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Daniel Jordan Fiddle Foundation Launches Endowments To Leading Universities

Autism, What's Happening 10/08/2016 admin 0 Comments

The Daniel Jordan Fiddle Foundation (DJFF), the nation’s first not-for-profit organization to exclusively focus on adult autism, announced two new groundbreaking endowment funds, adding to DJFF’s existing endowed program initiatives at Yale University and the University of Miami. With gifts of $100,000 each to Brown University and Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, the newest DJFF endowed programs continue to expand the Foundation’s mission for a global focus on adult autism. Designed to increase […]

$7 Million in Grants Awarded to Seven States to Improve Training Systems to Help Children with Disabilities

Education 08/17/201608/25/2016 admin 0 Comments

The U.S. Department of Education today announced the award of $7 million in grants to seven states to help recruit and train teachers, principals and other personnel to provide quality education for children with disabilities. States receiving grants are: Colorado, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina and Oregon. The State Personnel Development Grants Program, authorized by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), provides funds to assist states in reforming and improving their systems […]

Application Period for Kennedy Krieger Institute’s Special Education Fellowship Program Now Open

What's Happening 02/09/201602/08/2016 admin 0 Comments

Center for Innovation and Leadership in Special Education Program accepting applications for its one-year immersive training experience through March 1. BALTIMORE, MD – Kennedy Krieger Institute, an award-winning and nationally recognized leader in special education, is now accepting applications for its Center for Innovation and Leadership in Special Education fellowship program. The program is designed to empower leaders in special education to develop effective teaching practices, learning methods, curricula and educational policies to optimize learning […]

Save Babies Through Screening Foundation

Recent & Relevant 07/07/201507/07/2015 admin 0 Comments

ASHG honors R. Rodney Howell with Advocacy Award The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) has named R. Rodney Howell, MD, Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Chairman Emeritus of Pediatrics, and Member of the Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, at the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, as the first recipient of its new, annual Advocacy Award. This award honors individuals or groups who have exhibited excellence and achievement in applications […]

Transition Begins The First Day Of School

Education, Parenting 06/30/201507/07/2015 admin 0 Comments

BY RACHEL EZEKIEL-FISHBEIN • PHOTOS PROVIDED BY HMS SCHOOL In January, Amy and Phil Warmflash received the call that a space had opened up at the adult  residential facility they had selected with their 21-year-old daughter, Jordana (Jordie) a full five months before she was to graduate from HMS School for Children with Cerebral Palsy. They had spent 16 years preparing Jordie, who has cerebral palsy, for such independence, but still, they were not ready […]