Children Having Individual Learning Differences (C.H.I.L.D.) is holding a free workshop, “Central Auditory Processing and Language-Based Learning Disorders: Your Questions Answered!” on January 24. Jeanne Tighe, a speech and language therapist, is the presenter. Tighe has focused the past five years on working with children with language-based learning disabilities, specializing in reading and writing...
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If your child is in special education classes in Verona, you may already know about Bookshare, a free online library of digital books for individuals with visual impairments, physical disabilities and learning disabilities. You may not already know how to use it, since the set-up is a little complicated. If so, or if you...
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Elizabeth Hamblet, published author and former Rutgers University learning specialist, is scheduled to speak on Monday, March 14 about preparing students with disabilities for college. “Getting College Right: Preparing Students with Disabilities for the College World” is sponsored by C.H.I.L.D., the Verona Public Schools Department of Special Services, and the Verona High School Guidance...
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With the likelihood of snow this evening, Children Having Individual Learning Differences (C.H.I.L.D.) is postponing the free workshop it had planned on the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Attorney Jayne Wesler’s talk, “You Can’t Punish A Kid For Being Disabled”, will now be held on Tuesday, January 18 in the Verona Community Center’s ballroom....
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Children Having Individual Learning Differences (C.H.I.L.D.) will hold a free workshop with attorney Jayne Wesler on Tuesday, January 11, on the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. The talk, entitled, “You Can’t Punish A Kid For Being Disabled”, will explore how the law protects students with emotional and behavioral disabilities. Wesler, an attorney and licensed...
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State senators voted unanimously on Thursday for legislation supporting children with language-based disabilities. As we reported last week, the new law requires New Jersey to set up a task force to explore a new mandate that public schools provide diagnostic testing for children with language deficits. The task force will also investigate instructional practices...
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Verona parents of children with reading and language-based disabilities are calling on residents to show their support for a bill before the state Senate slated for a vote this Thursday. If the bill passes, the state would be required to set up a task force to explore a new mandate that public schools provide...
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