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Adult
Special Olympics: Basketball Game
River Winds,
Deptford
January 17,
2010
jbozicek@comcast.net
Adult Special Olympics:
Bowling Practice
January 17,
2010
12PM-3PM
LaMartinique
jbozicek@comcast.net
Adult Special Olympics:
Basketball Practice
January 18,
2010
Team A 6:30PM-
8PM
Cooley Hall
Gym
jbozicek@comcast.net
Navigating the DDD
System, sponsored by Autism NJ
January 19,
2010
Westampton, NJ
(609)
883-8100
Adult Special Olympics:
Basketball Practice
January 20,
2010
Team B
6:30PM-7:30PM
Team A 7:30PM-
8:30PM
Cooley Hall
Gym
jbozicek@comcast.net
Free DD Workshop:
Teaching Children with
Asperger's Syndrome in the Public School Setting
January
20, 2010
6:30PM-8:30PM
Farrington
Conference Room
Haddonfield Campus
(856)
524-7371
Adult Special Olympics:
Basketball Game
River Winds,
Deptford
January 24,
2010
jbozicek@comcast.net
Adult Special Olympics:
Basketball Practice
January 25,
2010
Team A 6:30PM-
8PM
Cooley Hall
Gym
jbozicek@comcast.net
Adult Special Olympics:
Basketball Practice
January 27,
2010
Team B
6:30PM-7:30PM
Team A 7:30PM-
8:30PM
Cooley Hall
Gym
jbozicek@comcast.net
Public Meeting of the
New Jersey Council on Developmental
Disabilities
January 28,
2010
10AM-3PM
Lafayette
Yard Marriott Conference Center
(609)
292-3745
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The following article was
written by Peter Fisher, a man served at the
Flicker Residences, after a visit last month to
Longwood Gardens - a 1,000-acre horticultural
showplace in Kennett Square,
Pa.
Holiday
memories from a dazzling
daytrip
"Going to Longwood Gardens every season just
emphasizes how beautiful the Christmas display is.
Flicker took two vans of persons served to
participate in a tour of the garden displays, both
inside and out. Even though the wind was blustery
and the temperature was down (it was cold!) we
were warmed by the lovely displays. The tour is an
annual event for Flicker, which I have
participated in for the last few years.
Every year I am blown away by the
colors. The displays are truly special. The
orchids were blooming, the [wreaths] were hanging
and the poinsettias were on fire. The most amazing
part was the mechanical butterflies used to
decorate some of the Christmas trees. Ernie
Gabrielle (Flicker resident), who is becoming a
professional-style photographer, spent the whole
event behind his camera, taking only a few breaks
to comment "Wow!" The entire group enjoyed the
picnic on-site.
The outing is a
favorite for residents at Flicker. We left with
the wonderful memory of the Christmas displays and
some pictures to share with you. HAPPY
HOLIDAYS!!
Click
here for more
photos!
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Pictured above Lynn
Jennings dances with Giovanni Antinoro at this
year's Holiday
Show.
Lynn Jennings is making it
One World... For
Everyone
Long-time
education staff member Lynn Jennings is a great
example of how even a single employee can help
make it "one world for
everyone."
Dr. Dan Keating told us recently
that Lynn is one of his students in the Camden
County College Developmental Disability
Certificate course. Lynn is a one-to-one staffer
who works in Cooley Hall on the Haddonfield
Campus. She also teaches dance in the
community.
"The dance routines
that the students did in the Holiday Show were all
choreographed by Lynn, on her own time," noted Dr.
Keating. "She met with the students during her
lunch time, to teach them the dances. I counted
four different dance routines with four different
groups of students in the program. I observed Lynn
encouraging and guiding the students during their
routines. She displayed great patience and was
very supportive. I learned that in one of the
dance groups, there were two students who have
been exhibiting severe challenging behaviors over
the last few weeks. My observation was that Lynn
was working with them and encouraging them through
it all."
This is just one way
an individual staff member can make a positive
impact on an individual or a group. Just think how
proud those dancers were of themselves, thanks to
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Welcome
to new finance
chief
Please join us in welcoming Tom Burke, who
starts this week as Bancroft's new chief financial
officer. Tom comes to us from Trefoil Properties,
a commercial real-estate management firm in
Lansdale, Pa. He brings a wealth of experience in
finance, real estate and strategic planning.
Tom is an executive leader who will bring a fresh
perspective to the financial management function
and will help lead us through some of the
challenging funding issues that lie ahead. Tom and
his family are mission (service) oriented and live
in Moorestown, N.J.
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Get
ready to
L.E.A.R.N.!
The winter L.E.A.R.N. session is just around
the corner, with even more fantastic course
offerings this year! All persons served 18 years
and older are welcome to participate in this
continuing education program. There are plenty of
new and exciting activities offered for this
session-including Creative Crafts and a St.
Patrick's Day Dance. To download a copy of
the catalog, please use the link below.
Hurry-registration is due February 5th. If
you have any questions, please contact Laikeshia
Abrams at (856) 428-0685, ext. 128.
Winter
2010 L.E.A.R.N. Catalog
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Bancroft
in the news: Caroline Eggerding speaks with the
Philadelphia Business Journal about
autism
We are
excited to share that Caroline Eggerding, M.D.,
Bancroft's Vice President of Clinical Services and
Chief Medical Officer, was recently interviewed
for an article in the Philadelphia Business
Journal. The article, "Coverage of autism
treatment a bumpy road, families find," Dr.
Eggerding shares her insight on how pending
state budget cuts could affect service
providers like Bancroft.
Click
here to view the article and be sure to share
it with your friends and
family.
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Families
support BOSS...BOSS supports
families
Bancroft
Office Support Services (BOSS), an office support
business that employs adults served by Bancroft,
is always looking for business -- and our families
are our best marketers!
For
instance, thanks to the efforts of Bancroft family
member Donna Icovino, BOSS recently got a big
contract. It was selected to produce a
spiral-bound version of the new Family Crisis
Handbook, and a pamphlet version that will be
distributed to hospital ERs and crisis screening
centers throughout New Jersey. Thank you, Donna --
this is truly a win-win situation for everyone!
To contact BOSS for your
photocopying or production needs, call (856)
346-1872.
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Crisis
handbook now
available
Speaking of the new Family Crisis
Handbook (see the BOSS item above)... It was
recently created by family member Donna Icovino
and co-author Dr. Lucy Esralew to help families
advocate for an adult relative with a dual
diagnosis during a mental health and/or behavioral
crisis. Dr. Esralew is director of Statewide
Clinical Consultation and Training (SCCAT) of
Trinitas Regional Medical Center.
Funding for the handbook was
provided by The Family Support Center of New
Jersey.
You can access the
handbook through the Bancroft Family Resource
Center on our website, through the following
link:
http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=c8lfagdab.0.0.7n9pimcab.0&ts=S0443&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bancroft.org%2Fresource_library%2Ffcr_media.html&id=preview
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Free
Developmental Disability Workshop: Teaching
Children with Asperger's Syndrome in the Public
School
Setting
Bancroft
will be holding a free Developmental Disabilities
(DD) Workshop on Wednesday, January 20, 2010 from
6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The workshop, presented by
Sharon Jurman, is designed for professionals, but
is open to anyone interested in learning more
about developmental and intellectual
disabilities.
This workshop will focus on
unique needs, challenges and rewards of
teaching children with Asperger syndrome in an
integrated or self-contained classroom. The
session will explore strategies to promote social
skills, effective communication techniques,
reduction of sensory stimulation, increasing
desired behaviors and decreasing inappropriate
behaviors, development of classroom management
plan, managing the learning environment and levels
of reinforcement.
The workshop will
be held in the Farrington Building, located on
Bancroft's Campus in Haddonfield, N.J. For further
information or to register, please contact Pat
Reid at (856) 524-7453 or email
preid@bnh.org.
These workshops are
available to the public at no charge. Financial
support is generously provided by the TD
Charitable Foundation.
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Pictured above
volunteer, Korey Owens, makes a phone call
for Bancroft's winter fund-raising
appeal.
Calling
parties ring up
donations
Thanks
to our recent Calling Parties, where volunteers
come in to make calls to follow-up on our winter
fund-raising appeal, an additional $860 was
donated to Bancroft programs. To date, our mailing
has brought in $5,645, so the Calling Parties
generated an additional 15 percent. Special thanks
to the following volunteers, who called other
Bancroft stakeholders for support:
- Wendy Coffman
- Rose Dougherty
- Allison Herens
- Korey Owens*
- Tara
Owens*
- Rose Marie Walsh
- Kathy
Wheatcroft*
- Lillian M.
Wilson
*made calls on two
evenings
To volunteer for a future
Calling Party, call Michael McLaughlin at (856)
348-1171 or e-mail mmclaughlin@bnh.org.
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Mars
family gives jewelry to support
Bancroft
Leslie and Chuck Mars have always
been big supporters of Bancroft, and this time
they are inviting others to join in. The
couple will host a Silpada jewelry fund-raiser for
Bancroft and two other organizations on Saturday,
January 23, from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Bloomfield
Park Fire Hall. The Fire Hall is located at 5301
Lexington Avenue in Pennsauken, N.J.
Each organization will get a portion of
the hostess gifts, as well as a percentage of
sales for the day.
"There will be
food, music, fun and friendship," says Leslie --
so come out and enjoy the afternoon with other
Bancroft families and friends. If you're
interested, contact Leslie at (856) 488-0406 or
e-mail her at lmars52@aol.com.
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Legislative Update
--
Staff
registry bill passed in NJ
Assembly
A bill
that would create a registry of offenders against
individuals with developmental disabilities
(A-3673) passed in the Assembly last week 76-0
but, regrettably, the Senate did not consider the
bill on the last day of the session as had been
planned due to a "glitch." Therefore, the bill did
not receive final legislative approval before the
end of the last legislative session, but is being
moved forward in February.
Sponsored
by Assemblyman Joe Cryan, the bill was released by
the Assembly's Human Services Committee, despite
questions regarding the fiscal feasibility of
implementing the registry in this tough budget
environment. The committee unanimously voted to
release the bill in an effort to protect people
with developmental disabilities. Bancroft has been
supporting this bill through two advocacy
organizations, ABCD and NJACP.
For further
information on the bill, please find attached
a copy of ABCD's
testimony.
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New Year brings good news; advocacy still
needed
New
Jersey Governor Jon Corzine recently announced
nearly $1 billion in state budget cuts and savings
to close the $924 million current-year gap. But
because of your advocacy efforts, there are
currently no cuts to community services for people
with developmental disabilities! This is
very good news for both families and providers,
which are already struggling to meet current
economic challenges.
We must caution,
however, that an $8 billion shortfall is forecast
for next year, and Governor-elect Chris Christie
can still exercise cuts this year or in the
future. So, for now, we're very pleased to have
won an important battle. But we expect more
challenges in the immediate future, and we're
highly aware that we can't take any funding for
granted.
In Governor Corzine's
announcement, he reinforced the importance of
funding for programs like Bancroft, noting that he
"maintained critical funding for charity care and
other health care needs and Human Services
community providers..." Click on the
following link for the Governor's press release
with more specific information: http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=c8lfagdab.0.0.7n9pimcab.0&ts=S0443&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.state.nj.us%2Ftreasury%2Fnews%2F2009%2Fp091222a.pdf&id=preview
We
encourage everyone to express appreciation to the
Governor and Jen Velez, Human Services
commissioner, for doing everything they can to
fund essential community services for people with
developmental disabilities. You can do this easily
using Voter Voice at the following link, thanks to
the New Jersey Association for Community
Providers: http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=c8lfagdab.0.0.7n9pimcab.0&ts=S0443&p=http%3A%2F%2Fvotervoice.net%2FCore.aspx%3FAID%3D1006%26Screen%3Dalert%26IssueId%3D20188%26SessionID%3D%2524AID%253d1006%253aSITEID%253d-1%253aVV_CULTURE%253den-us%253aTARGETID%253d-1%253aAPP%253dGAC%2524&id=preview
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