Perspectives is a blog inspiring change through different perspectives brought to you by our Constituent Advisory Committee (CAC), HDC staff, and local community. Our current theme is risk. If you have a perspective on risk as it relates to disability, email your idea to jrob44@lsuhsc.edu.
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Provide your feedback in the search for the next Superintendent of Schools for NOLA Public Schools. The Orleans Parish School Board is hosting virtual input sessions for the community to provide feedback on the qualities they would like to see in the next NOLA-PS Superintendent. The Board is seeking an individual who will continue to build on the success of the current system while also leading the District forward through identifiable opportunities.
The remaining sessions are listed below:
If you are unable to attend the virtual session, you may provide your feedback here: https://nolasuperintendentsearch.com/
NOLA Public Schools are governed by the Orleans Parish School Board. The Orleans Parish School Board is a government body comprised of seven elected officials, each of whom represent a portion of Orleans Parish. The board meets monthly as a full board at its business meetings, and in smaller committees that make recommendations to the full board. Committees include Accountability, Policy, Budget/Finance, Property, and Legal/Legislative. These meetings are free and open to the public. More information about board meetings, board policies, and related documents can be found here.
The CDC “Learn the Signs. Act Early.” program has updated the developmental milestones for early child development including the Milestone Tracker App and online digital checklist. These new milestones for birth to age five provide families and caregivers support in their child’s development, assist in the early identification of developmental disabilities, and provide guidance about what to do if there are areas of concern. Click below to learn about the new milestones and download the new materials.
“Learn the Signs. Act Early.” encourages parents and caregivers of young children to track their child’s developmental milestones and to act early if they have concerns about their child’s development.
Ms. Courtney Bissonnette, RN, MSN recently began working at the Human Development Center (HDC) as a Health Specialist for HDC’s Early Head Start Child Care Partnership (EHS-CCP) project and a member of the core faculty of the Louisiana Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LEND) program. Before joining HDC as a Registered Nurse (RN) and Health Specialist, Courtney worked as an acute care pediatric nurse on pediatric medical surgical units for five-years. She also spent a year at a pediatric primary care clinic as a pediatric triage nurse. Courtney left the hospital setting and earned a Master of Science in Nursing Education, while simultaneously working full-time as a nurse at a childcare center that served young children with special needs. Courtney has a personal relationship with developmental disabilities. She is the mother of a child with cerebral palsy and epilepsy. Courtney’s professional training and life experiences make her uniquely able to notice small details that can impact a family or child’s health, wellness, and quality of life. Courtney uses this lens in her daily work to make sure that faculty, staff, teachers, families and children possess the wellness tools they need to reach their full potential.
Beginning January 2022, the IRS raised the annual limit of allowable deposits into ABLE accounts from $15,000 to $16,000. This means people with disabilities who have ABLE accounts can now save more money without losing government benefits such as Social Security and Medicaid. ABLE accounts are savings accounts for people with disabilities created by the Achieving a Better Life Experience Act in 2014. The savings can be used tax-free for disability-related expenses.
Find out more information about the limit increase at the Disability Scoop’s news article.
For more information about ABLE accounts, visit the ABLE National Resource Center.
The Administration for Community Living (ACL) has summarized the latest CDC guidance on vaccines and boosters as of January 12, 2022. The update includes a page on vaccine resources for people with disabilities. HDC’s mission is to educate the public and provide timely information, and this information should in no way be construed as taking a stance for or against vaccines in any given situation.
The Administration for Community Living was created around the fundamental principle that older adults and people of all ages with disabilities should be able to live where they choose, with the people they choose, and with the ability to participate fully in their communities.
By funding services and supports provided primarily by networks of community-based organizations, and with investments in research, education, and innovation, ACL helps make this principle a reality for millions of Americans.
2020-2021 Louisiana LEND alumni Sloane Henry, B.S., Lillian Patton , MCD, CF-SLP , and Alix Moody, B.S. present capstone that supports interdisciplinary training at the 2021 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Convention. Titled “An Interdisciplinary Peer-led Educational Intervention to Improve Physician Assistant Student Knowledge of Speech-Language-Hearing Developmental Milestones,” the LEND scholars’ presentation is supported by LSUHSC Assistant Professors and Louisiana LEND faculty Leslie C. Lopez, Ph.D., CCC/SLP and Megan R. Guidry, Au.D., CCC-A.
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Families Helping Families of Acadiana (FHFOA) recently recognized its staff for their appointments to various boards, task forces, or committees and the completion of programs dedicated to supporting individuals with disabilities and special health care needs. HDC was proud to see two familiar faces in this group: current Louisiana LEND scholar Kristie Curtis and Louisiana LEND alum Nicole DeJean. Click this link to read the original FHFOA newsletter.
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This article was written in collaboration with HDC’s K-12 Initiatives Director Julie Riley, M.Ed., BCBA, LBA, and HDC Director Philip Wilson, Ph.D.
Human Development Center’s Louisiana Autism Spectrum and Related Disabilities (LASARD) project has nearly tripled the number of school districts it collaborates with over the past two-years; going from about 10 districts to over 25 school systems across the state this 2021-22 school year. The HDC LASARD project is proud to serve “traditional” districts and charter systems from Webster and Morehouse in the northern part of the state, to Concordia in the east, to Jeff Davis in the southwest, and to Tangipahoa and ReNEW charters in the southeast.
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Greetings from LSUHSC Early Head Start Child Care Partnership! We are a federally funded program that helps families of children ages birth to three (3) years old prepare for school and promote children’s development. As we continue to prepare for the current 2021-2022 school year, seats are available at our Early Head Start partner sites. Click the button below to apply and scroll down to see the required documents for application.
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