee hearing have brought together people with varying positions on school choice:  Whatever the theoretical virtues of choice, they cannot be realized in an uncontrolled, largely profit-driven system of the kind she did so much to bring to Michigan and now—despite failures there—seeks to scale up drastically.   In addition to substantive concerns, we are very concerned about the process that the HELP Committee has adopted.   There was insufficient time to ask about many important topics, and Ms. DeVos’s responses unfortunately made clear that detailed inquiry would have yielded even more alarming results. Page 1 of the  memo   includes the names and fax numbers of the members of the HELP Committee. Please write your own letter and fax/call as soo

CAPCA provides a network of support for parents, professionals and attorneys who represent children with disabilities and their families.CAPCA provides several levels of support to its members, including active listservs, semiannual meetings, and a members section of the web site. Because CAPCA is a crucial organizational resource for our community, employees of school districts and governmental agencies working on disability fields cannot be included. If you are such a person and are sympathetic to CAPCA's goals and would like to be informed of its activities, please let us know and we will forward you information when possible. For more information about CAPCA or to become a member, please contact us. Membership/Listserv/Website: capcamember@gmail.com