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Originally published by Max’s mom, on her blog, Love That Max: A BLOG ABOUT KIDS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS WHO KICK BUTT. Monday and Tuesday were the Jewish New Year. I went to temple and prayed [...]

Use these visuals to make a game out of the popular song “The Shofar Blast”.  Kids will love following the movements demonstrated in the pictures while singing along! Tikiyah-hands in [...]

Originally published in the New Jersey Jewish Standard, July 27, 2012 Written by Larry Yudelson Participants in the Matan Institute for Congregational School Teachers in Montclair next Sunday [...]

Written by Benay & Steve Josselson We are the proud parents of a kind, lovable, curious and intelligent five year-old with a diagnosis of PDD NOS (Pervasive Developmental Disorder – Not [...]

Written by Meredith Polsky, Matan co-founder It has been a challenging week in the world of Jewish Special Education, as news of a blind camper asked to leave Camp Ramah in Canada spread at [...]

Originally published on The Ruderman Family Foundation Blog, Zeh Lezeh (One for Another) by Guest Blogger Jason Lieberman.  Jason is a disability advocate and Vice President and Treasurer [...]

Written by Irene Bolton, Education Director, Temple Beth Or, Township of Washington, NJ Cohort 1 Participant, Matan Institute for Congregational School Education Directors Something special [...]

Written by Malina Saval, this article originally appeared in the Huffington Post, April 2, 2012 Thin envelopes in the mail never fail to remind me of senior year in high school, when flimsy [...]

Experts in advocacy and service to people with disabilities engaged rabbinical, cantorial, education, and Doctor of Ministry students as well as alumni during a unique day of learning at the New [...]

Written by Michelle Wolf, this post originally appeared on her blog, Jews With Special Needs Which comes first, the decision to disclose sensitive personal information, or the fear of stigma that [...]