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Welcome to the ABCD Senior Staff Forum Blog!
Welcome to the ABCD Senior Staff Forum Blog. This weblog has been created for ABCD agency staff to share information and ideas regarding financial, human resources, and quality assurance and training issues. Please feel free to utilize the blog to comment and share dialogue, and check back with us as we will be updating the site regularly in order to provide agencies with the most current information and resources.

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Nominate a DSP for the "Making a Difference Award"!

Is a Direct Support Professional in your organization making a difference?

If so, please consider nominating this individual(s) for the award opportunity below. Please read on for a call for nominations from Colleen McLaughlin at the Boggs Center:

As you know, the DSP Conference titled "Making a Difference" will be held on September 25, 2008. We are busy planning for this exciting event. In addition to the certificate ceremony for those DSPs completing Level 1 of the Career Path, we would like to have an individual award for a DSP who has truly "Made A Difference."

Nominations are due back by August 1, 2008. Nominations are open to any DSPs regardless of his/her or the agency's participation in the Career Path Pilot.

Please click here to access the "Making a Difference" Award Nomination form, and submit nominations to Colleen McLaughlin at the email address or mailing address below by August 1, 2008.

Colleen McLaughlin, M.Ed.Training and Consultation Specialist
The Elizabeth M. Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities - UCEDDUMDNJ - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
P.O. Box 2688335 George St., Suite 3500
New Brunswick, NJ 08903-2688
Phone: 732.235.9313
FAX: 732.235.9330
Web Page: http://rwjms.umdnj.edu/boggscenter
Email: colleen.mclaughlin@umdnj.edu

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HR Forum Contacts:

1.) Tony DiBartolo, Bancroft NeuroHealth, tdibartolo@bnh.org
2.) Juliette Parkinson, Cerebral Palsy League, jparkinson@thecpclinic.org
3.) Louis Brigando, Cerebal Palsy Leaue, lbrigando@thecpclinic.org
4.) Janet Halpern, Cerebral Palsy of North Jersey, jhalpern@cpnj.org
5.) Sumitra Horlavadi, LADACIN, Sumitra.horlavadi@ladacin.org
6.) Nancy Petrillo, Matheny, npetrillo@matheny.org
7.) William Weiss, Passaic Co. Elks CP Treatment Center, wweiss@pcecpc.org
8.) Maria Alvarez, Passaic Co. Elks CP Treatment Center, malvarez@pcecpc.org
9.) Sharyn Matthews, Spectrum for Living, smatthews@spectrumforliving.org
10.) Laura Mazzella, Spectrum for Living, lmazzella@spectrumforliving.org
11.) Steven Vernikoff, Center for Family Support, svernikoff@cfsny.org
12.) Sharon Lax, Center for Family Support, slax@cfsny.org
13.) Cherryl Noel, UCP Hudson, cnoel@ucpofhudsoncounty.org
14.) Jane Detweiler, Elwyn NJ, jane_detweiler@elwyn.org
15.) Maureen Dobosz, Volunteers of America-Delaware Valley, mdobosz@voadv.org
16.) Jane Horowitz, Spina Bifida Assoc. of the Tri-State Region, jhorowitz@sbatsr.org
17.) Clifford Koons, Elwyn NJ, cliff_koons@elwyn.org
18.) Jim Steinruck, Eden, jim.steinruck@edenservices.org
19.) Susan Bird, Eden, Susan.bird@edenservices.org
20.) Lauren Kelley, Bancroft, lkelley@bnh.org
21.) Dolores Miles, Passaic County Elks CP Treatment Center,
dmiles@pcecpc.org
22.) Chris King, Matheny, cking@matheny.org

QA&T Forum Contacts:

1.) Joy Gross, Cerebral Palsy of North Jersey, jgross@cpnj.org
3.) Michelle Turjancik, Cerebral Palsy of North Jersey, mturjancik@cpnj.org
4.) Jeanne Terrence, Cerebral Palsy of North Jersey, jterrence@cpnj.org
5.) Brian Horsmon, Bancroft NeuroHealth, bhorsmon@bnh.org
6.) Jennifer Deluca, Bancroft NeuroHealth, jdeluca@bnh.org
7.) Peter Cartwright, Bancroft NeuroHealth, pcartwright@bnh.org
8.) Juliette Parkinson, Cerebral Palsy League, jparkinson@thecplinc.org
9.) Louis Brigando, Cerebral Palsy League, lbrigando@thecplinc.org
10.) Patti Carlesimo, LADACIN, patti.carlesimo@ladacin.org
11.) Linda Steeger, LADACIN, linda.steeger@ladacin.org
12.) Connie Hobson Falls, Matheny, chobsonfalls@matheny.org
13.) Bonnie Rodgers, Matheny, brodgers@matheny.org
14.) Chris King, Matheny, cking@matheny.org
15.) Bill Weiss, Passaic County Elks, wweiss@pcecpc.org
16.) Mary Fischer, Passaic County Elks, mfischer@pcecpc.org
17.) Dale Sakurai, Spectrum for Living, dsakurai@spectrumforliving.org
18.) Eileen Berg, Center for Family Support, eberg@cfsny.org
19.) Barbara Greenwald, Center for Family Support, bgreenwald@cfsny.org
20.) Steve Vernikoff, Center for Family Support, svernikoff@cfsny.org
21.) Reggie Neal, UCP Hudson, rneal@ucpofhudsoncounty.org
22.) Keith Kearney, UCP Hudson, kearneykj@yahoo.com
23.) Deborah Limosino, Elwyn-NJ, deborah_limosino@elwyn.org
24.) Mary Ruiz, CPNJ, mruiz@cpnj.org
25.) Peggy Walsh, CPNJ, pwalsh@cpnj.org
26.) Kerianne Neu, Center for Family Support, kneu@cfsny.org
27.) Carolann Garofola, CPNJ, cgarafola@cpnj.org
28.) Nancy Fegan, CPNJ, nfegan@cpnj.org
29.) Kara O'Donnell, CPNJ, kodonnell@cpnj.org
30.) Linda Peroff, CPNJ, lperoff@cpnj.org