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Written by Ari Neeman Originally published in The Jewish Week, December 18, 2012 Every American reels with shock and horror in the aftermath of school shootings like the one this past Friday in [...]

Written by Daniel Olson, 2012 Waterfront Director, Camp Ramah, Wisconsin This post originally appeared on the Zeh Lezeh Blog It’s a rainy Friday night in July at Camp Ramah in Wisconsin. The [...]

Written by Tara Parker-Pope, 12/24/12, The New York Times Jeffrey Wright is well known around his high school in Louisville, Ky., for his antics as a physics teacher, which include exploding [...]

As professionals and lay leaders in the fields of special education and mental health, we at Matan would like to issue the following statement: There is no link between autism and violence, and [...]

As many of you know, there is little information about the changing needs of adults with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) to guide those planning programs and services. That is why the UJA [...]

Written by Chava Kadosh, Matan Site Supervisor With the help of Melissa Lader, Director of School Age Special Needs Programs, our lead teacher Morah Jael, and volunteers Schuyler and Layla, the [...]

Last March, Rabbi Artson and his son, Jacob Artson, kicked off our inaugural Matan Institute for Education Directors with a remarkable keynote address. For a glimpse of why Rabbi Artson was the [...]

As many of you know, Kveller and Harold Grinspoon posed a challenge on Facebook to nominate and “like” non-profit organizations in an effort to give $5,000 to the “most” [...]

This post was originally written for Darim Online, and posted to their blog October 4, 2012. Guest post by Meredith Englander Polsky, Director of Training and Advocacy at Matan, a participant in [...]

“After attending many conferences, I must say that this was two days of true meaningful, powerful learning. It is obvious that you all spent a lot of time pouring over our intake forms and [...]