Family Supports strives to achieve the goal of helping families with a member with a disability to stay together by offering a flexible array of supports based on each family's unique needs. Special programs and tours by arrangement. Optical observatories and the Amherst College planetarium can be visited by special arrangement. Publishes a newsletter and has an East Asian studies resource library for teachers. Will offer suggestions for teachers in international studies.
Stipends are available for some summer seminars, institutes, and study tours.
The Partnership offers seminars, workshops, resource directories, and resource referrals on academic topics for school teachers. Subjects covered include elementary and secondary sciences and mathematics, writing, Latin American studies, African studies, Native American studies, classical archaeology, and local museums. Programs are developed by school and college faculty working together. The Partnership publishes a quarterly newsletter featuring news articles and a calendar of professional development opportunities. Slide presentations are available.