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Jennifer Ralph is a Paralegal/Advocate in the law firm of
Wyner
& Tiffany. As a
Paralegal/Advocate, she assists with intake & consultations
of prospective clients, review of records, case analysis, case
management, preparation & attendance at IEPs,
mediations & due process hearings, in addition to the
preparation of documents for filing in federal court.
Ms. Ralph
has a special focus on obtaining regional center
services under the Lanterman Act.
Ms. Ralph, who is the parent of a child with autism, has
assisted numerous families in obtaining intensive
behavioral intervention programs through various
regional centers and school districts in the Los Angeles
area. In 2002 Ms. Ralph made local newspaper
headlines by challenging a local regional center's
practice of refusing services to autistic children over
age three in violation of the Lanterman Act.
Since 2002, Ms. Ralph
has worked as a professional
advocate, joining
the law firm of
Wyner
& Tiffany
in 2005. Ms. Ralph also served as President of Los
Angeles Families for Effective Autism Treatment ("LA
FEAT")
http://www.lafeat.org/,
a parent support organization dedicated to helping
families obtain research-based educational programs for
children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder from
2002-2003, and as a board member until 2005.
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