3/7 Employment 101
Anne Chace, MSW - Senior Employment Specialist, JVS Center for Careers and Lifelong Learning
Registration and networking begin at 7:00 PM.
LEVENTHAL - SIDMAN JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER
333 Nahanton Street, Newton Centre, MA 02459
Many young people derive confidence and fulfillment through their experiences in the work force. This workshop will seek to address questions and concerns that families might have about their teens and young adults entering into the working world, options for employment, and expectations for both employers and young employees with disabilities. Work may mean full employment, part-time work, or volunteering; there is a continuum of employment service/supports available to make a job experience successful. Day programs will also be explored. Like the housing workshop, this is an introduction, and a list of questions will be created for a further follow-up program next year.
Speaker Anne Chace is a Senior Employment Specialist at JVS, and coordinates the Project With Industry program, "Independence Through Employment". She received her MSW from Boston University and previously worked for over six years with the Boston-area One Stop Career Centers, in addition to several years at a non-profit agency, where she assisted individuals with disabilities to find suitable employment.
Yesodot is pleased to announce two additional speakers from DMR & MRC have been added to out Employment 101 Panel.
Janet Pula, DMR (Massachusetts Department of Mental Retardation)
Please join us for a comprehensive discussion with these highly experienced
professionals!
All questions that participants wish to have answered at this workshop should be forwarded by 3/2 to akinney@jvs-boston.org so that they may be reviewed.
Pre-registration by 3/2: $10/person. (Yesodot paid member price $5/person).
Registration after 3/2 or at the door: $15/person. We recommend
pre-registering early, as space is limited.
Please contact Alissa Kinney,
Yesodot Program Associate, at 617-399-3231 or akinney@jvs-boston.org.
Please make checks payable to JVS Yesodot, and mail them to: Alissa Kinney-
JVS, 29 Winter St., 3rd floor, Boston, MA 02108.
We regret that we will not be able to hold spaces until payment is
received!
3/20 Stanley D. Klein, PhD. Noted Clinical Psychologist, Author, Co-Founder of Exceptional Parent, In A Town-Meeting-Style Discussion
Raise your questions about the challenges of parenting - discipline, sibling relationships, inclusion, friendship, parental stress with Dr. Stanley D. Klein, co-founder and former editor of Exceptional Parent magazine. Dr. Klein helped Merrill Lynch establish its "Families of Children with Disabilities Program" and served as the "Special Needs Expert" at Parents.com. Dr. Klein is the author of Psychological Testing of Children: A Consumer's Guide, and the co-editor of The Disabled Child and the Family: An Exceptional Parent Reader; It Isn't Fair: Siblings of Children with Disabilities; You Will Dream New Dreams: Inspiring Personal Stories By Parents of Children with Disabilities; Reflections From A Different Journey: What Adults With Disabilities Wish All Parents Knew; and From There To Here: Stories of Adjustment to Spinal Cord Injury.
A regular contributor to InSight, the national newsletter of The Arc, Dr. Klein also frequently lectures to health care and education professionals about communicating with parents of children with disabilities, particularly the challenge of delivering difficult diagnostic news. Dr. Klein has received numerous national awards from organizations such as the American Psychological Association and the National Easter Seals Society. He has appeared on many radio and television programs. He currently consults to parents at the Boston Institute for Psychotherapy in Brookline.
Dr. Klein will be joined by a panel of additional resource experts. 7:00 to 9:00 PM. Registration and networking begin at 6:30 PM. LEVENTHAL - SIDMAN JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER 333 Nahanton Street, Newton Centre, MA 02459. This event is $10 w/ pre-registration for paid-up Yesodot members, $15 w/ pre-registration for others. Pre-registration is recommended, as space is limited. Please RSVP by 12:00 PM on 3/16 by contacting Alissa Kinney at 617-399-3231 or akinney@jvs-boston.org. Please make checks payable to JVS Yesodot & mail them to: Alissa Kinney - JVS, 29 Winter St., 3rd floor, Boston, MA 02108. We regret that we will be unable to hold spaces until payment has been received.
3/26 Boston Klezmer Music Celebration and Pizza Party
Featuring The KCB with special guests and illustrious alumni. A Celebration of Klezmer in Boston, birthplace of the Klezmer Revival, featuring the Klezmer Conservatory Band, the band that started it all.More than 25 years ago, the emergence of Boston's Klezmer Conservatory Band sparked an international revival of klezmer and Yiddish music that is still going strong. Join us for a KCB reunion and mini-festival to celebrate the extraordinary impact of this groundbreaking local ensemble. Performances feature members of the current KCB along with an impressive array of alumni and friends. 4:00 PM Concert; join Yesodot families for pizza afterwards. Look for more info about tickets coming soon!
Upcoming trip to Haifa! Hedy Lopes and Linda Freeman will be representing Yesodot at a meeting with our counterparts in Haifa. The Bostonians and Hafaim are meeting to deepen the connections between our two groups, to discuss additional creative connections between families challenged by disability in both cities, and to explore the feasibility of a future trip to Haifa for Boston families. For more information about the trip contact Roni, rhovav@jvs-boston.org
From the JCRC: On behalf of Jane Matlaw, Stuart Rossman, and Event Chair Phil Gordon, we are pleased to announce the date of Jewish Community Advocacy Day. It will be held the morning of Thursday March 30th at the State House. This year's lobbying issues will be:
Affordable housing
Expanding access to healthcare coverage
Home-based services for frail elders
Assistance for families caring for people with disabilities.
