The New Jersey State Board of Education will vote during its meeting on Wednesday, March 6th to accept the recommendation of the New Jersey Department of Education to readopt with no substantive changes N.J.A.C. 6A:23A-18.
Over-regulation is strangling our schools' ability to offer necessary and expert behavioral services and therapies. Antiquated salary caps and restrictive rules have made it harder to hire, train, and retain qualified, credentialed staff. Even hourly rates for outside vendors, and contracted service providers like physicians, psychiatrists, psychologists, and behavior specialists are capped at impossibly low levels.
Since 1998 ASAH has annually collected data to examine the outcomes for students who exit its member schools. This post contains data from the most recent outcomes study covering the 2021-22 academic year.
Above: ASAH Executive Director, John J. Mulholland Jr., Esq., recently invited thought leaders in special education to discuss public policy issues of shared concern, [...]
Our recent March membership meeting was among the more energizing and exciting days I have had as your director. Our membership is all about people, connections and networking. To see our members live and in person is what this work is about. Top among our action items is our work on staff shortages, a crisis that is affecting nearly every ASAH school.
In my first year as Executive Director at ASAH, I have learned so much about the work our schools do, and the ways in which you change lives. With every school visit I make I am more in awe of your energy; it shows in your compassion, innovation and commitment to excellence. Together with our board and committees, Susan, Donna, and our consultants, I am working to bring that same energy to ASAH!
