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Senate Approves Addiego-Sweeney Bill to Protect Students with Disabilities from Losing Educational Services to COVID Crisis

The Senate today approved a bill authored by Senator Dawn Addiego and Senate President Steve Sweeney that would help protect students with disabilities from losing out on special education services because of the coronavirus crisis by temporarily extending the timetable for those who could exceed the age eligibility.

NJ Statewide Network for Cultural Competence (NJSNCC) — Annual Virtual Conference, 2021

Building Bridges, Breaking Barriers, & Cultivating Cultural Competency with the Diverse Deaf and Hard of Hearing Community

Ways & Means Committee Livestream, Tues., 1/28/2020, 10:00: “Paid Leave for All Toolkit”

ANNOUNCEMENT: SPAN’s Lauren Agoratus’ “Paid Leave for All Digital Toolkit” will be featured by Congressman Pallone (D-NJ 6th District) during the January 28, 2020 House Ways and Means Committee hearing. The hearing starts at 10:00 am. View the...

Diana Autin Speaks on Ability Radio Podcast

January 14, 2020 | SPAN Executive Co-Director, Diana Autin, was a guest on “Ability Radio”, a weekly podcast from the Disability Rights Center of the Virgin Islands (DRCVI), which also houses the US Virgin Islands Parent Training and Information Center....

SPAN EHDI Director Publishes Family’s Advocacy Story

Pam Aasen, Director of SPAN’s Early Hearing Detection & Intervention (EHDI) Mentoring & Family Engagement Project, has published a feature in Exceptional Parent magazine’s December 2019 issue. “Advocating as a Family in the Community”...

State report reveals that Newark fails to enforce key special education mandates

“State monitors have ordered Newark to take corrective action after finding that the city’s public schools are failing to meet several special education requirements.” Diana Autin, who is quoted in this article from Chalkbeat, was a plaintiff in a...

NJ Council on Developmental Disabilities Urges Inclusion of Children with Disabilities in School Emergency Plans

Director of SPAN Public Policy, Peggy Kinsell, in her role as the New Jersey Council on Developmental Disabilities Subcommittee Chairperson, has helped initiate a report urging schools to include students with disabilities in emergency planning. “The absence of...

Debra Jennings Remarks on Newark’s Top Issues in Special Education

SPAN Executive Co-Director, Debra Jennings, was quoted in a Chalkbeat article on issues facing special education in Newark’s schools. “These programs are created, and then there’s more of an emphasis of putting children into these programs than figuring out a...

Administration Appears to Reverse Decision to Deport Critically Ill Children After Pressure from Oversight Committee

On September 19, 2019, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) sent notification to the Oversight Committee, stating:We wanted to let you know that, at the direction of Acting Secretary McAleenan, USCIS is resuming its consideration of non-military deferred action...

WholeLife NJ Introduces Its New App

WholeLife NJ has announced the release of its “Eat, Play, Parent” app. Read more about this new resource below: WholeLife NJ: Eat, Play, Parent is your perfect healthy living, one stop shop, app! The app was developed by the School Health Specialist Team...

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