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Special Needs
Congregation Beth Jacob strives to enable all children to access Jewish Community and a Jewish Education through a variety of programs designed to support individual differences which include physical, psychological, emotional, environmental, and spiritual needs.
3RD ANNUAL SPECIAL NEEDS AWARENESS SHABBAT
SPECIAL NEEDS COMMITTEE
RELATED BOOKS
RELATED LINKS
Read this recent NY Times article entitled Hanukkah, Autism and One Temple’s Run at a Miracle highlighting the important role that synagogues can play in the lives of those with autism.
3rd ANNUAL SPECIAL NEEDS AWARENESS SHABBAT
Saturday, April 16th
We are pleased to be welcoming Joan Ryan, author of The Water Giver as our guest speaker.
If you would like to purchase a copy of Joan Ryan's book, The Water Giver, and have her autograph and inscribe it for you, please fill out the form below and pay with PayPal. As she will be at CBJ on Shabbat, we will not be able to sell the book on that day or have Joan autograph when she is here.
You may pick up your pre-purchased book on Saturday, April 16, or after Monday, April 19 in the CBJ office.
SPECIAL NEEDS COMMITTEE
The Special Needs Committee was established to suggest appropriate steps to providing religious and educational support for special needs children and their families by researching different types of support programs, communicate with the Beth Jacob community about special needs support and programs, determine select programs to be implemented to provide parent education and support activities, and community education and awareness.
To date, the Special Needs Committee has been responsible for an on-line survey to the Beth Jacob community regarding special needs, the Inclusion Corner in the monthly bulletin, a Special Needs Simulation evening in partnership with the Children’s Health Council of Palo Alto, a Special Needs Awareness Shabbat, and special needs support in the Preschool and Religious School.
Future events include Rabbi Ezray’s class How Do I Find My Spirit, a second Special Needs Awareness Shabbat, and a community-wide Day of Learning.
If you are interested in joining our Special Needs Committee, we would love to have you. Please contact Ann Cauterucci by email or at 650-366-8481.
RELATED BOOKS
For Adults
Chicken Soup for the Soul; Children with Special Needs by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Heather McNamara, and Karen Simmons
The Out-of-Sync Child by Carol Stock Kranowits, M.A.
Too Loud Too Bright Too Fast Too Tight by Sharon Heller, Ph.D.
The Highly Sensitive Child by Elaine N. Aron, Ph.D.
Why Do I Have To? A Book for Children Who Find Themselves Frustrated by Everyday Rules by Laurie Leventhal-BelferFor Children
Views from Our Shoes; Growing Up with a Brother or Sister with Special Needs Edited by Donald Meyer
Hi, I’m Ben! …And I’ve Got a Secret! by Julie A. Bouwkamp
Don’t Call Me Special: A First Look at Disability by Pat Thomas
Since We’re Friends: An Autism Picture Book by Celeste Shally and David Harrington
My Friend Isabelle by Eliza Woloson
Be Quiet, Marina! by Kirsten DeBear
Ian’s Walk; A Story About Autism by Laurie Lears
Susan Laughs by Jeanne Willis
Andy and His Yellow Frisbee by Mary Thompson
We Go in a Circle by Peggy Perry Anderson
RELATED LINKS
abilitiesunited.org - Abilities United champions people with developmental and physical challenges and provides the training, education, and support they need to lead the lives they choose.
cdc.gov - The Center for Disease Control’s interactive tools to track your child’s development.
cdc.gov - The Center for Disease Control’s top resources on the life stages of infants and toddlers.
autismspeaks.org - Since its inception, Autism Speaks has committed an unprecedented $128 million in new research funding through 2014 to uncover the cause(s), prevention, treatments and cure for autism, making it the nation's top private funder of autism research. Through historic mergers with the Autism Coalition for Research and Education, the National Alliance for Autism Research, and, most recently, Cure Autism Now, Autism Speaks is one of the largest foundations dedicated to autism in the world, with more than 130 employees, and walk chapters across the US, Canada, and UK.
oneiladvocacygroup.com - The O’Neil Advocacy Group helps parents as coaches, guides, and mediators through issues and challenges. They assist clients in a three stage process involving Assessment, Action Plans and Follow Up Sessions
allsinc.com - Associated Learning and Language Specialists, Inc. (ALLS) is a private clinical practice as well as a contractor providing many therapists to school districts in our area. We serve the San Francisco Bay Area Peninsula and provide high quality speech, language, occupational and developmental therapy; and counseling and education services for a variety of needs from infant through adult populations.
