Massachusetts Special-Needs Event Calendar
This page lists all Events. Visit Tabs at the top of this page for events on a Specific Disability.
Oct 11 – Oct 30 all-day 
12:00 am For Metrowest Families Only. Deadline is October 30th, 2018. For families in the greater MetroWest area who are caring for a loved one with a disability. Families benefit by applying funds towards anything that will help[...] Oct 23 all-day 
12:00 am Turner Free Library in Randolph, October 23rd, 2018. The Disability Law Center is the federally mandated Protection and Advocacy Agency for Massachusetts. The Protection and Advocacy system is a national network of disability rights agencies investigating[...] Oct 25 – Oct 26 all-day 
12:00 am Brockton Area Arc, October 25th & 26th, 2018. Transition planning information and resources for and about students in special education ages 14-22. Middle school and high school is the time when students with disabilities and[...] Oct 27 all-day 
12:00 am Marlborough, October 27th, 2018. How to Administer a Special-Needs Trust is for anyone who is or may be a trustee of a special needs trust. Hear about the important topics of special needs trust administration. Anyone[...] Oct 28 all-day 
12:00 am Dartmouth High School, Dartmouth, October 28th, 2018, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Free. The Dartmouth Special Education Parent Advisory Council Southeastern MA Community Resource & Craft Fair brings together a wide-range of Local Community Resources, artists and[...] Oct 30 all-day 
12:00 am Brockton Area Arc, October 30th, 2018. Nancy Salerno, Clinical Social Worker, Therapist, will discuss Guardianship and Clinical Team Report documents that will be used by the Probate and Family Court in the process of determining whether to appoint[...] Nov 5 all-day 
12:00 am Advocates in Framingham, November 5th, 2018. Free, For those 18 and older or their guardians and caregivers, not currently on the Sec. 8 waiting list, and wishing assistance to sign up, Autism Housing Pathways holds a[...] Nov 6 – Nov 7 all-day 
12:00 am FutureWorks Career Center in Springfield, November 6th & 7th, 2018. This training focuses on how earnings from work affects SSI, SSDI, Medicaid, Medicare and other public benefits such as subsidized housing and food stamps. This[...] Nov 8 all-day 
12:00 am Haverhill Public Library , November 8th, 2018. Free and open to the public. Hear how to maximize government benefits, preserving government benefits via estate planning techniques, financial planning (creating a long-term budget for a child, how[...] Nov 13 all-day 
12:00 am Brockton Area Arc, November 13th, 2018. Hillary Dunn Stanisz, a Senior Attorney Staff Attorney at the Disability Law Center will explore the most common alternatives to guardianship: supported decision making, health care proxy, durable power of attorney, shared or delegated[...] Nov 13 all-day 
12:00 am Newton, November 13th, 2018. Free and open to the public. Bring your questions regarding topics related to special education, student discipline, Juvenile Court, or DCF (Department of Children and Families). Presented by a Massachusetts’ attorney[...] Nov 13 – Nov 14 all-day 12:00 am UMass Medical School, November 13th & 14th, 2018. This training focuses on how earnings from work affects SSI, SSDI, Medicaid, Medicare and other public benefits such as subsidized housing and food stamps. This training also[...] Nov 20 all-day 12:00 am Northeast Arc in Danvers, MA, November 20th, 2018. Free and open to the public. For parents and guardians of teens and young adults with special needs ages 14 – 22. Hear how to maximize government benefits,[...] Nov 27 all-day 
12:00 am Turner Free Library, Randolph, November 27th, 2018. Free. Speaker Amy Weinstock was a former chair of the Insurance Committee of Advocates for Autism of Massachusetts (AFAM), and played a key role in the passing of An Act[...] Jan 22 all-day 
12:00 am Turner Free Library in Randolph, January 22nd, 2019. Free. Parents of children with special needs manage busy lives and often lots of paperwork. Many ask, how do I keep it all straight? This workshop helps[...]
Oct 11 – Oct 30 all-day
12:00 am
For Metrowest Families Only. Deadline is October 30th, 2018. For families in the greater MetroWest area who are caring for a loved one with a disability. Families benefit by applying funds towards anything that will help[...]
Oct 23 all-day
12:00 am
Turner Free Library in Randolph, October 23rd, 2018. The Disability Law Center is the federally mandated Protection and Advocacy Agency for Massachusetts. The Protection and Advocacy system is a national network of disability rights agencies investigating[...]
Oct 25 – Oct 26 all-day
12:00 am
Brockton Area Arc, October 25th & 26th, 2018. Transition planning information and resources for and about students in special education ages 14-22. Middle school and high school is the time when students with disabilities and[...]
Oct 27 all-day
12:00 am
Marlborough, October 27th, 2018. How to Administer a Special-Needs Trust is for anyone who is or may be a trustee of a special needs trust. Hear about the important topics of special needs trust administration. Anyone[...]
Oct 28 all-day
12:00 am
Dartmouth High School, Dartmouth, October 28th, 2018, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Free. The Dartmouth Special Education Parent Advisory Council Southeastern MA Community Resource & Craft Fair brings together a wide-range of Local Community Resources, artists and[...]
Oct 30 all-day
12:00 am
Brockton Area Arc, October 30th, 2018. Nancy Salerno, Clinical Social Worker, Therapist, will discuss Guardianship and Clinical Team Report documents that will be used by the Probate and Family Court in the process of determining whether to appoint[...]
Nov 5 all-day
12:00 am
Advocates in Framingham, November 5th, 2018. Free, For those 18 and older or their guardians and caregivers, not currently on the Sec. 8 waiting list, and wishing assistance to sign up, Autism Housing Pathways holds a[...]
Nov 6 – Nov 7 all-day
12:00 am
FutureWorks Career Center in Springfield, November 6th & 7th, 2018. This training focuses on how earnings from work affects SSI, SSDI, Medicaid, Medicare and other public benefits such as subsidized housing and food stamps. This[...]
Nov 8 all-day
12:00 am
Haverhill Public Library , November 8th, 2018. Free and open to the public. Hear how to maximize government benefits, preserving government benefits via estate planning techniques, financial planning (creating a long-term budget for a child, how[...]
Nov 13 all-day
12:00 am
Brockton Area Arc, November 13th, 2018. Hillary Dunn Stanisz, a Senior Attorney Staff Attorney at the Disability Law Center will explore the most common alternatives to guardianship: supported decision making, health care proxy, durable power of attorney, shared or delegated[...]
Nov 13 all-day
12:00 am
Newton, November 13th, 2018. Free and open to the public. Bring your questions regarding topics related to special education, student discipline, Juvenile Court, or DCF (Department of Children and Families). Presented by a Massachusetts’ attorney[...]
Nov 13 – Nov 14 all-day
12:00 am
UMass Medical School, November 13th & 14th, 2018. This training focuses on how earnings from work affects SSI, SSDI, Medicaid, Medicare and other public benefits such as subsidized housing and food stamps. This training also[...]
Nov 20 all-day
12:00 am
Northeast Arc in Danvers, MA, November 20th, 2018. Free and open to the public. For parents and guardians of teens and young adults with special needs ages 14 – 22. Hear how to maximize government benefits,[...]
Nov 27 all-day
12:00 am
Turner Free Library, Randolph, November 27th, 2018. Free. Speaker Amy Weinstock was a former chair of the Insurance Committee of Advocates for Autism of Massachusetts (AFAM), and played a key role in the passing of An Act[...]
Jan 22 all-day
12:00 am
Turner Free Library in Randolph, January 22nd, 2019. Free. Parents of children with special needs manage busy lives and often lots of paperwork. Many ask, how do I keep it all straight? This workshop helps[...]
