Family Support Network/HOPE

01/24/2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOryzkPy8VI

Great video for parents who have a child with an IEP

This video uses a bicycle analogy to explain how a well-designed individualized education program (IEP) provides free appropriate public education and suppor...

01/23/2025

The new OSEP Guidance on Inclusive Educational Practices for Students with Disabilities highlighted several TIES Center resources. Housed at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities' Institute on Community Integration, the TIES Center works with states, districts, and schools to support the movement of students with disabilities from less inclusive to more inclusive environments.
https://shorturl.at/NXf6Z

01/23/2025

New data from thousands of school districts across the nation is highlighting stark differences in the experiences of students with disabilities compared to their typically developing peers.

Children with disabilities are far more likely to be subject to restraint or seclusion, suspended, expelled, referred to law enforcement or arrested at school, according to the U.S. Department of Education’s most recent civil rights data collection.

Read more https://www.disabilityscoop.com/2025/01/21/ed-department-report-reveals-sharp-inequities-for-students-with-ieps-504-plans/31252/

01/23/2025

https://civilrightsdata.ed.gov/

Understand trends in student opportunity, security, and diversity.

01/17/2025

Join us this Tues 1/14 6PM ET for our 2nd Annual Everything is Connected to Everything webinar, presented by Mel Houser, M.D.

Register at allbrainsbelong.org/att-webinar
If you can't make it, recording will be available for registrants.

01/17/2025

Study opportunity for Black caregivers of children with complex health needs

To ensure diverse representation among the Black community, Black fathers, grandparents raising their grandchildren and families who live in rural areas are strongly encouraged to participate! Please contact Javier Rodrigues for more information: [email protected] or 919-620-4732

01/17/2025

https://familyvoices.org/mylanguagemycare/

An online course about language access and health care.

01/16/2025

01/16/2025

A mother details the difficult decision to place her autistic son in a group home after realizing he needed more support than her family could provide.

01/16/2025

Lego is introducing new characters outfitted with an internationally recognized lanyard designed to quietly indicate that a person has a hidden disability and might need some extra support.

01/16/2025

North Carolina students with disabilities can now apply for a new four-year certificate program at North Carolina State University.

01/16/2025

Parent of autistic child discusses importance of social supports for families with autism and suggests social supports available to families.

01/16/2025

https://www.ncdhhs.gov/news/press-releases/2024/12/20/ncdhhs-invests-20-million-transportation-program-people-experiencing-mental-health-crisis

PRESS RELEASE — The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today announced a $20 million investment made possible by the NC General Assembly in Non-Law Enforcement Transportation, a promising practice of providing trauma-informed transportation for people in mental health crisis wh...

01/09/2025

and :
, Not Disability, Is the Problem: The webpage delves into the connection between technology and disability rights, examining how technological advancements affect individuals with disabilities.
https://www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/publications/human_rights_magazine_home/technology-and-the-law/technology-and-disability-rights/

01/09/2025

📢 NEW YEAR...NEW DOCUMENT ALERT!

Extended Content Standards (ECS) - North Carolina has developed Extended Content Standards to guide the instruction for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities. This fact sheet will answer some key questions parents and educators may have about the most significant cognitive disabilities, the Extended Content Standards (ECS) and the NC Extend 1 Alternate Assessment.

Click here to learn more: https://ow.ly/1qqz50Uv9XZ

01/09/2025

Did you make a resolution to be more informed on the disability world this new year? Well, you're in luck! We've got a great line up of presentations coming your way kicking off next week with "Let's Break the Taboo: Embracing Sexuality and Intellectual Disability" with Dr. Uzama Price.
As always, families attend free by registering here: https://unc.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYsfu6rqzsoGNbfFJTLC4qOFkk0CXfmzyKv
Professionals needing CEUs can register here: https://sswevents.unc.edu/lets-break-taboo-embracing-sexuality-and-intellectual-disability-w-dr-uzama-price

01/09/2025

https://www.ncdhhs.gov/news/press-releases/2024/12/19/ncdhhs-invests-15-million-school-based-health-centers-expand-behavioral-health-services-children

PRESS RELEASE — The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today announced a $1.5 million investment to expand behavioral health services in school-based health centers across the state. This funding is a critical step in ensuring children have access to the right care at the right...