- Advocacy/Implementation
Determine the 
strengths and needs of the student through a variety of measures including
interviews, observations, and a review of psycho-educational testing.
Represent parents at school meetings in order to: communicate student strengths and needs;
explore appropriate school services and programs; assist in the school application process;
develop and review IEP and/or 504 plans; and implement recommendations for appropriate
accommodations, goals and objectives, and instructional strategies.
Link parents with a variety of community resources and supports, including tutors,
therapists, assessors, assistive technology, and talent development opportunities, such as gifted
educational experiences and arts activities.
- Training (Parents and Educators)
Offer daylong, half-day, and brief workshops on topics that may include:
- Best Practices for Identifying and Educating Gifted Underachieving Students
- Best Practice For Identifying and Educating Students Who Are Simultaneously Gifted and Learning Disabled (GT/LD)
- Best Practices in Working With Students with Attention Deficits (ADD /ADHD)
- Mentoring Programs
- Multiple Intelligences-Assessment and Programming
- Ensuring Access to the Curriculum
- Choosing Instructional Adaptations and Accommodations
- Boys' Issues
- Effectively Advocating for Your Child
- Community Resources
- Educational Technology
- Consultation
Provide expertise in order to help schools implement services and programs for students.
- GT/LD Identification, Services and Programming
- Programming for Underachieving Students
- Mentoring Programs
- Interventions for Boys
- Linking Schools and Parents with Appropriate Community Resources
- Multiple Intelligences- Assessment and Programming
- Expert Witness
Rich Weinfeld has served as an expert witness in legal proceedings in
Maryland, Washington D.C. and in Virginia. He has provided expert opinions
in due process cases involving special education issues as well as in family
law cases where school selection or programming is an issue.
law cases where school selection or programming is an issue.