Education Institute
The Education
Institute was established to promote and implement ethics and
standards in guardianship practice by providing education and
resources to families, professionals and community organizations.
Our members include
attorneys, social workers, geriatric care managers, psychologists,
accountants and financial planners who are knowledgeable and
experienced in providing services to the elder care and disabilities
communities. The
following is a small sample of some of the recent presentations made
by our members:
Guardianship and
Conservatorship – Presentation by Shirley Berger Whitenack,
Esq., Greater New Jersey
Estate Planning Council, Paramus, NJ, September 12, 2006.
New Jersey’s
Revised Guardianship Statutes – Presentation by Shirley Berger
Whitenack, Esq., Eighth Annual New Jersey Estate & Trust Law
Forum, New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, New
Brunswick, NJ, September 13, 2006.
Round Table
Discussion led by Daniel Jurkovic, Esq., Joan Kakascik, Ed.D., Elder
Law Section of New Jersey Bar Association, September 25, 2006.
Estate Planning –
Presentation by Shirley Berger Whitenack, Essex County Coalition for
Vulnerable Adults, Morristown, NJ, September 27, 2006.
Evolving Changes
in Guardianship Law – Presentation by Peggy Dervitz, MSW, Daniel
Jurkovic, Esq., Joan Kakascik, Ed.D.
Community Partnership for People with Developmental
Disabilities, Rockaway Township, NJ, October 21, 2006.
Families at War:
Litigation or Mediation? – Presentation moderated by
Eugene Rosner, Esq., Linda Ershow-Levenberg, Esq.
Annual Conference, Guardianship Association of New Jersey,
Inc., New Brunswick, NJ, October 24, 2006.
Special Needs
Administration – Presentation by Pamela Avraham, CPA., Annual
Conference, Guardianship Association of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ,
October 24, 2006.
Legal Options for
Surrogate Decision Making – Presentation by Peggy Dervitz, MSW,
Shashi Jain, Ph.D., Daniel Jurkovic, Esq. – Annual Conference,
Guardianship Association of New Jersey, Inc., New Brunswick, NJ,
October 24, 2006.
A Holistic
Approach to End Stage Care: Complementary
Interventions for Persons with Dementia, − Presentation by
Dawn Thomas, MSW, LSW, Annual Conference, Alzheimer’s Association,
Somerset, NJ, May 11, 2007.
Overview of
Guardianship and Substitute Decision-Making Alternatives,
Psychological Assessment of Capacity, Resources and Alternatives for
Senior Citizens – Presentation by Daniel Jurkovic, Esq., Joan
Kakascik, Ed.D., Dawn Thomas, MSW, LSW, The Northern New Jersey
Deanery Meeting of the Orthodox Church of America, The Orthodox Church
of Christ the Savior, Paramus, NJ, May 24, 2007.
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