Doreen Lohnes M.A
La Puente Hills SELPA
Consultant Special Education
Southern California
Jeannne Davis and Doreen Lohnes bring almost five decades of experience in special education administration as the chief special ed official wthin many souhern California school districts and as consultants in many more. Research supports their opinion that there is a general decline in special ed practitioners’ empathy for parents. Their goal is to alert the field of this decline and to help staff strengthen empathic practices. with their parent partners.