THE ALLIANCE 2025 ALLIANCE SCHOLARSHIPS APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN!
The Alliance Connections to the Future Scholarship provides up to $1,000 for a graduating PUBLIC SCHOOL SENIOR with disabilities from Bergen, Passaic, Hudson, Essex, Morris, Somerset, Union, Warren or Sussex County, who are scheduled to graduate and accept a diploma in 2025.
The Joe Gorga Continuing Education Scholarship provides up to $1,000 for a 2025-graduating student from an Alliance-member school in good standing.
Need to Find a Private Special Education School?
Use our Private Special Education School Finder, and search for an appropriate school for your child or student by:
Identify potential private schools, read profiles of their program missions and services, and learn about the students they serve.
Advocacy Support
Direct individual advocacy support to parents and professionals with questions about parents’ right and special education placement. Learn about placement options and get referrals to schools in your area.
Education
Conferences and workshops for parents, educators and professionals on a wide range of special education topics. Speakers bureau providing professional educators, clinicians, related services professionals, attorneys and more.
Parental Rights
Information on parents’ rights in securing free appropriate public education (FAPE) and the special education referral process, from identification and evaluation, through development of the IEP, to parental participation, and beyond.
Resources
Valuable resources for parents, educators, professionals and others who may be interested in helping a student receive educational and other services he or she needs and who may need assistance in securing those services.
“Thank you for helping us raise new questions and consider new possibilities. The new programs and services Sal is now receiving have made all the difference in his life, and to our whole family.”
Free Workshops & Seminars
Alliance Member Schools and Agencies frequently offer free workshops and seminars featuring experts on a host of special education topics of interest to parents, educators, and others. Topics include transition to adulthood, understanding specific learning disabilities, managing challenging behaviors, and more.
Unfortunately, amid the current public health crisis, many events have been cancelled or postponed. Some Alliance members and agency friends are now developing virtual workshops, so please stay tuned for more events to come.