The Florida Guardian ad Litem Program is proud to share Educational Advocacy webinars originally presented to our Guardian ad Litem Child Advocates and with community providers.

These webinars were presented by Dr. Katie Kelly, M.ED., PH.D., Esquire and Kate York, Esquire with Community Legal Services of Mid-Florida.  Dr. Kelly currently serves as the manager of the Children's Rights Unit.  Ms. York is a Special Education Attorney and formerly worked with the Guardian ad Litem Program. 

Their passion, dedication, and advocacy for children is shared through these webinars.  We hope you get as much out of the webinars as we do and much appreciation to both of them for providing these trainings for our Program. 


This series of 7 training webinars were held during the 2020-2021 School Year -- September, 2020 to May, 2021.  *Please note webinars were not held in October or December 2020. 

A certificate for 1 to 1.5 hours is provided for each course. 

* The Optima training topic for these courses are "Educational Advocacy".