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Educational Advocacy
& Consulting:
Special Education & Gifted
(310) 314-2113
phone
info@lorenrgrossman.com
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to ms. loren r. grossman, j.d., ed. d.
1054 superba av
venice ca 90291
(310) 314-2113
lrg@ix.netcom.com
www.lorenrgrossman.com |
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educational
advocate (1999-pres.): |
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Representing children to obtain special education services from
public schools & regional centers; consultant, highly gifted
education
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| volunteer
educational activities (1994-pres.): |
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- Member LAUSD SBM, SSC, & Charter Councils: Venice Senior, Revere Middle, Coeur d’Alene & San Jose Highly Gifted Magnet Elementary Schools
- Advisor,
Cornerstone Prep (2006-07) & Animo Venice Charter High, on
special education compliance (2004-06)
- Member,
Data Review Task Force, Title1Counseling Assistance Program, Venice
Senior High (2003/4)
- Helped
create original curriculum for New West Charter Middle School
(1999-2001)
- Helped
create LAUSD Schools for Advanced Studies (SAS) program (1998)
- Helped
draft demographic data for charter application for Westside Charter
School for the Highly Gifted (1998)
- Drafted
model foreign language gifted/highly gifted K-8 center plan for
LAUSD (1997)
- Member
LAUSD Ad Hoc Gifted Committee (1996-9)
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| highlights
of previous work experience (1970-1988): |
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Paralegal /Law Clerk, Memphis TN & LA CA (1980-1988)
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Health Care Consultant (Planning & Information Systems),
Vancouver WA & Portland OR (1978-1980)
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Information Systems Analyst, Alameda County Health Care Services
Administration (Fairmont Hospital), Oakland & San Leandro
CA (1976-1978)
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Information Systems Specialist (Mental Health/Mental Retardation),
Mon Valley Health & Welfare Council, Monessen PA (1974)
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Mental Retardation Research Assistant/Aide (vol.), UCLA Neuropsychiatric
Institute
(1970 & 1973)
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Statistician (Medicine), Sepulveda Veterans Administration Hospital,
Predictive & Evaluative Models Research Lab, Department
of Psychology (1973/4)
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| education: |
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- Ed.D., Rossier School of Education, University of Southern California (2008)
- J.D.,
University of Memphis TN (1983)
- Biology
graduate studies, California State University East Bay (1975/6)
- M.S.,
Health Science, Health Statistics & Research, California State
University Northridge (1974)
- A.B.,
Sociology (Religion, Pre-medicine), University of California Berkeley
(1972)
- Miscellaneous studies: Administration & Policy in Gifted Education, University of Iowa (2007); micro- & macro-economics, architecture, & child development, Santa Monica College (1998-2000)
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| selected
papers: |
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- Grossman, L.R. The Intersection of Gender Equity and Gifted Elementary Education: Does Numerical Parity Tell the Whole Story? (USC EdD dissertation, 2008)
- Grossman,
L.R., Draft Proposal for LAUSD Gifted/Highly Gifted Center: Venice
Gifted/Highly Gifted/Foreign Language Academy/Magnet, Curriculum,
& Consortium (1997)
- Grossman,
L.R., The Case of FTC v. AMA & its Aftermath: Regulation of
the Learned Professions, research paper in partial fulfillment
of requirements for J.D. (1983)
- Grossman,
L.R., Newberg OR Community Hospital Certificate of Need Application
for Hospital Expansion & Remodeling (1979)
- Rivera,
E.C., Rivera, A.C., Grossman, L.R., & Casavantes, E., Review
of the Cultural & Programmatic Variables Effecting [sic] the
Delivery of Social Services to the Spanish Speaking, prepared
for the CA Department of Benefit Payments (1977)
- Grossman,
L.R., A Survey of the Information Needs of MH/MR Administrators
in the Central & Western Regions of the PA Department of Public
Welfare (1975)
- Grossman,
L.R., Multiple Linear Versus Multiple Logistic Regression, thesis
submitted in partial satisfaction of requirements for M.S. degree
(1974)
- Gocka,
E.F., Rostami, H.J., & Grossman, L.R., “Subroutine for
Multiple Logistic Discriminant Function Analysis”, Behavior
Research Methods & Instrumentation (1974)
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| professional
license: |
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- Attorney,
Tennessee (1984)
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| academic
award: |
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- $5,000
USC Rossier School of Education
Frank Ewell Williamson Scholarship
for meritorious achievements (2005/6)
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