by Common Ground | May 5, 2020 | Letters
April 30, 2020 Dear Editor, We are writing on behalf of the New Jersey Association of School Psychologists (NJASP) and school psychologists practicing across the state of New Jersey. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and especially given the considerable impact on...
by Common Ground | Jan 22, 2018 | Letters
Dear Editor, Lost in the hundreds of bills passed during the lame duck period of the final week of the legislature, was a Restraint and Seclusion bill that not only strips students with disabilities of their civil rights, but now legislates their continued physical...
by Common Ground | Sep 11, 2017 | Letters, Professionals, Teachers
An argument for providing every student with a social-emotional and academic liaison. By Maurice J. Elias Imagine what might happen if every child entering a school were assigned a social-emotional and academic development (SEAD) liaison who would advocate for the...
by Common Ground | Oct 26, 2016 | Letters
School Psychologists and Mental Health: Early Intervention and Treatment From Sol B. Heckelman Among the many important and enlightening articles to be found over the years in CommonGround, the Sept 2016 issue featured Mental Health and Special Education: Early...
by Common Ground | Sep 25, 2014 | Letters
By: Emerson Dickman, J.D. Too often, advocacy is seen as a contest — parents versus the system. The primary goal of an advocate should be to develop an atmosphere of collaboration and open communication between the family and the school district. The purpose of...
by Common Ground | Apr 22, 2014 | Letters
There have been many attempts to standardize education since schooling for all children became mandatory in most Western countries. As a child in England, I took the 11-plus exam three times in the space of one year in a futile attempt to pass the standardized test....
by Common Ground | Apr 16, 2012 | Letters
Dear Editor: Now is an historic time in New Jersey education. Parents—including parents of students with disabilities—should be aware of the opportunity to fundamentally transform New Jersey’s public school education system to the benefit of all students, including...
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