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Access NH
The Access New Hampshire: Living with Disability in the Granite State project is a joint research effort by a range of affiliated organizations and individuals concerned about the well-being of residents living with disabilities in New Hampshire. Its mission is to help legislators, state and local agencies, and the broader public understand the extent to which New Hampshire enables all its residents, particularly those living with some form of a disability, to live and participate in their communities. By highlighting key issues, education, health care, employment, and community supports, we hope not only to raise awareness about the barriers confronting individuals with disabilities, but also to initiate a statewide conversation about how to work together to address these challenges.
Achievement in Prevention & Excellence (APEX)
Achievement in Dropout Prevention and Excellence is a collaborative dropout prevention initiative of the State of New Hampshire, including 10 high schools that receive technical training and support from a team of professional staff from the Institute on Disability, the Alliance for Community Supports, Inc., and Main Street Academix, Inc. The grant is designed to assist the 10 high schools to substantially reduce their dropout rates using the Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports school wide systems change model, and the RENEW individualized school-to career model.
Assistive Technology in New Hampshire (ATinNH)
Assistive Technology in New Hampshire, ATinNH for short, is a program housed at the Institute on Disability on the campus of the University of New Hampshire. ATinNH is funded as New Hampshire's state program on assistive technology under a federal law. ATinNH considers itself a public resource established to increase access to assistive technology services and devices in our state.
Beyond Access for Assessment Accommodations
Students with disabilities generally fall into three academic assessment categories: those whose assessment experience mirrors that of students without disabilities, those who participate in the general assessment with accommodations (like having directions read aloud or allowing extra time for test taking), and those who participate in the alternate assessment. In some cases, expectations for students with disabilities to learn the general curriculum and to show their learning by participating in the general assessment may be too low. Some students participating in the alternate assessment could actually take the general assessment if appropriate accommodations were provided. Beyond Access for Assessment Accommodations is collaborating with educational teams to better determine which assessment category students should be in, as well as enhance the supports for students to make the shift from the alternate assessment category into participation in the general assessment with accommodations.
Center for House and New Community Economics (CHANCE)
CHANCE's mission is to improve and increase access to integrated, affordable, and accessible housing coordinated with, but separate from, personal assistance and supportive services. CHANCE's purpose will be to offer alternatives to approaches that segregate, congregate, and control people with disabilities.
Early Markers
Early Markers is a research project that attempts to improve our understanding and identification of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in infants and toddlers through careful developmental monitoring of infant siblings of children with autism in both clinic and home settings. These infant siblings are at increased genetic risk to also develop ASD and provide a unique window into the earliest manifestations of ASD.
Equity & Excellence
This project, entitled Equity and Excellence in Higher Education, is designed to address the interrelated problems of poor educational outcomes for college students with disabilities and college faculty's lack of knowledge in the area of effective curriculum and instruction for diverse learners.
Gaining Access
The Institute on Disability is partnering with the New Hampshire Department of Education (Bureaus of Accountability and Special Education) to improve the New Hampshire Statewide Assessment System as part of the multi-year project, Gaining Access to What Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities Know.
Including Samuel
Dan Habib's new award-winning documentary film Including Samuel examines the educational and social inclusion of youth with disabilities. The film is built on the Habib family's efforts to include Samuel, 8, in all facets of their lives, a journey that transforms each of them. Including Samuel also features four other families with varied inclusion experiences, plus interviews with teachers, parents, students, and disability rights experts.
Innovation Facilitators (IF)
As a centralized resource for training, process facilitation, and technical assistance, IF's mission is to advance the standards of excellence in person-centered planning through the support of practitioners, persons with disabilities, families, and personal support teams.
New England Genetics Collaborative (NEGC)
The New England Regional Genetics and Newborn Screening Collaborative (NEGC) cooperative agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in June, will address the needs of individuals, agencies, and health care providers who interact with and treat individuals with genetic disorders and their families. The $4 million cooperative agreement, to be received over five years, will provide technical assistance, accessible information, educational opportunities, and other support for public health officials, consumers, advocates, primary and specialty health care providers, and other agencies and individuals who serve as formal and informal supports to those with genetic disorders throughout the New England region.
The New Hampshire Maternal and Child Health Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (MCH-LEND) Program
The purpose of the MCH-LEND Program is to prepare professionals in health care and related disciplines to assume leadership positions in the provision of health and related services and social supports for children with neurodevelopmental disabilities and their families.
The New Hampshire Leadership Education in Autism Spectrum Disorders (NH LEASD) Program
The aim of the New Hampshire Leadership Education in Autism Spectrum Disorders Program is to increase early screening, diagnosis, and effective family-centered treatment of children with ASD. The overall goal of the program is to increase the number of highly qualified health-care and education professionals who have the knowledge, skills, and leadership abilities to provide evidenced-based services for children with or suspected of having ASD and their families, including screening, referral, diagnosis, assessment, and interventions.
NH Leadership Series
Through the courses, leaders emerge who have a clear vision, knowledge about state-of-the-art supports for individuals with disabilities, and skills necessary for advocating with service providers. They know how to use the legislative process to achieve change, and how to organize communities to support inclusion. The Leadership Series enhances the ability of people and families to change laws, persuade schools and businesses to include individuals with disabilities, and educate communities about the importance of welcoming and including every member.
NH Resource Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders
The New Hampshire Resource Center for Autism offers Academic Initiatives: Ph.D. Program: Preparing Leadership Personnel in the Area of Educating and Supporting Children and Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorders (Project LEAD); a Graduate Certificate in Autism Spectrum Disorders; Research Initiatives: the Early markers and Beyond Access Projects; and Professional Development and Technical Assistance: Jumpstart; Communication Skill Builders; On-Site Technical Assistance and Training; Annual Autism Summer Institute; and the Autism National Committee Bookstore.
NH Responds
The purpose of NH Responds is to reform and improve pre-service personnel preparation and in-service professional development systems to improve knowledge and skills of general and special education teachers, early intervention personnel, related services personnel, paraprofessionals and administrators in designing, delivering and evaluating scientifically-based practices in the areas of Response to Intervention systems, including Positive behavioral interventions and supports (PBIS) and literacy instruction, as well as tertiary transition supports for students with emotional/behavioral disorders at middle and high schools.
Real Choice Systems Transformation
The Real Choice Systems Change project is designed to create and implement improvements in community-based care systems in order to improve health and long-term care services and supports that assist people with disabilities and long-term illnesses to live in the community.
RENEW
This project is designed to develop the capacity among mental health providers to provide RENEW (Rehabilitation for Empowerment, Natural Supports, Education, and Work) services to 60 adolescents with emotional and behavioral disorders in New Hampshire, and to support the systems change, training, and sustainability issues related to the implementation of this practice throughout the state. This initiative is funded by a grant from the New Hampshire Endowment for Health, a non-profit foundation that has adopted improved children's mental health as its newest priority area.
Seacoast Child Development Clinic
The Mission of the Seacoast Child Development Clinic is to promote a child's strengths to achieve his or her full and meaningful participation in the community. We provide interdisciplinary evaluation and consultation to assist families of children who have developmental challenges to make informed decisions regarding medical, developmental, and educational needs. These services are family centered and culturally sensitive.
The Center for START Services
The Center for START (Systematic, Therapeutic, Assessment, Respite, and Treatment) Services provides consultation and training in crisis Prevention, management, and support for individuals with intellectual disabilities and behavioral Health needs. The mission of the Center for START Services is to enhance local capacity and provide collaborative, cost-effective support to individuals and their families through exemplary clinical services, education and training, with close attention to service outcomes. The START program model, which was first developed in 1988, presents a least restrictive model of care/support that offers provision of multi-modal clinical assessment and support, training and empowerment for families and caregivers including effective behavior management and therapeutic tools, a residential therapeutic respite facility, and optimal utilization of existing resources.
Sustainable Transportation Center
The mission of the Sustainable Transportation Center is to promote and conduct transportation research, development, and educational activities. Faculty and staff seek to develop practical approaches to improving the diversity of transportation modes and funding resources.
Transitions in Caregiving
The Transitions in Caregiving project (formerly Nursing Home Diversion Modernization Grant) is transforming how services are being delivered to family caregivers in New Hampshire who are caring for older adults at risk of nursing home admission. The project has shifted the locus of control from a primarily state-controlled, provider driven model to a caregiver-directed, locally-managed model that allows caregivers to determine their needs with support from local resources.
Youth Empowerment Services (YES)
Youth Empowerment Services (YES) is a three-year initiative designed to develop and promote leadership and self-advocacy skills to help young people prepare for their future.
