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Adult
Special Olympics: Basketball Game
River Winds,
Deptford
February 28, 2010
jbozicek@comcast.net
Free
DD Workshop: Bullying Issues in Special
Education
March
10, 2010
6:30PM-8:30PM
Farrington
Conference Room
Haddonfield
Campus
(856)
524-7371
Rowan
University's Inaugural Conference on Autism
March
15, 2010
8:15AM-3PM
Rowan
University Student Center in Glassboro,
NJ
(856)
256-4715
Facing
the Future XVII Conference, sponsored by NJ APSE:
The Network on Supported Employment and The
Elizabeth M. Boggs Center on Developmental
Disabilities
March
19, 2010
Somerset,
NJ
(732)
235-9300
Joyful
Noise Concert: Singing City's "Voices of
Philadelphia"
March
20, 2010
7PM
Annual
Youth and Family Concert at The Church of the Holy
Trinity, Rittenhouse Square
1904
Walnut Street, Philadelphia
www.singingcity.org
Brain
Injury Workshop: The Role of
Rehabilitation Neuropsychology in
Interdisciplinary Team Function
March
23, 2010
3PM-5PM
Plainsboro,
NJ
(856) 524-7371
Brain Injury
Workshop: Outcome
Measurement in Community-based Rehabilitation
April 21,
2010
3PM-5PM
Plainsboro,
NJ
(856)
524-7371
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Commission
on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities'
(CARF) surveyors give glowing
report
A CARF
Survey Team praised Bancroft extensively during
its survey last week. The team will now submit its
recommendation for our accreditation renewal to
CARF, which will notify us of our accreditation
status in about 6 to 8 weeks.
In the
meantime, we wanted to share some of the
surveyors' comments during their exit meeting with
us last Friday. They cited many strengths, and
made very few recommendations - which is a great
credit to every Bancroft staffer
involved.
In fact, there were no
recommendations related to many of our
programs and services, business practices and
other corporate services. In other words, we have
demonstrated substantial conformance with CARF
standards. Here are some of the survey team's
remarks:
- Mission and values of the organization are
to be commended for being
person-centered
- Persons served by the organization are
consistently treated with dignity and
respect
- High degree of satisfaction and confidence
in leadership
- Well-written technology plan
- Performance Improvement approach,
documentation and participation were very
good
- Safeguarding and respecting rights of
persons served throughout programs were
strong
- Commitment, professionalism and longevity of
many staff is very impressive
- Excellent rapport between persons served and
staff was witnessed consistently
- Level of Support Determination Scale and the
Integrity Checklist, in particular, are examples
of best practice
- Efforts to involve individuals in
community-based activities is
outstanding
- Behavior management plans are thorough and
well written
- Employment programs are well-organized with
ongoing community outreach and involvement
- Excellent employment staff and relationships
with business community very good
- Efforts to support and encourage
self-advocacy are exemplary
- On-site college courses to encourage
continuing education among staff is great
- The many different types of therapeutic
activities is very impressive
CARF
made several recommendations for improvement that
include:
- Develop disclosure statements for those
served and their families about services,
timeframes, expectations, and outcomes, which
should be provided at time of admission and
periodically during participation in the
program.
- Develop and communicate criteria for
transition to different services along the
continuum.
- Identify clear, focused clinical outcome
measures that can be aggregated across all
programs and used to market our
services.
- Share vocational plans for those served with
their employers.
At the conclusion of
the meeting, Bancroft President Toni Pergolin
thanked the CARF survey team for its collegial and
supportive approach to the survey process. She
also expressed her sincere appreciation to every
Bancroft staff member involved in the areas being
surveyed. She stated that she had complete
confidence in our programs going into the survey,
and expressed tremendous pride for the work being
done throughout the organization.
We're
doing great work at Bancroft - spread the
word!
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Looking
for
Volunteers!
Bancroft
is hosting a Scholastic Book Fair and extra hands
are needed!
Can YOU
help?
April 13 - April 19,
2010
Cooley Hall Media Room
Haddonfield
Campus
Thursday, April 13
7:15 a.m. - 9:00
p.m.
Set up
9:00 a.m. - 2:30
p.m.
Helping students make
wish lists, straightening
books
Wednesday, Thursday,
Friday (April 14-16)
9:00 a.m. - 2:00
p.m.
Working cash register,
helping students, stocking
shelves
Monday, April 19th
9:00 a.m. - 11:00
p.m.
Breaking down displays and
packing up books.
The
Scholastic Book Fair will help put books in the
hands of our students, staff and families as well
as Bancroft classrooms. To host a successful fair,
we need LOTS of helping hands!
If you are available to help for a
couple of hours at any of the above times,
contact: Deb Conner, (856) 524-7023 or
dconner@bnh.org.
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Free
brain injury
workshops
Bancroft
will offer the following free workshops on topics
related to brain injuries. Staff neuropsychologist
Mary G. Brownsberger, PsyD., will present both
sessions from 3 to 5 pm at Bancroft's Plainsboro,
N.J., site.
The Role of
Rehabilitation Neuropsychology in
Interdisciplinary Team Function
Tuesday, March
23
This presentation aims to educate
attendees on the role of the neuropsychologist as
part of the interdisciplinary team, the values
guiding the rehabilitation practice, and research
conducted by a rehabilitation
neuropsychologist.
Outcome Measurement in
Community-based Rehabilitation
Wednesday, April 21
This presentation aims to educate
attendees on outcome measurement in
community-based rehabilitation and why outcomes
are important. This workshop will offer a review
of a regional brain injury rehabilitation outcomes
project, the data that is collected, recent
findings and the impact these findings have on
services and programs. The speaker will also
discuss participation in a national research
project and its implications for participating
organizations.
To
register:
Please call Jeanne Allison at
(856) 524-7371 or e-mail jallison@bnh.org, or call
Colleen Tighe at (856) 524-7242 or e-mail
ctighe@bnh.org. The site is at 666 Plainsboro
Road, Suite 2000C, Plainsboro, N.J. For
directions, visit our website: bancroft.org.
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Free
workshop on bullying
The next workshop in our free
series on developmental disabilities will cover
bullying issues in special education. The session
will be held Wednesday, March 10 from 6:30 to 8:30
pm.
Presented by the law firm of
Hinkle, Fingles and Prior, the workshop is
designed for families and professionals, but is
open to anyone interested in this topic.
The workshop will be held in the
Farrington Building on Bancroft's Haddonfield,
N.J., campus. For more information or to register,
please contact Pat Reid at (856) 524-7453 or
e-mail preid@bnh.org.
Bancroft's free
developmental disabilities workshop series is made
possible by generous support from the TD
Charitable Foundation.
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Workshops
on behavioral and mental-health
issues
The New
Jersey Association of Community Providers (NJACP)
will host two new workshops in March and April.
Both will be presented by Dr. Lucille
Esralew, program director for Statewide Clinical
Consultation and Training (SCCAT) of Trinitas
Regional Medical Center since the program's
inception in 2000. She is a clinical
neuropsychologist who is licensed in psychology in
both New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Dr. Esralew is
the co-author with Bancroft parent Donna Icovino
of the Family Crisis Handbook.
Each of
these workshops will be held from 9:30 am to 4 pm
at the NJACP Office located at 1005 Whitehead Road
Ewing, NJ 08638
Learning Effective
Response to Everyday Behavioral Problems
March
11
To register using CVENT please
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Designing Effective
Supports for Developmentally Disabled Children
with Mental Health and/or Severe Behavioral
Disorders
April 8
To register using CVENT
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