In October, Kopriva served as a volunteer Initial Program Review member with the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing. IPR members were assigned newly submitted Special Education Credential Program Documents from various California colleges/universities to review and verify that select content was present within each Credential Program Document as required by Commission Credential Standards. Kopriva has served as a select volunteer for institutional reviews and accreditation for more than 20 years.
Kopriva's article, "Centers for Independent Living," was accepted for publication for spring 2012 in the Encyclopedia of Special Education: A Reference for the Education of Children, Adolescents, and Adults with Disabilities and Other Exceptional Individuals, Fourth Edition, published by Wiley & Sons, Inc.