All that I can add to this discussion is that there are substitute aides for the classroom, who get calls just as substitute teachers would. I do know there...
CARE TO SHARE SUPPORT MEETING - Tuesday, December 9 - 7:30 - 9:00 PM The Arc of Somerset County 141 South Main Street Manville, NJ * Respite Care is...
Sorry this is late notice, but this is a free teleconference, it will be tomorrow, December 3rd at 12 noon until 1pm from the NJ CIE www.njcie.net NJ...
Can you please add my friends, the Ciaccio's. Lou and Jean are the parents of Cara, a 13 year old with Down Syndrome. We'll get the form over later today...
  My son has just a few months left in the NJ EI system, he has evals scheduled for school to determine/confirm eligibility and placement.  I am thinking...
  We did a speech eval on Joseph with our early intervention speech therapist. She said he is at a 30 month old level.        Joseph is now 32...
Diane, Your husband is right. When Joseph gets to school, they will see if he needs additional services. Originally Cole was to get 1 session of Speech per...
THanks Kim, I am so glad Cole is getting more speech therapy. He is such a tough little man, I hope school is going well for him.     My biggest fear...
  Please allow me to elaborate a little, of course, its wonderful that Joseph is 32 months old with a 30 month speech evaluation, but, the problem is that...
Care to Share Support Network, Inc. Presents Our Second Respite Care Connection Fair for Parents of Children with Special Needs Thursday - January 15, 2009 ...
Hi Diane, I can relate to your feelings. I am not there yet but I have the feeling Ryan will be on the same boat. I was reading all the info I collected from...
Diana, It certainly is hard when you get two different evals about your child. However, most therapists WANT to accurately assess your child. Children present...
  Actually, I have a piece of good news, I spoke to our neuro-developmental doctor this morning, and she told me that there is NO WAY that Joseph is at 30...
CARE TO SHARE SUPPORT MEETING - Tuesday, December 9 - 7:30 - 9:00 PM The Arc of Somerset County 141 South Main Street Manville, NJ * Respite Care is...
 IDEA rule allows parents to withdraw children from special education Under new U.S. Education Department regulations, parents can remove their children from...
    WHile taking my daughter to Pre K this morning, they were talking on the radio about a case in NJ, I think it was South Plainfield, where a 5 year old...
  OK, assuming my son Joseph gets declared eligible for school, I have another question. He wears SMO's on both feet, usually, there is no problem with...
Diane.. as you know Cole wears SMOs also.? This honestly has NOT been an issue at all in school for him.? I don't know what your district is like.. but here in...
I thought this was an interesting article... Tina Rear President Care to Share Support Network, Inc. A non-profit, 501c (3) Corporation 520 Route 22 East,...
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Hi all, My son is 5 years old and upuntil last week attended an inclusion kindergarten. The class had 22 children, 8 of which are classified. Last week he was...
Speech and Auditory processing are our son's biggest weakness and I had to fight to get an appropriate evaluation from the school district and request (in...
Dear Tina, The CTS holiday party was fabulous. My kids and I enjoyed the party so much. Thanks for the wonderful gifts. Even better was getting it from Santa...
I second Anu's sentiments. The party was another spectacular 'Tina production,' with every detail as good as it could be. A wonderful time was had by all,...
Well, maybe I got an early christmas present, when our speech therapist was here the other day, she still did not have her eval in writing, but, she told me...
Thank you both for your kind words.. The party turned out as special as I envisioned and I know families that attended felt special, which was our goal. We...