PEAL Center

PEAL has presented several webinars about supporting learning at home. We update our website frequently as we broadcast new webinars. If you did not participate in our webinars please check them out and share with other families! Go here to find the webinars and the accompanying resources: https://pealcenter.org/webinars/

Below you can find a guide that provide 5 key practices for teachers and families to support all students, including students with disabilities, at school and home. This is not an exhaustive list of best practices. Instead, they identified a small number of practices that have a big impact on student learning and social-emotional-behavioral growth. Check it out!

At this year’s Awesome Night for Autism Connection of PA, we honored three awards winners. Sharon Janosik won the Joseph Vernon Smith Benevolence Award. Sharon... Janosik donates her time to assist families in need of receiving services and support. She volunteers countless hours for the Local Task Force, and she has served on the Special Education Advisory Panel (SEAP), and she is . She is a Regional Leader for Families to the MAX: PA Statewide Network. She has delivered presentations on Access to the General Education Curriculum, Presuming Competence, and she has helped create curriculum for families and educators that focuses on acceptance and accommodations. See more

It's Election Day, Pennsylvania voters! Today is your last day to cast your vote in the general election. If you're heading to the polls, look up your polling place and learn how to stay safe: on.pa.gov/AtThePolls.

Don't forget!! ELECTION HOTLINE - 800-692-7443 ---- Disability Rights Pennsylvania will operate an email and telephone hotline to provide voter assistance... to persons with disabilities in Pennsylvania. TODAY, DRP will staff the Election Day hotline from 7:00 am to 8:00 pm for any issues related to the vote for Pennsylvanians with disabilities. Email DRP at [email protected] or call 800-692-7443 See more

Please consider registering if your children/family are receiving Early Intervention or Family Support Services. It is a free virtual event. You'll be able to... get some helpful tips to reduce stress and hear and connect with other families. There are two different times offered. I hope to see you there! You can register here... https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/N25TBB8 See more

Voters with disabilities who have questions about voting prior to Election Day can email Disability Rights Pennsylvania at [email protected] or... call 1-800-692-7443 Monday through Friday from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. On November 3, DRP will staff the Election Day hotline from 7:00 am to 8:00 pm for any issues related to the vote for Pennsylvanians with disabilities.

For Families in Montgomery County

Join us on November 12th or 19th for another social security educational webinar on benefits for children and youth! Link to register: https://forms.gle/fznRYNQEaeXzFT6E6

Pittsburgh Families: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh is launching a program to provide hotspots to any Pittsburgh household with a PPS K-12 student, for the entire school year. Do you know a K-12 remote learner who needs internet access? The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh is launching a hotspot lending program for remote learners in Pittsburgh! After providing some general information to determine eligibility, parents, guardians or caregivers will be able to pick up a hotsp...ot at a CLP branch location and borrow it through the rest of the school year. No library card required! Call CLP today at 412-622-3114 to see if you’re eligible!

ON TiLT: The State of Black Mental Health and Policing in America. Tune in this Thursday at NOON for EPISODE 2. Shout out to Jasiri Oronde and 1Hood Media for s...haring their platform with us. Much love, power, and respect to Ms. Dannielle Brown for continuing to stand in her truth. #OnTiLT

#Pittsburgh will forever remember the 11 victims of Tree of Life (or L’Simcha), Dor Hadash, and New Light who we lost two years ago today on October 27, 2018 in Squirrel Hill. Today, we pause to Remember. Repair. Together.

Hey, PA voters! Today at 5 p.m. is the deadline to: Sign up to vote by mail ballot: VotesPA.com/MailBallot. Vote early in person at your county-designated... location: VotesPA.com/EarlyVoting. Have your mail ballot? Return it in person by November 3: VotesPA.com/ReturnBallot.