What’s Happening @ SPAN & Beyond
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January 28, 2020
NJ Statewide Network for Cultural Competence (NJSNCC) — 9th Annual Conference, 2020
Building Bridges, Breaking Barriers & Cultivating Cultural Competency with the Diverse Deaf and Hard of Hearing Community April 21, 2020...
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January 28, 2020
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...
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January 16, 2020
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...
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December 17, 2019
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...
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December 9, 2019
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...
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October 16, 2019
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,...
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Press Releases
January 29, 2020
SPAN’s Deepa Srinivasavaradan Receives Merle McPherson Award from the Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs
SPAN Parent Advocacy Network congratulates Deepa Srinivasavaradan, the CDC’s “Learn the Signs. Act Early.” Ambassador to NJ, for being nominated...
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July 15, 2019
Autin testifies before Health Subcommittee of House Committee on Energy and Commerce
SPAN Executive Co-Director, Diana Autin, testified before the Health Subcommittee of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on June...
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June 11, 2019
The New Jersey Deaf Mentor Program @ Kidz Village
The New Jersey Deaf Mentor Program's Kick-Off Event took place on Saturday, June 8th at Kidz Village in Woodbridge. Families...
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May 28, 2019
Diana Autin’s comments in NJ Spotlight, May 28, 2019
Read SPAN Executive Co-Director Diana Autin's comments in the May 28, 2019 NJ Spotlight article: "Feds Order NJ to Come up with...
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May 28, 2019
Diana Autin speaks on new legislation to reauthorize the Family to Family Health Information Centers
Legislation to reauthorize the Family to Family Health Information Centers (F2Fs) for the next five years has been introduced with...
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February 21, 2018
SPAN Statement on the Stoneman Douglas High School Mass Shooting in Parkland, FL
In the wake of the latest tragedy out of Florida, all at SPAN—each of us a parent, child, sibling, or...
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