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Elementary School
Brian Mandara and Peter ---- were teased every day at my elementary school. Looking back at it, they obviously had Special Needs. I was always interested in why they were so different from everyone else; and no adult ever explained or talked to me about them. -
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention conduct first U.S. multistate study on prevalence of cerebral palsy
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****IDEA signed into law
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High school peer mentor program
Worked in high school SPED transition class as a peer mentor for 1-3 periods per day (depended on my class schedule) -
****Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act (EHDI)
The legislation and subsequent funding Congress provided have helped establish statewide EHDI programs across the United States that are identifying children with hearing loss and directing them to early intervention services. -
March 23, 2010: President Obama signs the Affordable Care Act into law.
YAY. McKenzie starts using this healthcare in 2013 and looooves it -
*****Credentials are split up between Mod/Severe and Mild/Mod
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Me and Matt!!!!!!
The student I worked with every day in the transition class -
Me and my first CATS student!!!!
This little boy was hard of hearing and had an autism diagnosis. and was ADORABLE! I worked with him for one year and a half :) -
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CATS class/T.A.
Took the Collaborative Autism Training Support class for 2 semesters, then was Lorna's T.A. for 2 semesters. -
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Started working at Lattice
Best place ever!!!!!! -
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Work with McKenzie!!!
Caregiver and BFF to a young man with high functioning autism -
*****DSM 5!!!!
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******* First TV show to star primarily people with Down Syndrome "Born This Way"
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Second CATS student!!!!
First and only time working with SON-rise program -
Camp Counselor for a Jewish family camp for students with disabilities
First experience with working with a lot of families at once with children with disabilities -
Met Mac!
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Started at Lattice
