Building Bridges, Breaking Barriers & Cultivating Cultural Competency with the Diverse Deaf and Hard of Hearing Community April 21, 2020 — 9:00 am–4:00 pm Location: The Professional Center at DCF 30 Van Dyke Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ Keynote: Elizabeth...
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...
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....
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 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...
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...
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...
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 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...
Hundreds of pediatric providers are now receiving quick access to mental/behavioral health consultative support, and connecting patients with referrals to mental/behavioral health services through the PPC. Show this flyer to your pediatrician and let them know that...
