Feurstein Institute

• Hazon Partnership and Marriage Preparation Program: In 2013, the Ruderman Family Foundation and the Feuerstein Institute partnered to create the Hazon Partnership and Marriage Preparation Program. This cutting-edge venture provides young adults with disabilities the guidance and training to form, establish, and maintain lasting intimate relationships. As a relationship develops, the Hazon staff provides the participants with couples and family counseling and teaches courses in all matters relating to building a family and maintaining a household. To date, four couples have married, and more are on the path to engagement. As part of the program, a public council was set up to conduct discourse about relationships and parenting of people with disabilities and to raise public awareness of the issue in general. The council is multidisciplinary and its members represent different fields of knowledge: religion, ethics, law and justice, health, education, and psychology. To learn more visit http://www.icelp.info