Posts Tagged
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October 7, 2021

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by: admin

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Tags: Advocacy, education, Law, Oct, Parent, special, Webinar

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Categories: Special needs education

“Finding your voice as a parent: special education law and advocacy” Webinar on Monday, October 25th, 7:00 p.m. jointly with the Stamford JCC (Stamford, CT) Register here at Zoom. Speaker: Lawyer Lawrence Berliner, Connecticut Special Education Law Jane Faherty, Stamford JCC JumpStart Director and Special Education Teacher Allie Grafman, educational advisor and special education teacher […]

“Finding your voice as a parent: special education and advocacy” Webinar Date: Monday, October 25th 7:00 p.m. EST Hosted in collaboration with the Stamford JCC (Stamford, CT) Register at Zoom here: https://bit.ly/A39642 Speaker: Lawyer Lawrence Berliner, Connecticut Special Education Law Jane Faherty, Stamford JCC JumpStart Director and Special Education Teacher Allie Grafman, educational advisor and […]

August 11, 2021

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by: admin

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Tags: Advocacy, Child, Grief, Parenting, Peer, Power, support, TBI

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Categories: Special Needs Parenting

At the age of fourteen, Karen Kaizuka’s son suffered a sports-related traumatic brain injury (TBI) that required emergency surgery. The long journey of raising a child with TBI began when they learned to walk and speak again. In this episode of Brain Injury Today, Karen speaks with Deborah Crawley, Executive Director of BIAWA, about the […]

Image by Gino Crescoli via Pixabay To celebrate the 43 National Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation Week, various groups praised the bill that would allow access by Learners with disabilities (LWDs) for education. “Thank you to the Senate Education, Arts and Culture Committee, led by its Chairman, Senator Win Gatchalian, for advocating the rights and well-being […]