What is New Albany Special Connections?

New Albany Special Connections is a nonprofit organization founded in 2002 dedicated to serving the population of children with special education needs from preschool through high school and their families within the New Albany – Plain Local School District. New Albany Special Connections continually strives to build positive, productive and collaborative partnerships among families, educators and the greater New Albany community.

New Albany Special Connections Kicks Off the 2007-08 School Year With Some Exciting Events…

NASC to Host Fall Family Event
When: Sunday, October 14, 2007
Time: 1:00 – 4:00 pm 
What: Family Picnic. Bring your own picnic/supplies and a dessert to share.
Where: Blendon Woods Metro Park at the Dogwood Shelter

NASC is looking forward to a gathering of friends and families for our first Family Picnic. Everyone is welcome to enjoy an afternoon of games and activities. We will have a special guest from the Metro Parks talking to the children at 2pm about the park animals. Please bring your own picnic and a dessert to share with other families! Hope to see you there!

Directions: From New Albany, take Dublin-Granville Road west toward Columbus. Go thru light at Hamilton Road (Golds’ Gym); continue until Little Turtle. Turn left onto small piece of Little Turtle and immediate right onto Cherry Bottom Road. Turn left into Blendon Woods. Follow signs to the Dogwood Shelter once in the park.

Educational Evenings for 2007-08

November 7, 2007 – “Strategies for Modifications for School and Home”
Guest Speakers:

• Featuring Ms. Julie Abrams, New Albany 5th Grade Resource Teacher
• With Mrs. Ronda Andersen, New Albany 2-5 Counselor

When: November 7, 2007
Time: 6:30 – 8:00 pm
Where: New Albany 2-5 Cafeteria

This exciting opportunity for parents and staff will feature Ms. Abrams speaking about accommodations and modifications of the curriculum for school and home.

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Spring 2008 – NASC is excited to bring back Mrs. Sondra Williams
When: Tuesday, March 4th
Time: 6:30 – 8:30 pm
Location: New Albany 2-5 Cafeteria

NASC invited Sondra Williams to speak in the spring of 2006. Her presentation was very inspirational to our audience. We are very excited to have her speak at our Spring Educational Evening. Sondra is an adult with autism and a parent to four children with autism spectrum disorders and speaks to parents and professionals about autism spectrum disorders.

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New Albany Peer Buddy Program Update…

NASC is excited to announce that the New Albany Peer Buddy Program has been awarded the Adam Stuart Linhart Memorial Fund grant from the Columbus Foundation for the second year in a row. To find out more about the Peer Buddy Program in New Albany as well as information on the social events and their dates, click on the link.

New Albany Cooking with Friends

New Albany Special Connections would like to thank New Albany Cooking with Friends for selecting our organization as one of the beneficiaries of the proceeds from sales and sponsorship of their superior quality cookbook. Proceeds received will be used to sustain our mission through the types of programs listed on our website. For complete information about New Albany Cooking with Friends and how to purchase a cookbook,
visit www.nacookingwithfriends.com

NASC Social Coffee -
Date: Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Time: 10:00am - 11:30 AM
Location: The Tim Horton’s on SR 62 across from the NA firehouse

• Families and professionals are welcome to come and enjoy coffee to meet, chat, relax and share in their common experiences.