Special Needs

JFGD is holding a hands-on experiential learning experience created by Jewish Family Service to spread awareness, understanding and compassion about what it is like to have a special need. Participants will understand the challenges experienced by individuals with one or more special needs through a variety of interactive stations including: auditory processing, sensory processing, fine […]

Join the Special Needs Partnership of Jewish Family Service for an inspirational movie night as we celebrate Special Needs Awareness Month. My Hero Brother is an award-winning documentary about a group of young people with Down syndrome that embark on a demanding trek through the Himalayan mountains with their brothers and sisters. As the siblings deal with physical […]

May 19 --- First Annual Walk4Friendship at Flag Pole Hill to support Friendship Circle of Dallas (Flyer) Please join the Special Needs Partnership as we walk as one community to support our partner, Friendship Circle of Dallas. Here is the link for our Special Needs Partnership Team for the Friendship Circle Walk: https://walk4friendshipdallas.rallybound.org/SNP#hqNewUrlPop

Dallas Jewish Historical Society is honoring two of our SNP Advisory Board Members, Brenda Bliss and Melissa Ackerman at “Sip and Savor” Please join us at Temple Emanu-El at 6:30pm. Tickets still available.

May 5th – CHAI and the JCC  present CHAIbima in “My Fair Lady” Laura Seymor directs the production at 2:00 in Zale Auditorium at the JCC

PERK Parent and Guardian Support Group 7-9pm at JFS.   Contact Lorraine Friedman for more details.

Join Dallas Yachad for a Sukkot drum circle and donut breakfast! Come and enjoy making a musical instrument, hanging with friends, eating donuts, and more! $3 suggested donation - per person with a $10 family max. Registration in advance is requested, but walk-ins are welcome RSVP to RohanT@ou.org or 214-663-1650  

We are excited to host a SHARING CIRCLE of our favorite places to go in Dallas and the surrounding areas with children with special needs. We have lots of suggestions but really want to hear from you! Please come with your favorite spots and we will compile our own GUIDE to the CITY! It will be a nice […]

Dr. Debbie Silver Teaching Kids to Thrive Oct. 29, 7:30 p.m., Pollman Hall at Akiba Yavneh Academy Dr. Debbie Silver is a bestselling author, internationally renowned speaker and 30-year-veteran teacher. She is the author of several best-selling books, including Teaching Kids to Thrive: Essential Skills for Success and Deliberate Optimism: Reclaiming the Joy in Education.  Open to the public at […]