Beyond Hangovers: Understanding Alcohol’s Impact on Your Health
Beyond Hangovers: Understanding Alcohol’s Impact on Your Health
Childhood Interrupted
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Effects of Illegal Drugs on the Heart
Effects of Illegal Drugs on the Heart
Wrightslaw Special Education Law & Advocate
Wrightslaw Special Education Law & Advocate 10 Tips: How to Use IDEA 2004 to Improve Education for Children with Disabilities Parent attorney Wayne Steedman explains how IDEA 2004 creates a higher standard for a free, appropriate public education and how … Continued
CDC – Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
QuickStats: Percentage of Children and Adolescents Aged 5-17 Years with Diagnosed Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), by Race and Hispanic Ethnicity – National Health Interview Survey, United States, 1997-2014. Read HERE.
Coalition for Juvenile Justice – Pending Bills
S. 381, the Bringing Missing Children Home Act of 2015, would require that a portion of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention’s grant to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children be used to establish a cyber … Continued
NJ Office of Special Education Programs
NJ Office of Special Education Programs Provides an overview of the Office of Special Education Programs, including information for Parents & Families. The office implements state and federal laws and regulations governing special education to ensure that pupils with disabilities … Continued
2015 State Legislative Sessions
An Update on Nationwide Juvenile Justice Reforms to Protect Youth from the Adult Criminal Justice System In New Jersey, the Governor recently signed Senate Bill 2003. This bill includes numerous provisions that drastically improve juvenile justice in New Jersey. First, this … Continued
The Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015
This legislation was introduced by a bipartisan group of senators led by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Assistant Democratic Leader Dick Durbin. Among other provisions, it would: end juvenile life without parole in the federal justice system by … Continued
Let’s get more members of Congress involved in the dialogue on meaningful mental health reform
Representative Paul Tonko (D-NY) wrote an opinion letter on the topic of mental health reform for The Hill website earlier this week. Members of Congress, just like the American public they represent, have widely divergent views on how to approach … Continued