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Upcoming
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Adult Special
Olympics: Softball Game
April 24,
2010
Blues
Bruins
Mercer
County Park
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Adult Special Olympics:
Bocce Sectionals
April 24,
2010
9AM
SONJ
Sports Complex,
Lawrenceville,
NJ
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Adult Special Olympics:
Sectional Swim Meet
April 25,
2010
GCIT,
Sewell
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Adult Special Olympics:
Swim Practice
April 26,
2010
6:30PM-7:30PM
Jacob
Schaefer
Center
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Adult Special Olympics:
Bocce
April 27,
2010
6PM-7PM
Flicker
Center
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Adult Special Olympics:
Softball Practice
April 28,
2010
Blues:
5PM-6PM
Bruins:
6PM-7PM
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Adult Special Olympics:
Bocce
April 28,
2010
6PM-7PM
Challenge
Grove
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Adult Special Olympics:
Track and Field Practice
April 28,
2010
6PM-7PM
Haddonfield
Memorial High
School
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Adult Special Olympics:
Tennis
Practice
April 29,
2010
6:15PM
Haddonfield
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North
Ward Center's April Autism Awareness Month
Workshop:
Autism
Spectrum Disorders' Evaluation and
Diagnosis
April 29, 2010
9AM-12PM
341 Roseville Avenue, Newark, NJ
(973)
481-0415
Think
College: The Promise of Postsecondary Education
for Students with Intellectual and Developmental
Disabilities, sponsored by The Elizabeth M. Boggs
Center for Developmental Disabilities Lecture
Series
April 30,
2010
9:30AM-12:30PM
Woodbridge
Hilton in Iselin, NJ
(732)
235-9307
Innovations
in Individualized Supports: Making Community
Connections Happen for People with Developmental
Disabilities, by Hanns Meissner, Ph.D., sponsored
by The Elizabeth M. Boggs Center for Developmental
Disabilities Lecture Series
May 7,
2010
9:30AM-12:30PM
Doubletree Guest
Suites in Mt. Laurel, NJ
(732)
235-9307
Clarence
York Lecture Series- Beyond Diagnosis: Documenting
Functioning and Disability with the ICF-CY with
speaker Rune J. Simeonsson, Ph. D., MSPH
May
12, 2010
Cherry Hill Library
scrouse@bnh.org
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Strikes and spares
for medals!
Bancroft athletes
earned medals in two Special Olympics bowling
tournaments last month.
Two adult
teams won gold and one earned silver in the State
Special Olympics Spring Sports Festival Unified
Bowling Tournament on March 27 in Ewing, New
Jersey.
And five students
placed in the festival's regular bowling
tournament on March 28 in Stratford.
The School team's coach, Carol
Bober, thanked all the bowling athletes "for
another season of laughs, fun, and excitement. "We
are all so very proud of this year's team," she
said, noting that all participating athletes
showed great sportsmanship, had lots of fun, made
new friends, and did extremely well in the
competition.
For
the adults, this competition offered a new twist:
It was the first time a Bancroft team has
participated in unified bowling -- where athletes
compete on teams with staff or community
volunteers.
A special thank you
to our volunteers, and congratulations to all of
our
bowlers!
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CARF renews accreditation,
offers glowing report
The
international agency that accredits rehabilitation
facilities has issued a report praising Bancroft's
Brain Injury Services and Community Employment
Services for adults, and continuing accreditation
of those programs for three more years - the
maximum term. (Bancroft only sought
re-accreditation of these programs this year.)
"Bancroft demonstrates a strong commitment
to a person-first environment, with a conscious
effort to remove barriers to inclusion," wrote
CARF in its recent report on Bancroft. "Persons
served are treated with dignity and respect."
For more excerpts from the CARF
report, click here.
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Clarence York Lecture
Series
International
expert Rune J. Simeonsson to discuss
new
classification system he helped develop for
World
Health Organization
May
12,
2010
The
system provides universal language for
characteristics of children and
youth
Global disabilities authority
Rune J. Simeonsson, Ph.D., MSPH, will visit
Bancroft for two days in May, and speak at our
spring Clarence York Lecture on May
12.
Dr. Simeonsson's presentation is
especially timely, as he will discuss recent
changes to the World Health Organization's
International Classification of Functioning. A
professor at the University of North Carolina, Dr.
Simeonsson chaired the international working group
that developed the revised classification. These
important changes represent a new, shared language
of child functioning for social, educational,
legal and mental health
services.
This system offers a
universal language for describing the
characteristics of children and youth that are
important to their growth, health and development.
In contrast to medical classifications, the system
introduces a new way of thinking by focusing not
on diagnoses, but on an individual's functioning
-- shifting the emphasis from cause to impact on
performance and human
activities.
"Attitude change
and policy change happen slowly," notes Dr.
Simeonsson.
The lecture will be held
at the Cherry Hill Public Library on Wednesday,
May 12, from 9 a.m. -
noon.
CEUs are available for
educators.
To reserve
your spot or to make sure you're on the list to
receive further information, e-mail Sue Crouse at
scrouse@bnh.org. For updates, visit bancroft.org.
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Pictured above,
Brazil McFadden dances to "Yellow Submarine" with
staff.
Celebrating the Music of
the Beatles!
Students
from The Bancroft School and staff had great fun
presenting their spring show to a packed and
enthusiastic audience last week in "Celebrating
the Music of the Beatles!" Students did a
great job performing a wide variety of Beatles
songs with accompanying skits, including "A Hard
Day's Night," "Ticket to Ride," "Yellow Submarine"
and "All You Need is
Love."
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Bancroft
Classic - Staff
raises funds for employee
recognition
Great
people...great purpose...great games...great
fun!
Over 250 people attended this year's Bancroft
Classic, a fun-filled event that pits staff teams
against each other in wacky competitions to raise
money for staff recognition initiatives at
Bancroft. Here's a summary of the
winners:
Spirit Award(for
having the greatest percentage of people attend
the event): Community Services for
Adults.
First place: The Alpha
Dogs (from the Lindens)-- Captain Solomon
Blocker and teammates Amyr Hill, Katie Chamberlin,
Matt Lasoski, Oliver Moore, Sonam Dubal and Thomas
Rhoden. Each player received a $10 Wawa gift card,
championship shirt and their team name on the
coveted Championship Cup!
Second place: Beat It!
(from Education
Programs).
Also competing were
teams from the Brick Program, Community Services
for Adults, Mullica Hill Programs, Pediatric and
Adolescent Residential Campus and Community
Services, and The Bancroft School at Voorhees
Pediatric Facility. The Lindens and Education
both had two teams
participating.
Thanks to all who
participated! Click hereto see pictures from the
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Urgent:
Friendly callers needed
Calling
parties to be held Thursday, next
week
Here's an opportunity to support
Bancroft by sharing your enthusiasm with others.
Bancroft's Development Office hosts "calling
parties" each quarter, where friends call other
families or friends of Bancroft to seek support
for our mission. Come enjoy conversation,
refreshments and prizes with others, while helping
Bancroft!
Volunteers are needed to
help follow-up on our recent annual fund letter,
which featured Beth Kaiser Thomson, a survivor of
brain injury and Bancroft alumna. This
extraordinary young woman has worked very hard to
overcome great odds, and today enjoys a full life
of motherhood, and family. In the letter, Beth
describes how she regained control of her life
through the support and encouragement of Bancroft
- and that such help is made possible through
donations to Bancroft's annual
fund.
Volunteer
callers are needed for the following
dates:
All calls will be made in
Bancroft offices in Suite 401 of the 800 Kings
Highway building in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, from
6 p.m. - 8 p.m. A maximum of eight callers are
needed each evening. To reserve your spot, please
call Michael McLaughlin at (856) 348-1171 or by
e-mail to MMclaughlin@bnh.org right
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Annual
golf tournament taking a
hiatus
Our Development and Golf Tournament
Committees have decided to put the annual golf
tournament on a temporary hiatus.
In an effort to position ourselves
for the future and meet the needs of the
organization and those we serve, which is always
our goal and highest calling, we have decided a
temporary hiatus will allow us to best utilize our
resources to embark on other meaningful and
transformative projects.
If you have
supported our golf tournament in the past, you
will be hearing from us shortly, and we urge you
to renew your commitment to Bancroft -- even
without a golf event. You will be immediately
putting 100% of your gift to work improving our
program, services and facilities for the children
and adults we serve. You would still be
supporting the same important mission -- which can
never take a hiatus.
Please contact Joan Galon King, Chief
Advancement Officer, at 856-348-1140 for more
information or with any
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Walk Now for Autism Speaks
Awards Reception
And the winner
is... Bancroft!
At
a recent awards reception, Team Bancroft was
recognized by Autism Speaks as a Walk Sponsor, as
well as a top fundraising team! Bancroft family,
the Wills Family, was also recognized as one of
the top fundraising teams, and Thom Hartnett, a
Program Manager in Bancroft's Community Vocational
Services for Adults program, was recognized as a
Grand Club Member for individual fundraising
efforts that amounted to at least
$1,000.
Autism Speaks is dedicated to
increasing awareness, research, advocacy and
family services for all who struggle with autism
spectrum disorders. We can all be proud of the
impact Bancroft families and staff have made over
the years (through these efforts and many others)
in the lives of families touched by
autism.
This year the South Jersey
Walk will be held on Saturday, May 22nd at the
Bishop's Gate Corporate Center in Mount Laurel,
New Jersey. If you are interested in being a Team
Bancroft captain, please contact Deb Conner at
(856) 524-7023 or via e-mail at
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Caldwell College Autism
Workshop Series
The Caldwell College ABA faculty
members along with some invited professionals will
present a series of autism workshops on select
Fridays from April through
July.
Topics will include diagnostic
criteria for autism, ABA and myths of ABA,
assessment of alternative educational and medical
treatments, verbal behavior, play and social
skills, and parent/professional
collaboration.
Each of these
workshops will be held from 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. at
Caldwell College located at 120 Bloomfield Avenue
Caldwell, New Jersey 07006.
Click here for a more
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