NJASEPS News

Proposed Task Force to Include ASAH Representation

New Jersey Senator Jennifer Beck (R-12) Prompted by a series of articles in the Asbury Park Press last year, Monmouth County law makers [...]

December 1st, 2011|Categories: Government Relations|Tags: Education Task Force, Funding, Jennifer Beck, Joseph Kyrillos, New Jersey, Senate Education Committee, Special Education, Stephen Singer, Thomas Kean Jr|

Video: Special Needs Student Videotapes Teacher Bullying in Classroom

Video - Special Needs Student Bullied by Teacher. Video Here.

November 16th, 2011|Categories: Public Relations|Tags: Bankbridge School, Bullying, Gloucester County Special Services School District, Julio Artuz, New Jersey, NJ, Special Needs, Teacher Bullying, video|

For Some Special Ed Students, Inclusion Is Deferred

Advocates, parents, teachers and administrators are talking more lately about when educational inclusion for children with disabilities may be appropriate, and when it may not be.

November 11th, 2011|Categories: Best Practice, Public Relations|Tags: Inclusion, New York City, Special Education|

Private special education schools success may be hard to replicate

Administrators at private special education schools are concerned that public school's in-house programs are doing what some chidlren with disabilities need.

November 8th, 2011|Categories: Best Practice, Public Relations|Tags: autism, local school district, Placement, Special Education, Waldwick School|

More districts bringing special ed in house

The rise of public school special education programs for children with disabilities have sparked worries among parents, special-needs advocates and private school administrators who assert the districts are motivated primarily by money and cannot provide the services the children need.

November 8th, 2011|Categories: Best Practice, Public Relations|Tags: autism, Gantwerk, local school district, NJDOE, Placement, Special Education|

New Study Calls for Mods to NJ’s Special Ed Funding

The New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) has released the findings of an independent research firm calling for a sweeping overhaul of the way in which the state distributes aid to local districts to help them cover the costs of special education.