These days, quite a few families will have access to insurance policies offering benefits for evaluations and related services (speech, OT, PT, ABA, etc.) When families access and receive such benefits, how must they be treated and accounted for? When parents have the opportunity to access benefits under an insurance policy, the basic rule of READ MORE
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Is Your Child Eligible For OPWDD Benefits? By Susan Wagner and Noelle Forbes
We are committed to making sure our client families are informed of all the resources that are available to families of children with disabilities. As such, we want to take this opportunity to inform you that you and your family may be eligible for benefits from the Office for People With Developmental Disabilities (“OPWDD”). OPWDD READ MORE
State Education Department Proposes Regulations for Nonpublic School Students
STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT PROPOSES REGULATIONS FOR “SUBSTANTIALLY EQUIVALENT INSTRUCTION” FOR NONPUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS Over the last few days, many schools have been reaching out asking you to lend your voice in the prevention of unnecessary oversight of independent schools in New York State. On July 3rd, the New York State Education Department (NYSED) issued proposed READ MORE
Is Your Child Eligible for “Medicaid Waiver” Benefits? By Jean Marie Brescia
New York State’s Office for People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) provides funding for supports and services for children with developmental disabilities under the age of 18, without regard to families’ income, through a “Medicaid Waiver” program. It is characterized as a “waiver” program because parental income is not part of the eligibility determination. Medicaid waiver READ MORE