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If you are looking to bring restorative practices into your MTSS work without adding more to educators’ plates, Aspire can help. Our professional development gives teams tools they can use tomorrow, frameworks that scale across a district, and support to ensure your plan stays strong over time. Let’s build sustainable systems that help every student thrive.

Very excited to finally share this. Aspire Living & Learning has purchased a new campus in Orange, Connecticut! We’ve talked for a long time about what we could do with the right space in Connecticut, and now we get to start making some of those ideas real. There’s a lot ahead before we move in, and I know some of the best ideas and opportunities will come from the people around us. So if you want to get involved, partner with us, support the project or just have an idea we should hear, reach out. I’d love to talk. Learn more about what we’re planning at https://lnkd.in/epAau7iR.

Some of the strongest specialized programming I've seen wasn’t handed down by outside experts. It was built by district teams: teachers, related service providers, and leaders who knew their students and their community, working alongside a consultative partner who helped them turn that knowledge into a plan. That's what collaborative consultation makes possible. Your team's knowledge of your students stays at the center, and the capacity you build stays long after the engagement ends. The result: learners with complex needs accessing instruction right in their community schools. Please join me on September 27 at 11:00 AM EST to discuss how this works in practice, including how a needs assessment maps the path from where your programming is today to where you want it to be, and how a hybrid onsite and distance model keeps the partnership sustainable for district budgets. If you're growing programming in your district, we'd be glad to have you join us. Save your seat today: https://lnkd.in/gWCHbE59

For nearly 27 years, the integration mandate has been the legal backbone of the right of people with disabilities to live, learn, and work in their communities, not in institutions. Last week, the federal government issued an opinion arguing that this mandate was never valid. Aspire Living & Learning is clear-eyed about where we stand: every person deserves to live a full life in the community of their choosing. We are watching this closely, connecting with advocates, and making sure the voices of the people we support are heard. Now is the time to pay attention: Public comment periods are coming. Stories from the people we support will matter. Rest up for the fight, friends. 💪 Community living is not a privilege. It is a right worth fighting for.

When a student's behavioral needs intersect with legal mandates, your team needs more than good intentions. Aspire's school-based behavioral health program is built for 504 compliance and aligned with IDEA — so your district stays supported, students stay served, and nothing falls through the cracks.

When behavioral needs escalate or staffing shifts, special education systems are tested. Aspire partners with schools to provide the licensed behavioral health support your district needs — so your team stays steady and your students stay supported.