Family Support Team from
the SNJREIC and your EI
providers, will present a
workshop to provide
information that may be
helpful. Transition to
Preschool workshops are
being scheduled with several
programs and/or service
coordination units in our
region. Contact your EI
provider agency or service
coordinator to obtain the
schedule for your region.
Before you know it your child
will be three years old! If your
child will be turning three in
the next year, you will become
involved in a transition for
your child from early
intervention into a new
educational program. In
order to facilitate a smooth
transition, members of the
Transition to Preschool Workshops
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Do you have a child with
special health care needs?
Do you need information
about health care or
insurance?
Would like to help promote
responsive, accessible, quality
health care and health
insurance?
Call Family Voices of New
Jersey!
We provide information,
assistance and outreach in
working toward better health
care systems for families of
children with special health
care needs in New Jersey.
Family Voices tackles medical
issues affecting special
children such as managed
care, insurance issues, SSI,
and new changes in special
education. We have videos,
literature, and a national and
statewide newsletter-all of
which are free. Family Voices
also has a speaker’s bureau for
presentations for families and
professionals as well. There
are many ways to help us
make sure that children with
special health care needs in
New Jersey receive the services
they need!
Email us at:
familyvoices@spannj.org, call
us at 1-800-654-SPAN (7726),
extension 110 or send your
name, address and phone
number to: Family Voices - NJ
c/o Statewide Parent Advocacy
Network
35 Halsey St., 4th Floor
Newark, NJ 07102
Information obtained via
The Collaborative Connections
Newsletter is always seeking
stories, photos, poems or even a
joke or two to share with others
in the early intervention family.
How has Early Intervention
changed your family’s lives?
What drives your passion for
working in the Early
Intervention System? What
wonderful milestone has your
child achieved and what did it
take to get there? You may even
pose a question to be answered
by our talented EI personnel.
The newsletter is sent via email
at the beginning of every other
month to parents on our
listserv, service coordination
units, EI provider agencies and
community agencies.
Submissions for the January
issue should be submitted via
email or fax to the contact
We Want to Hear From You!
Family Voices addresses health care concerns
Next Issue January 2008….
Meet BOT Member
Sarah Dattilo
Highlights from our
Family Fun Night
Answers to child
development questions
information found on the front of
the newsletter by Friday, Decem-
ber, 20. Anyone submitting pho-
tographs must fill out a Photo
Release Form issued by the
SNJREIC. We look forward to
hearing your stories!!!
The Southern New Jersey
Regional Early Intervention
Collaborative is funded by the
New Jersey Department of
Health and Senior Services Early
Intervention Program, with
funds from Part C of the
Individuals with Disabilities Act
(IDEA).
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