19 August 2007

Bravo! Bravo! Bravo!
You did it! CPAD Dragon Boat Team is the lst place winner of 2007 Final V.I.P. Team B. Love and kisses to our 10 wonderful members: Bill Liao, Jimmy Trinh, Jenny Lee, Lily Hsu, Jeffrey Yip, Joshua Chen, White Tang, Eugene Thai, Lesslie Quach and Roger Lai. Also big thanks to our captains Eric & Li and all the family members for your commitment and hard work! You made our dream come true!

Started on 6/23/2007, every Saturday 7:00 am, CPAD 10 children and their family members gathering in Long Beach to practice for the 7/28/2007 Dragon Boat Festival Race. Their hard work is now well recognized!

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18 July 2007

Community Parent Resource Center, CPRC
Parent Resource Training
Special Education- “ Negotiating More Successful IEPs and Other Agreements For Your Children
Time: August 11 2007 Saturday , 1:00 pm
Location: Community Health Education Center (CHEC)
261 Junipero Serra, San Gabriel, CA 91776

August can be the busiest month for our parents to prepare their kids for summer programs, take care of things before school starts, and get ready for IEP meetings in the new school year. To better prepare our parents to deal with IEP meetings, CPAD/CPRC has invited Ms. Mary Hosokawa to speak on the topic of “Negotiating More Successful IEPs and Other Agreements For Your Children” on 8/11/07 at 1:00 pm.

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18 July 2007

Letters from Parents

My son Joshua got into public school when he was four. At that time, he was not talking. He started in a Severe Language Delayed Class. He had to learn how to talk. When he went to first grade, he went to a Special Day Class. He starts learning how to read. He stayed in Special Day Class until he finish fifth grade. In the sixth grade, he began to be included in regular classes until he graduated from high school. In his last year of high school, he attended four classes in the morning at high school and two classes at Rio Hondo College in the afternoon. He is slowly transitioning into college. This fall he will participate in the Pathway program at UCLA. This program is “designed for students with special needs. The school accepts 16 students into the two-year certificate program in September and will enroll another 16 next year. Students will be housed in a Westwood Village apartment in shared rooms.” Our children can learn but they need to learn at their own pace. We should never give-up hope and always give them our supports. The sky is the limit.

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23 June 2007

Parent Support Meeting
“Priced Out” & “Key Community Housing”
Guest Speaker: Michael Wright, Key Community Housing
Time: June 26, 2007 (4th Tuesday) 10 am to 12 noon
Location: First Christian Church of Alhambra
220 S. 5th Street; Alhambra, CA 91801

Mr. Michael Wright has been a Housing and Education Consultant for over 30 years. Currently he is working with Key Community Housing and Eastern Los Angeles Regional Center (ELARC) on developing the Housing Corporation and developments plans for the Regional Center Consumers.

On June 26, 2007 (4th Tuesday CPAD Parent Support Group Meeting) Mr. Wright is specially come to meet with our parents. He will discuss The Housing Crisis for People with Disabilities, and speak about the status of Key Community Housing. Mr. Wright will also conduct a section for answering questions regarding available and affordable housing opportunities.

Parents please take this great opportunity come to learn this important housing information so we can understand the available services before we make any planning for our children. (**Refreshment is available **)

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23 June 2007

Dear Parents,

6/23/2007 Saturday will be the last class of CPAD spring session. On that day at 3:00 pm right after the Art class, Suzan Chang our dance instruction will specially come and celebrate with the volunteers from Alhambra High School for thanking them to support our program in the last 10 months.

CPAD’s Saturday class will be closed for July and August for the summer break. However, Dr. Jang, our Tai-Chi instructor is very kind and willing to contribute his valuable time to give CPAD parents 2 hand-on presentations: “Learning Chess”; and “Tai-Chi”. So parents can support their children at home. Presentation dates will be announced in our next newsletter.
Wishing you all has a great summer!!! — Li Lee, Class Coordinator

To view all the information in this issue, please open the following PDF file: CPAD Corner (June 2007)