23 September 2006

Message from Alhambra High School:

Dear Chinese parent association for the disabled!

Thank you for giving us (Pequenitas Service Club and Kidshare Interest Club) the opportunity to help you all at the service on Sept. 23, 2006. It was an honor for us to join you all!! We had a lot of fun!!

Sincerely,

Xiao – president

23 September 2006

9/23/2006 – CPAD member, Stella Chow did a parent training of “Transition to Adult Services” at San Gabriel Pomona Regional Center (SGPRC).

Here are some comments:

Dear Stella - Thank you for sharing the great information with us. Hopefully, you are able to share more topics in the future.    - Virginia

13 September 2006

Community Parent Resource Center, CPRC
Parent Resource Training

Topic:   “Person Centered Thinking”
Time:          September 13, 2006, Wednesday, from 6:00 pm to 8 pm.

Location:    Eastern Los Angeles Regional Center (ELARC) – Board Room
1000 S.  Fremont Ave, Alhambra, CA 91802 On 9/13/06, CPAD/CPRC will hold a training “Person Centered Thinking”.  Our guest speaker: Michael Smull, Director of the Applied Research and Evaluation Unit at the Developmental Disabilities Program on the University of Maryland’s school of Medicine in Baltimore.  This unit provides an extensive array of support services to Maryland’s Developmental Disabilities Administration (DDA).  Michael is an active participant in DDA’s efforts to improve the State’s community service delivery system. He also is the consultant of Eastern Los Angeles Regional Center (ELARC).

In his coming September trip in Los Angeles, Michael specially come to meet with our parents and family members, he will talk about “Person Centered Thinking” focusing on “helping people get better lives, not just better plans”; applying the skills and tools to planning with families of  young children; strategies on implementing an inclusive vision for the future.

** Light dinner is available at 6 pm **
Funding provided by the U.S. Department of Education

29 August 2006

8/29/2006 - CPAD Parents from the east region and our music therapy Andy Tubman had a cozy evening together.  Andy had a chance to review his students’ progress (from the last 3 months), also, go over the future goals with all the parents.   Afterward, everyone had a very nice dinner.  What a nice way to celebrate our children’s progress!

East Region Music Therapy class in on every Wednesday afternoon.

04 August 2006

8/5/2006 Picnic Meeting hosted by Ken Wu, Community Organization Specialist of SG/PRC, at Sycamore Canyon Park in Diamond Bar was a wonderful one, over 40 family members met and enjoyed the delicious food, tea eggs,  peaches, home made rice shrimp rolls, green bean soup, cake….

After lunch, Tiffany (Annie’s daughter) led us hike up to the canyon, even it was a short walk the view of San Gabriel valley and the sound of the running water gave us a break to relax from our daily works.  What a nice way to spend on Saturday ! Also, we are so glad that Annie Wang family from Fresno joined us in the picnic!  Our sincerely thanks to Ken, Jade, Eric and Virginia for putting this picnic together.  J