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PA ABLE Savings Program for Disability-Related Expenses

In The News, Money 12/04/2018 admin

A PA ABLE account gives individuals with qualified disabilities (Eligible Individuals), and their families and friends, a tax-free way to save for disability-related expenses, while maintaining government benefits. Federal and state law authorized the creation of PA ABLE accounts. Contributions Contribute up to $15,000 each year. This federal limit may be adjusted each year based on inflation and may be exceeded by account owners who are employed. See the FAQs for additional information. Families and […]

Pilot Program Supports First-Year Special Education Teachers

Education, What's Happening 12/04/2018 admin

RICHMOND, Va. — Superintendent of Public Instruction James Lane and Secretary of Education Atif Qarni today announced a pilot program to provide resources and professional development opportunities for first-year special education teachers. The program is the result of a partnership between the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) and the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC), a non-profit professional association dedicated to improving outcomes for students with disabilities. “Special education is consistently the number-one critical shortage area […]

WEBINAR: Qualified Disability Expense Fundamentals

Money, What's Happening 12/03/2018 admin

Thursday, December 13, 2018 – 2:00-3:30 p.m. ET An ABLE account offers an opportunity for qualified individuals with disabilities to save for a better life experience. It gives all qualified individuals who have a disability a way to save money. For those individuals who receive a means-tested benefit, it offers a way to save without jeopardizing these benefits. The savings in an ABLE account may be used tax-free on a variety of qualified disability expenses […]

The Endless Fight for Help: Yesterday and Today

Exceptional Blog 12/03/2018 publisher

by Maxine Rosaler When I was looking for schools for my son twenty years ago, private special education schools were the only schools equipped to give autistic children anywhere near the kind of help they needed. The competition for these schools was very stiff: it was not usual to find out that there were fifty applicants for every spot. And if a parent was lucky enough to have her child accepted at one of these […]

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Autism Spectrum Disorders

Autism, Featured Topics, Healthcare 11/30/2018 admin

Connie Anderson, Ph.D. IAN Community Scientific Liaison Many behavioral therapies have been used to treat young children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), including Applied Behavior Analysis and Pivotal Response Training. Older children, teens, and adults with ASD may benefit from another intervention with a behavioral component: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). Beyond behavior Therapies based on the science of behavior have been effective for people of all ages, and are an essential item in any mental […]