NJ Early Intervention System Proposes Changes
to Family Cost share;
ABCD Comments
on Family Cost Share Changes
Public Policy Resources The New Jersey Coalition for Special Education Funding Reform Click here to learn more about New Jersey's upcoming Preschool Expansion
6th Circuit Lets Parent File Retaliation Suit for Superintendent Reporting Her to Child Welfare
The Association for the Betterment of Citizens with Disabilities has
created a brief report comparing New Jersey's performance to the
national average on the National Core Indicators.
The aim of the National Core Indicators (NCI) is to develop
nationally recognized performance and outcome indicators that will
provide a benchmark (point of reference) for all stakeholders on the
performance of their state against the performance of other states
in terms of services and supports for people with disabilities.
The synthesis of the most recent NCI report (2007-2008) points out
that New Jersey is within the average range for most indicators, and
is significantly above in several indicators. In the area of
Systems Performance, New Jersey is significantly below average in
many of the indicators and within the average range for several
other indicators.
Some of the areas in which New Jersey rates significantly worse than
the national average for people with disabilities include:
-Choosing their own work or day activity
-Looking at more than one job or more than one home
-Having friends and caring relationships with people other than
support staff and family members
-Having a close friend
-Being able to see their families whenever they want
-Feeling lonely
-Being satisfied with where they live and with their personal life
-Knowing their case manager
-Reporting that their case manager helps them get what they need and
asks about their preferences
- Receiving support to learn or do something new
-Having adequate transportation when they want to go somewhere
-Having needed services available.
ABCD Policy Synthesis: National Core Indicators and How New Jersey Compares with the Other States
Participation
in State Assessments by Students with Disabilities No Child Left Behind requires all students to be assessed throughout elementary school until the completion of high school. For students with disabilities who have IEPs, the IEP Team – which includes the student’s parents – determines whether the student should take the regular state assessment (such as the NJ ASK, GEPA, HSPA), the regular state assessment with specified accommodations, or an alternate assessment based on alternate achievement standards known in NJ as the APA.
The APA is to be used only for
those students with the most significant cognitive disabilities.
The
decision whether a student is to take the APA is
not predetermined by his or
her placement or by disability
category. That
is, simply because a student is placed in a self-contained classroom or
is classified as cognitively impaired does
not mean that the student must
be assessed by means of the APA instead of the regular state assessment
with accommodations.
Call SPAN for Assistance. If you believe your district is not following the appropriate guidelines for assessing your child and is pressuring you to agree to use the APA, please call SPAN’s Information Specialists for assistance. We can be reached on our toll-free line at 1-800-654-SPAN (7726). For information of NJ’s guidelines on use of the APA, see http://www.nj.gov/education/assessment/assessment/apa/guidelines.pdf
Testimony and
Letters regarding Health Care Issues
Family Voices comments
on the CMS Medicaid Program:
Family Voices comments on the CMS Proposed Guidelines on Rehabilitative Services Family Voices Comments on IDEA Part B SPP & APR
Family Voices comments on
the CMS Proposed Quality
Family Voices comments on the Proposed Early Intervention
System Single Point of Entry-Model II Family Voices-NJ comments on Proposed IDEA Part C Regulations for Early Intervention Testimony of Family Voices NJ on the 2009 Maternal & Child Health Block Grant  Adobe Acrobat file (.pdf) Contents
A.P.R.A.I.S. APRIL 16, 2004 – PRESS RELEASE FAMILY ALLIANCE SCHEDULES "LUNCH + LEARN" FOR NJ LEGISLATORS |
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