Innovations in Special Education Highlights

Boonton Township’s iPod Program Honored Boonton Township’s Rockaway Valley School uses iPods to help special needs middle school students. Classroom tests are read and uploaded onto the iPods and classified students can hear the test read to them as they take the exam with regular instruction students. The program was one of 12 programs recognized during the May 17 Innovations in Special Education Awards ceremonies in Trenton.

Pictured left to right are: Dr. Roseann Humphrey, superintendent/principal, Boonton Township; Cordé Reed, director of special services; Debbi O’Connor, teacher; Glenda Elsmore, resource room teacher; Beverly Johnson, computer teacher and podcast coordinator; and Krista Merkelbach, computer teacher and podcast coordinator.

Passaic Special Ed Program Honored In Passaic County Technical Institute’s “Shop Talk” program, deaf children prepare to work in fields such as culinary arts, auto servicing, medical arts and clerical skills by learning the specific vocabulary and language they need to succeed in those areas. The program was honored at the Innovations in Special Education Awards.

Pictured above is Naomi Miller, speech and language therapist at Passaic County Technical Institute, and the founder of the program.

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