BEINEINU NEWS & NOTES

November 10, 2016

INTERNATIONAL

Building Blocks Special Needs Magazine---Would you like to help other families and make your opinions heard? Interviewees (name can be changed in article) are wanted for the following articles:

  • Benefits of music therapy
  • The emotional decision of placing a child in a residence or group home
  • Epilepsy

If you can help, contact Toby Vogel at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Submissions are also being accepted for their popular Family Forum section. This is where you can write about your experiences as a parent or sibling of someone with special needs. Past articles have included stories, anecdotes, poems, etc on a range of topics such as enjoying your nachas, dealing with “the system”, sharing information, etc. Submissions should be between 200-500 words. Contact Esther at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

USA

Emergency Preparation Guide--An online guide is available to help New Yorkers with disabilities, their caregivers and first responders to create an emergency plan. It includes details on establishing a support network, power disruptions, capturing health information, evacuation, sheltering in place, transportation, gathering important supplies for a go bag and many other aspects of properly preparing for a disaster. See www.1nyc.gov/site/em/ready/disabilitiies-access-functional-needs.page.

Sports Grant---The Access for Athletes program provides athletes with physical disabilities an opportunity to apply for financial assistance in the following areas:

  • Sport equipment expenses
  • Travel & competition expenses
  • Coaching & training expenses

See https://app.wizehive.com/appform/login/challengedathletes2017 for an application until December 2nd. For more information about their programs contact Patrick Lawrence at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Or see www.challengedathletes.org/programs/grants/

Employment Opportunity For Parents---Ohel’s Early Childhood Mental Health Program in Brooklyn is seeking warm, empathic individuals with excellent communication skills to provide advocacy, coaching, and support to parents of children under age 5 experiencing social, emotional, developmental, medical and/or behavioral challenges. Appropriate candidate should have lived experience as a parent/ caregiver of a child who has had similar issues and has had to navigate multiple child-serving systems on their child’s behalf.  Responsibilities include providing advocacy,  assisting parents in connecting to community and professional resources, helping them with preparing documents and accompanying them to meetings, acting as a bridge between parents and providers, providing parenting skills training, and facilitating supportive parent groups, and more.  Services will be provided by family peer advocates in clients’ homes, early childhood centers and other community based settings.  Contact Tzivy Reiter at 718-686-3294

Chofetz Chaim Heritage Foundation’s Chazak Line---The popular Chazak line helps many people find strength and inspiration on a daily basis. They are reaching out for new speakers willing to share with others. Topics for the new series will be:

  • How you have taken pain and used it for other people’s gain
  • Women telling about a person who inspired them and/or changed their lives.

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ISRAEL

Alternatives to Psychiatric Hospitalizations---In an interview on Sept. 7, 2016, Keren Neubach asked Professor. Pesach Lichtenberg about alternatives to hospitalizing psychiatric patients, about the Soteria Program recently opened in Jerusalem, as well as Amit Wolak about “Merchavim” – psychiatric services to your home. In Keren Neubach’s Sept. 7 program, Ran Reznik updates about funding for a program to increase the number of beds in psychiatric wards and for the program to reduce limitations (including strapping) in the psychiatric hospitals. Click here to listen to this part of the program

Shaarei Tzedek Medical Center’s Conference On Pediatric Neurology---Conference for professionals and families will take place on three different dates. Topics include:

  • Brain and Gender
  • Similarities and Differences between Male and Female Minds
  • Ticks, Developmental and Eating Disorders

Click here for more information or call 02-666-62396. Click here to register