As both a lead School Psychologist and a Student Services Administrator, Dr. Apgar has specialized in investigating and responding to district- and state-level complaints regarding Special Education or Section 504. She has provided testimony in Due Process hearings for her own district and for other districts, especially with respect to school psychology and special education practices and procedures.
Sample Expert Witness topics:
Psychoeducational evaluation
Assessment of academic, cognitive, adaptive, and social/emotional/behavior abilities
Special education disability and eligibility criteria
Manifestation determination
Functional Behavior Assessment
Suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention
Behavioral threat assessment
Crisis prevention, intervention, and response
Oregon Special Education process, procedures, and regulations
Supervision of School Psychologists and Speech-Language Pathologists
Sample Investigation topics:
State-level Special Education complaints
District-level Special Education complaints
District-level Section 504 complaints