By Jayne M. Wesler, Esq. Studies show that children with disabilities, particularly those with emotional or behavioral disabilities, have a...
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Children’s Mental Health: Statistics are Staggering and It’s on the Rise
By Jayne M. Wesler, Esq. May is Children’s Mental Health Awareness Month. The worldwide pandemic starting in March 2020 has been hard for adults and children...
April is Autism Awareness Month and Auditory Processing Awareness Month
By Jayne M. Wesler, Esq. Why are these two conditions highlighted together? Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder often have Auditory Processing...
Chocolate, Nuts, Soy, Dairy . . . Ways to Ensure Your Child’s Valentine’s Day is Food Allergy Safe
By Jayne M. Wesler, Esq. Allergy awareness has increased significantly over the last decade. The number of students with life-threatening allergies continues...
World Braille Day
By Jayne M. Wesler, Esq. Why do we Celebrate World Braille Day? World Braille Day commemorates the birth of Louis Braille – on 04 January 1809 in France. In...
Don’t Drop the Ball on Establishing a Special Needs Trust
We all know how fast time goes by during the holidays – before we know it, the ball will drop on a brand new year! On the bright side, this is a great time to...
Let’s Join Hands and Hearts to Celebrate:
December 3rd is United Nations’ International Day of Persons with Disabilities By Jayne M. Wesler, Esq December celebrates multiple happy holidays, Kwanzaa,...
Children with Diabetes are Children with Special Needs
November is National Diabetes Awareness Month, and at Sussan, Greenwald & Wesler we want to focus attention on the many children and adolescents who have...
A Special Month for Awareness
The month of October commemorates important issues for students with special needs. Included among those issues are dyslexia and ADHD. For parents and...
LONG COVID: What it is, and how to help your student who has it.
by Jayne Wesler. Esq. Since February 2020, families have been struggling with the increasing complexity of their children’s education. You’ve had to upend...
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