September 2020
MONTHLY NEWSLETTER  
UPCOMING EVENTS

September

9/7/2020 Labor Day Holiday - Closed

9/8/2020 First Day for Students

October

10/6/2020 In-Service Day/No School for DCIU Students
Teachers SPOTLIGHT
Congratulations to our staff in their new Positions
Lead teacher: Sheree Parkinson 
Employability Site Coordinator: Christine Krebs
SAILS Teacher: Lynne Baer
Community Living and Learning Teacher: Ruth Denny
Data Manager: Taisha Bell
Site trainers: Brian Jennings
Job Coaches: Andrew Conley
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“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.”
― Aesop
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WELCOME BACK!
We're here to guide you through your best year yet!
Virtual services will be delivered virtually through SEPTEMBER 18, 2020, for all DCIU school age programs. Services to local LEAs will be provided IN A MANNER CONSITENT WITH AN LEA’S REOPENING PLAN (VIRTUAL/IN-PERSON/HYBRID). We appreciate your understanding of the complexity of the many factors which needed to be thoroughly considered.
The Adult Programing at the DCIU OPTIONS
The program has continued to thrive thru the summer months. As more individuals return to work, our support in the community has likewise increased. In July, we supported 40 individuals at their workplaces with 4 new jobs! August has brought back our ability to provide work assessments in the community and thrilled for 3 clients who have obtained new jobs! In August we have 38 individuals being provided weekly job coaching as well. We are so thankful that our ETC Cleaning employees have also returned to work. We are seeing a noticeable difference through their hard work to keep the DCIU clean and sanitized as we are diligently being mindful to work on keeping everyone safe by following the DCIU COVID plan at the Morton administration building and out in the community. As the Adult programing has become busy in the community, our virtual/Zoom support has decreased. We will miss the times spent with our clients through zoom but we are happy that they are now able to return to work!
CONGRATS TO OUR VISION TEACHER JEANNE ANN AARON
This summer Jeanne Ann was welcomed as a new board member of the Pennsylvania- Delaware Chapter of the Association Education and Rehabilitation (AER). AER is a professional international membership organization dedicated exclusively to professionals who provide services to persons with vision loss. AER aim is to promote and support the profession by advocating for evidence-based practices, high quality standards, value-added resources and giving voice to issues of critical importance.  AER provides professional development via face-to-face conferences, virtual offerings and publications to strengthen the knowledge, skills and abilities of professionals within the field. AER first board meeting was held July 23, 2020. 
In addition, this summer Jeanne Ann had the opportunity to work at the Eye Institute of Philadelphia for a portion of my low vision therapy internship. Her internship involved training clients on various forms of assistive technology, magnification, lighting assessments as well as, working with prisms and teaching eccentric viewing. The interdisciplinary collaboration with doctors in the medical field that transition into the rehabilitation environment was a fulfilling learning experience.  
Jeanne Ann is excited to take on the challenges of this 2020-2021 school year with all that I have learned this summer.


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FEATURED ARTICLE
It was an action packed summer with some new experiences for ESY OPTIONS.

It was another busy summer for the OPTIONS Apartment students. While they were not out and about in the community, they kept very busy during their zoom sessions.
The students seemed to easily adjust to the time spent online rather than at the apartment and out in the community.
Functional math and reading, healthy living, fitness, self-advocacy and social skills were stressed.
The students had several online visitors during the five weeks of ESY. Stephanie Mackara, author of Money Minded Families, spoke to the students about budgeting and decision-making regarding spending.
A representative from TD Bank also spoke to the students about budgeting and banking.
Students participated in a small group lesson with representatives from WAR. Healthy relationships was the topic.
Our final guest speaker was from the CHARGE Group and spoke to the students about nutrition and eating balanced meals.
In addition to participating in exercise/dance activities, the students tried yoga, meditation, kickboxing and Tabata thanks to YouTube.
Delaware County Intermediate Unit
200 Yale Avenue, Morton, PA 19070
Phone: 610-938-9000