• Resources for Parents and Students

     
    Parental Rights in Special Education - click here
    New Jersey Department of Education    

     
    A Guide to the Special Education Process - click here 
    Prepared by a Subcommittee of Morris-Union Jointure Commission Directors of Special Services 

    NPSD Department of Special Services

    •  Glossary/Acronyms: click here.      
    •  Frequently Asked Questions: click here.
                                 

    NPSD Mental Health Resources - click here   
    NP Parent and Student site 


    The New Jersey Dyslexia Handbook: A Guide to Early Literacy Development & Reading Struggles - click here
    New Jersey Department of Education  

     
    A Family Guide to Autism - Autism: Navigating Through the Maze
    NJ Department of Human Services Division of Developmental Disabilities
     
    The College Search for Students With Learning Differences - click here
    NPHS Counseling Department
     
    Information Regarding Early Intervention System (Infants to age 3) 
    New Jersey Department of Health
     
    New Providence Sports Club: A K-8 Recreation Program for Children with Special Needs
    • The Sports Club is held during the school year on Thursday afternoons beginning in October.
    • The 2023-2024 sign up period has begun! Please email emellow@npsdnj.org for a permission form.
     
    Special Olympics New Jersey - click here
    Mission: To provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community.
     
    MIddlesex and Union County Special Olympics - click here
    For more information, contact:
    Karen Lewicki, Area 5 Director
    (732) 566-8159  


    Additional Resources for General Family Assistance

    Community Service Association (CSA) of New Providence - click here
    (908) 665-8254
     
    Union Resource Net - click here
    For support services available to families in Union County  
     
     
Last Modified on September 19, 2023