Position Overview: The Community Outreach Specialist is a 20-hour a week grant-funded position that will provide energy and enthusiasm in both development and delivery of services for diverse families and communities statewide. Qualifications/ Requirements: Demonstrated commitment to inclusively serving and working with communities and families from a diversity of background and experiences, and sensitivity needed to [...]
In this 20-minute module, families will learn: What Extended School Year (ESY) services are Why a child might need ESY services ESY services available beyond the summer break How to have a conversation with the IEP Team about what your child’s program could look like Use the [...]
UNH-4U is a secondary education option for students with intellectual disabilities to have the ability to reach their life and career goals. This option allows students to experience college life with peers without disabilities. Join Ariel Schwartz as she explains what UNH-4U and Bridges are all about. She will share how you can connect your [...]
The NH Bureau of Special Education Supports has issued an updated Special Education Procedural Safeguards Handbook for districts to provide parents of children with disabilities. This handbook has adopted the federal template while also including NH-specific information. Procedural Safeguards are designed to protect the rights of parents and their children with a disability and, at the same [...]
A recent Gallup Poll conducted in partnership with the NH Learning Initiative revealed that NH students who engage in career-connected learning experiences feel more hopeful about their future and engage more at school. For every additional career-connected learning experience a student has, those hope and engagement scores increase exponentially. In this presentation and chat Co-Founders of [...]
New Hampshire recently passed a law to help foster civic engagement and voting rights for students in transition. Watch this presentation from James Ziegra, Staff Attorney for the Disability Rights Center of NH, to learn about the new changes and how to encourage your youth and their teams to support their right to vote. After watching [...]
There are no IEPs or 504s in college, however disability and accessibility services do exist for students that qualify. In this PIC chat you will hear Dennis Green, Director of Disability & Accessibility Services at Southern New Hampshire University, as he explains the process for documenting the disability and determining necessary & appropriate accommodations. The slide [...]
Understanding and navigating the healthcare system as a young adult takes time. This module explores how to begin supporting youth in taking a more active role in their healthcare including: How to support youth in the transition from pediatric to adult care When youth should begin to work on taking responsibility for their healthcare Helping [...]
Assistive Technology is now easily accessible and widely available to support reading, writing, and organization. This chat spotlights assistive technology to support high school academics and independence after graduation. After watching this video, check out the links below to determine what resources will benefit you or the students you support. Visit our Life After High School [...]
Project SEARCH is a transition-to-work program for young people with significant disabilities designed to immerse them into the workplace and provide them with onsite classroom instruction, career exploration, and various worksite rotations through the host business. Upon completing Project SEARCH, participants will continue to engage in activities, which will help them to gain competitive, paid [...]
