E-News, The CTC Connection: October/November 2018

October/November 2018

Our Vision: Fulfilling the potential of all people with special needs.

The CTC Connection

AN E-NEWSLETTER OF CTC ACADEMY

Our Mission: Enhancing the lives of children and young adults with special needs, and their families, by providing an enriched educational, therapeutic and supportive environment.

Welcome to Our E-Newsetter!

Parent Update from the Executive Director

October 2018

Dear CTC Parents,

It was great to see so many of you at our Back to School Nights. I hope you found the presentations and your time in the classrooms useful. We certainly enjoyed spending the time with you and sharing all the exciting plans we have for your children this school year.

Our school buses are on the road! Our two bus drivers started work this month and began providing trips for our STEP students. The students have already visited Frank’s Pizza in Oakland.

In addition, we are anticipating that a contractor will be hired to begin work on our water treatment plant at the Oakland campus within the next two weeks. It will then take them two to three weeks to mobilize their staff and begin work in late November or early December. We hope to have their work done within two to three months so that we can start using the pool in early part of the year (i.e. February).

At our Fair Lawn campus, we recently met with our architect and discussed some of the repairs and enhancements we would like to have accomplished. He is drawing up plans that we hope to have a look at soon and will share them with you. Meanwhile, as you may recall, we are replacing all 10 of our HVAC units. 6 have been replaced so far and the remaining four should be completed within the next few weeks.

As always, you can contact me anytime by phone at either campus number (201-797-7440 ext 3258 or 201-612-5677 ext 2111) or by email at kberger@ctcacademy.org .

Regards,

Ken Berger, Executive Director

Click HERE for more on the Buses Maiden Voyage with our STEP Students!

Click HERE to learn more about our STEP Program!

Mark Your Calendars

November 3: SibShops Program: Open Enrollment: See Social Work Department below for more information!

November 3: Meditation @ Sacred Space Living (parents only) Click HERE for more information!

November 5: Able Act: Benefits & Limitations Webinar Click HERE for more information!

November 6: Early Student Dismissal (12:45pm @OAK & 1:00pm @FL)

November 6: Election Day Event (@FL)

November 7: Dinner Dance Committee Meeting 9:30am (@FL)

November 9: Respite Night 6:30pm - 8:30pm (@FL)

November 13: Mom's Time Out - Game Night 7:00pm - 9:00pm (@OAK)

November 14: Holiday Express (@OAK)

November 21: Early Student Dismissal (12:45pm @OAK & 1:00pm @FL)

November 22nd & 23rd: School Closed for Thanksgiving Break

November 27th: Education Series 7:00pm - 9:00pm (@OAK)

November 29th: Social Studies Fair 10:00am - 11:30am (@OAK)

CTC Academy's 2018-19 School Year Calendar is now available HERE

Visit Our School Monthly Activity Calendar

THE SOCIAL WORK DEPARTMENT

SIBSHOPS PROGRAM

Sibshops provide support and guidance to siblings of children with special needs in a fun and interactive setting – games, creative projects and even cooking!

Open Enrollment - Click HERE for more information!

PONY POWER THERAPIES

Pony Power Therapies teaches individual horseback riding and non-riding activities on Sunday mornings and Monday-Thursday afternoons. If interested in Pony Power for your child, winter registration is now open. Click here f or more information!

Click HERE for the Social Work Calendar of Events!

EQUIPMENT WE LOVE

Ms. Nicole and Kayla Having Fun with the Lycra band which provides proprioceptive input and resistance during ambulation. This helps to improve the student’s safety and body awareness…all this, while eliciting giggles!

ABLE ACT

ACI Consumers should be aware of The Achieving A Better Life Expectancy Act, or more commonly known as The ABLE Act . ABLE allows people with disabilities to save money in a special a "disability savings account" without the risk of losing much needed federal and public benefits, such as SSI, Medicaid, SNAP, etc. To date, 9 states are considered to be "active" and ready for enrollment; while the rest have "programs in development." The good news is that you can live in any part of the country and open up an ABLE account in any state.

For more information on how to obtain an ABLE Account, contact ACI or check out ABLE's national website at ablenrc.org .

Follow Link for more information: http://www.njcaregivers.org/fscarchive/content/services/training-calendar/view_event.php?event=4400