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NEWS PAGE
Welcome to our News Page. Our goal is to bring you important news that impacts
the lives and welfare of children with special needs and disabilities. We post conferences
and meetings relevant to parents and professionals as well as useful up-to-date
tips.
We update our News frequently so we
encourage you to come back often.
Professional and parent
organizations and conference or meeting organizers are invited to send
information to us for posting. Please be sure to include a contact phone
number. You can email to Webmaster or send
information to: Information Services, Resources for Children with Special
Needs, Inc., 116 E. 16th St., 5th Floor, New York, NY 10003.
Resources Announces
After 25
years of dedicated and exceptional service, Karen T. Schlesinger will be
stepping down as Executive Director of Resources for Children with Special
Needs in early January 2008. Under her leadership both as a Co-Founder and
Executive Director, Resources has become one of
Motivated
by Karen's unshakeable belief in the right of people with disabilities to full
inclusion in community life, all at Resources have worked tirelessly and
effectively to ensure that right and to open doors to participation and
acceptance. Many thousands of children and youth with disabilities, their families,
caregivers and those who work on their behalf have relied on Resources for
practical, critically needed and accurate information; empathetic support born
of shared experience; tenacious advocacy, transforming training, and a clear
and committed voice in the public arena.
Resources'
Board of Directors and its Transition Committee are beginning an energetic
search for a new Executive Director and, along with Karen and our superb staff,
have embarked on a smooth and collaborative transition process. With fall around the corner, all at Resources
are already into an exciting and eventful program year,
one that we know will build upon our reputation for achievement and excellence.
We know
that you join us in recognizing Karen's accomplishments with pride, and in
looking forward to 2008, Resources' 25th Anniversary Year. Your
continued support will be very important to Resources and our new Executive
Director.
Board of Jewish Education of
Greater New York
Association of Jewish
Special Educators
Monday,
January 7, 2008
DEALING
WITH ISSUES OF FRUSTRATION, ANXIETY & HYPERACTIVITY IN THE CLASSROOM
Tuesday,
February 5, 2008
TEST
ANXIETY & WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT
Time: Call or email for more information.
Where: BJE-NY, 520 8th Avenue, 15th
Floor, in Manhattan.
Contact: Stacey Frank at 646-472-5338, sfrank@bjeny.org or Phyllis Miller at
646-472-5341
The Manhattan Adult Attention Deficit Disorder
Support Group (MAADDSG)
2008
Calendar
Thursday,
January 10
GETTING
UNSTUCK: UNRAVELING THE KNOT
OF
ATTENTION, DEPRESSION & TRAUMA
Wednesday,
February 13
WHAT KIND
OF BRAIN DO YOU HAVE?
Presenter: Edward Hallowell, MD,
clinical psychiatrist; author of:
Driven
to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention
Deficit Disorder
from Childhood through Adulthood (Simon & Schuster, 1995) and Delivered from Distraction: Getting the Most out of Life with Attention Deficit Disorder (Ballantine, 2006)
Thursday,
March 13
ADD &
OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDERS
Time:
6:30 pm to 9 pm
Where:
Seafarers & International House (second floor), 123
East 15th Street
(northeast corner, 15th and Irving Place)
Contact:
845-278-3022; 914-378-3295; or e-mail: maaddsg@aol.com
For a complete Support Group schedule, visit www.maaddsg.org
Children's Mental Health: The Sunny and Abe
Rosenberg Foundation Lecture Series 2008
Presented by
the New York University School
Partnership at the New York University Child Study Center
Schedule of Topics (partial list)
January 16, 2008
Classroom Interventions for Children
with ADHD
Location: The Spence School
22 East 91st Street (between Madison and
Fifth Avenues)
New York, NY 10128
March 5, 2008
Organizational Skills for School
Success
Location: St. Bernard's School
4 East 98th Street (between Madison and
Fifth Avenues)
New York, NY 10029
Time: 4:15 - 6:30 pm
Fee: There is no fee to attend, but registration
is required.
Contact: Register online at www.AboutOurKids.org/rsvp;
Or call 212-263-2744 . For more
information about the New York University Child Study Center, call 212-263-6622
or visit www.AboutOurKids.org.
The
Churchill School and Center
Presents
Parents Educational Network Workshops
Wednesday,
January 16, 2008, 7 - 9 pm
Independent Living 101:
How to help your child develop independent living skills whether entering
college or a first apartment.
Tuesday, April
8, 2008, 7 - 9 pm
How can I be the best
advocate for my child during the IEP process?
Fees: $50/per workshop.
Registration: The Churchill Center, 301 East 29th
Street, New York 10016; 212-722-0610; 212-722-1387; and visit www.churchillschool.com
for a complete list of workshops.
Upcoming groups for YAI's
Project GROW and Project
Grown Up
● Project GROW ●
Offers training for families in the use of specific behavior management techniques
to promote positive family interactions.
Schedule:
Held in
Manhattan (at 34th Street and Tenth Avenue)
January 22 - March 4, 2008 (5:30 - 8:30 pm) (in English)
February 5 - March 27, 2008 (10 am - 1 pm) (in Spanish)
April 29 - June 10, 2008 (10 am - 1 pm) (in English)
Held in
the Bronx (at North Central Bronx Hospital)
April 8 - May 27, 2008 (10 am - 1 pm) (in English)
● Project
Grown Up● (for
Manhattan families only)
A 4-session parent training
program on sexuality and your family member with a developmental disability.
Schedule:
Held in
Manhattan (at 34th Street and Tenth Avenue)
April 2 - April 22, 2008 (10 am - 1 pm)
April 29 - May 20, 2008 (5:30 - 8:30 pm)
Contact: Kelly Flanigan, 212-273-6259; or e-mail link@yai.org for more information.
Parkside
Intitute:
Lecture Series for Parent s and Professional
Lectures:
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Transitions: Parenting a
Child with Disabilities
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
The Joys and Challenges of
Raising Siblings
Time: 7 - 9 pm
Fee: $25
Where: The Parkside
School, 48 West 74th Street, NY 10023 (between Columbus Ave. and
Central Park West)
Contact: The Parkside School
for registration information - 212-721-8888, ext. 5155; email: institute@parksideschool.org; www.parksideschool.org
The Gateway School
2008 Workshops ᷿
Understanding Children with Learning Disabilities
Leadership Series (visit www.gateway.org for a complete list):
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Speech and Language:
Communication Needs and Treatment for Early Years and School Success
Fee: $35
Time: 7 - 9 pm
Where: The Gateway School, 236 Second Ave., New York
10003
Contact: The Gateway School for registration
information 212-777-5966.
NYU CHILD
STUDY CENTER
Help For Shy
or Socially Anxious Teenagers
The NYU Child Study Center is offering
a state of the art treatment program for teenagers who experience social
anxiety.
When: Contact for next start date.
Where: NYU Child Study Center, 577 First Avenue,
Manhattan, NY 10016
Contact: Ali DeGeorge, 212-263-2755;
www.AboutOurKids.org
FREE Language Evaluations
Sponsored
by the CUNY Graduate Center
FREE language evaluations and $60.00 compensations for children to
participate in
2 hours of language research.
Qualifications:
- Have language problems
- English Speakers
- Between the ages of 7-10 years old.
Contact: Marlin Cadavid, Research Assistant at Linrest@aol.com to schedule an appointment.
Where: The CUNY Graduate Center is located at 34th
St and 5th Avenue.
FREE Prescription Savings Card
Together Rx Access
There is now a FREE prescription savings card for
individuals and families without prescription drug coverage called, Together Rx
Access. This new card will allow approximately 36 million uninsured
patients, or almost 80% of the total uninsured population, to access the
broadest range of prescription medicines and products and at reduced
costs. Most Together Rx Access cardholders save an average of 25% to 40%
right at the pharmacy counter on more than 275 brand-name products as well as a
wide range of generic products.
To be eligible for the Together Rx Access Card applicants
must:
v Not be
eligible for Medicare
v Have no
public or private prescription drug coverage
v Have an
income at or below $30,000 for a single person or $60,000 for a family of four
v Be a
legal resident of the U.S or Puerto Rico
For more information and to enroll please call
800-444-4106; To find out if you qualify go to www.TogetherRxAccess.com.
The card is
FREE and easy to use just take it to the pharmacy counter. There are income
restrictions but they are fairly generous.
HUNTER
COLLEGE
The City University
of New York (CUNY)
Tuition Waivers and
Stipends
Available for Full and
Part Time Students
Master
of Science in Special Education
Specialization
in Severe/Multiple Disabilities
Including
Deaf/Blindness
(Programs for
applicants with and without prior teacher certification)
Contact: For further information call 212-772-4740 or
email, Dr. Rosanne K. Silberman (rsilberm@hunter.cuny.edu),
Department of Special Education -
Hunter College, 695
Park Avenue, NY, NY 10021.
The Metropolitan Museum of
Art
Touch and Explore
●
Programs for Visitors Who Are Blind or Partially Sighted ●
Offers a number of different
programs incorporating touch and detailed verbal descriptions.
Signs of Art
●
Programs
with Sign Language●
Sign Language
programs are interpreted by certified interpreters.
Where: 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York City, NY - The
galleries of the Museum are wheelchair accessible.᷿ The 81st Street entrance provides
level access into the Museum.᷿ Visitors
may also use the elevator at the Garage entrance.
Contact: Access
Coordination at the Metropolitan Museum - 212-879-5500, ext. 3561 (Voice);
212-570-3828 (TTY) or email access@metmuseum.org;
for further information visit www.metmuseum.org
Successful
Start
Bedford Stuyvesant Family Health
Center (BSFHC)
●Coping
and communicating with your child ●Parenting
skills ●How to calm a
fussy baby●
A Free, voluntary home visitation program that provides services to
expectant and new birth parents (children under Three Months of Age).
Targeted Brooklyn Zip codes 11212, 11216,
11233
Where:
BSFHC, 1413 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY
11216
Contact:
Sandra Lloyd, Program Director - 718-623-5966
Project FAIR
Assists low-income and homeless
people with Fair Hearings. Project Fair cannot
represent you at your Fair Hearing, but their advocates can give information
about how to get in touch with social and legal service agencies. You can ask for a Fair Hearing when you
disagree with decisions that the City makes about your public assistance, food
stamps, Medicaid, or emergency shelter.
Location:
The Project FAIR table is at 14 Boerum Place, 1st Floor,
Brooklyn; Monday - Friday, 11:30 am -
2:30 pm.
Requesting a Fair
Hearing: Call 1-800-342-3334, 518-473-6735, or go in
person to 14 Boerum Place in Brooklyn.
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg Announces
"Take Good Care of your Baby" Child Safety Campaign
Comprehensive
Campaign to Prevent Accidental Deaths Will Include Free Cribs to Neediest
Parents
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg today launched
"Take Good Care of Your Baby," a citywide child safety campaign. The advertising and public education
initiative, developed collaboratively by the Administration for Children's
Services (ACS) and
the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), aims to make
parents and caregivers aware of practices to avoid some of the most common and
dangerous child and infant-related injuries, including window falls, drowning,
shaken baby syndrome, and unintended poisonings in the home.
Parents and caregivers can call 311 for more
detailed information on all of these child safety topics, or visit the
Children's Services website, www.nyc.gov/acs.
The Health Department offers information in a variety of languages for new
parents and their baby, which can be obtained by calling 311 or logging on to www.nyc.gov/health.
Easter Seals Child
Development Center - Respite Program
Offers dance, movie night, shows and gym activities. Schedule is as follows:
Mon. &
Wed. 3:30 - 5:30
For 5 to 21
year olds who have developmental delays
Tues. &
Thurs. 3:30 - 5:30
For 5 to 21
year olds who are non-ambulatory and have developmental delays
Thurs. 3:30
- 5:30
For 5 to 21
year olds who have profound delays
Fri. 3:30 -
5:30
For 13 to
21 year olds who have developmental delays
Sat. 3:30 -
5:30
For 16 to
30 year olds who have developmental delays
Where: 1180 Reverend James A. Polite Ave., 3rd Fl.,
Bronx, NY 10459
Contact: 718-378-1370, Sarah Lighty or Michelle
Rodriguez
The Earned Income Tax Credit
(EITC) Campaign
Working
families and individuals earning less than $35,000 a year could be eligible for
as much as $6,000 in tax returns from federal, state and city tax dollars.
Organizations
working with families can receive free outreach materials about the EITC materials that are
available in English, Spanish, Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Haitian
Creole, Hindi, Korean, Russian and Urdu.
For additional
information, visit the NYC
Department of Consumer Affairs website.
FoodChange is one of the
free tax filing organizations that can help you file your taxes.᷿ Look for the locations on their website.
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