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ECAC | Parent Counseling & Training: A Related Service Under IDEA

Often when we think of related services listed in the IEP, the first things to come to mind are OT, PT and Speech. Did you know that related services also include parent counseling and training? Parent counseling and training means: Assisting parents in understanding the special needs of their child Providing parents with information about […]

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ECAC | PACID: Parent Advocates for Adult Children with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in NC

PACID is a grassroots organization of over 300 families with adult children who have intellectual and/or developmental disabilities. Most of the families are from the Research Triangle region of central North Carolina. Their mission is that each adult child is able to move into safe and appropriate housing in the coming months and years, whether

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ECAC | Black Families & Providers Accessing Service Together

Black Families and Providers Accessing Service Together (BFAST) was created in partnership with members of the Black community to create easily accessed, culturally sensitive, and personally tailored information to allow successful connection to early intervention services for Black autistic children across North Carolina. BFAST is a UNC TEACCH Autism Program project in collaboration with the Autism Society of North Carolina and Frank

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ECAC | North Carolina Council on Developmental Disabilities

March is Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month! Through advocacy, capacity building and systems change, the North Carolina Council on Developmental Disabilities (NCCDD) improves the opportunities and lives of over 180,000 North Carolinians with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) and their families. Tune into learn more about their advocacy in action, and important updates and information regarding the Innovations Waiver,

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Monica Chibuogu Nneji Foundation: Disability & Identity

The Monica Chibuogu Nneji Foundation is hosting Dr. Diana M., Cejas, MD, MPH to speak in observance of Developmental Disabilities & Brain Injury Awareness Month 2024. Dr. Cejas is a neurologist at UNC with clinical interests in autism spectrum disorders and intellectual and neurodevelopmental disabilities. She will discuss how disability develops, the concept of disability

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ECAC | The NC Assistive Technology Program

The North Carolina Assistive Technology Program (NCATP) is a state and federally funded program that provides assistive technology services statewide to people of all ages and abilities. NCATP leads North Carolina’s efforts to carry out the federal Assistive Technology Act of 2004 by providing device demonstration, short-term device loans, and reutilization of assistive technology. They also

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