When I speak to parents of children with disabilities, I often hear reports of Child Study Teams (those responsible, along with parents, for creating Individualized
Jamir is seven years old, bright and smart and handsome. He is enrolled in the Asbury Park District and is classified as eligible for special
The memo below is from the New Jersey Department of Education’s Assistant Commissioner of Student Services, Carolyn Marano. It was written while she was Director of
“When someone shows you who they are,” said Maya Angelou, “believe them the first time.” This would have been good advice for Education Commissioner Lamont
I have a new piece out in New Jersey Family Magazine on advocating for your child with special needs. It starts here: My husband and
Nine-year-old Wesley Clark is a fourth-grader at PS 8 in Brooklyn Heights. He and his family were recently profiled in the New York Post, which described