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April 2020 E-newsletterApril 2020 E-newsletter
Remote Learning Continues Through July
Teachers, students, and families have been sharing photos of various learning activitiesthat are going on at home.
Child’s Voice sends best wishes for health and safety to our students and families,community partners, and supporters. Because of you, we see wonderful things happenevery day with Child’s Voice students, and this unusual time is no exception.
Our teachers and students have been interacting via phone, e-mail, Zoom, Google, andthrough their class bulletin board system. This system lets students post work to "theclass" and to their own portfolio. Ms. Sally has been able to continue teaching music everyTuesday, and virtual "recess" happens a few times each week.
As the school year comes to a close, we are continuing the tradition of the A-Z
Countdown, with each day having a theme. Kids and teachers are getting very creativewith the themes this year since there are so many resources around the house to use.
Families are encouraged to check our resources web page if they have questions aboutlearning, state guidelines, physical and mental health, and more.
Visionary Voices: Words from Dr. Michele
Child’s Voice has dedicated this year to reviewingour program’s Culture. The staff has been workingon revamping and examining what we do and whywe do it. It has been a fun time. Yes, a bit stressfulat times, but well worth the work.
We moved the Culture question to the Board ofDirectors. From their discussion we gathered inputfrom all staff and directors to narrow down what wedo and why. The "why" were identified as Child’sVoice's VALUES.
Read more here.
Send Us Your Senior Photos
Congratulations to the Class of 2020! We know your senior year isending in a very unusual way, but your Child's Voice family wishesall of our high school and college graduates the best of luck as youstep into new roles and new worlds. You have our love and supportalways.
We'd love to see a photo from your senior year and hear what yourplans are. Please send photos and information [email protected] so we can share your successes onsocial media and with our supporters and partners.
Amy Bussa, Child's Voice class of 2007 and current Augustana College student.
Good News: Staff Take on New Roles
The Child's Voice staff has been keeping in touch via (many) Zoom chats, but since wework closely on a daily basis, we miss each other. However, we have recently addedsome team members who are making sure our kiddos and families get the besteducational experience possible.
Reynaldo Dumas is our new Stewardship & Events Associate.He will be in charge of gift processing, giving management, andfundraising events. (He's been a great co-worker even though hewas in the Child's Voice office all of one day -- his first day wasMarch 16!)
Andrew Lavin was hired as our Billing Coordinator for EarlyIntervention and Audiology, serving as a link between Child’s Voice,private and government insurance plans, and state fundingagencies.
Alexia Herrera is our Early Intervention and Audiology Assistant.She coordinates family appointments for hearing tests and otheraudiology services as well as visits to the EI program.
And while we are sad to say goodbye to Melissa Lundt, ourSpecial Services/Mainstream Coordinator, who is relocatingwith her family, we are delighted that Carrie Jackiewicz willbe taking on this role. Ms. Carrie, currently a PI teacher, hasbeen with Child's Voice since 1997. She was actually ourfirst Mainstream Coordinator, so we are thrilled that she isreturning to that role.
Feeling Great About These Bandz
The Illinois State Board of Education's Resource Center website featured Child's Voice'suse of Feeling Bandz as a way to promote social-skills lessons for students who are deafor hard of hearing.
Students put a "feeling" card on their headband and other students act out the feeling. Thestudent wearing the headband has to guess what the emotion is.
"This is a super easy and fun activity that you could do as a family to expand vocabularyand practice noticing the physical cues of emotions," says our School Counselor MelissaHyder.
May is Better Hearing and SpeechMonth
The American Speech-Language-HearingAssociation (ASHA) celebrates May as BetterHearing & Speech Month, an opportunity to raiseawareness about communication disorders andthe role of ASHA members in providing life-altering treatment. For 2020, the theme is"Communication at Work."
Look for information on hearing and speech ininfants and children on our Facebook, Twitter,Instagram, and LinkedIn platforms.
Upcoming Child's Voice Events
Online MED-EL Parent Education SeriesAuditory Memory & High-Level Language Skills
May 4, 8 pmTheory of Mind
May 18, 8 pm
Register here
Golf OutingSeptember 22(new date)Arrowhead Golf Club, Wheaton
Register here.
25th Anniversary GalaFebruary 20, 2021
(new date)Watch for more information!
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