CHERAB info

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Hi everyone!

CHERAB homebase meeting

August 6, 2001

7:00 PM to 8:30 PM

St. Barnabas Ambulatory Center (not in the main hospital-the location

that is across from the Livingston mall) For more information visit

http://www.apraxia.cc under " meetings "

Just a quick reminder that CHERAB's speaker for August 6th, 2001 is

Barbara Goldfarb-Portnoff MA CCC SLP, Certified PROMPT Instructor

http://www.promptinstitute.com/staff.html who is one of the handful

of people in the world who trains other professionals on PROMPT.

Barbara attended the first conference for apraxia this past Monday

and Tuesday that was hosted by CHERAB, and will be speaking on the

night of the National airing of Inside Edition's segment on verbal

apraxia which features various families and professionals from

CHERAB. All the children featured in Inside Edition are at

Bilker's talking page at http://www.debtsmart.com/talk Please check

your local listings for the times and channels as to when Inside

Edition will air by you.

This August 6th meeting will also mark another anniversary year for

CHERAB!! We plan on having a celebration cake to mark this event in

celebration of CHERAB's hugely successful apraxia conference, Inside

Edition's August 6th Nationwide airing on verbal apraxia featuring

families and professionals from CHERAB, and CHERAB's anniversary.

Each attendee of this celebration meeting will receive the handouts

from CHERAB's historic landmark conference for apraxia. Again,

please check the website at http://www.apraxia.cc for more details!

Speaker Bio:

Barbara Goldfarv Portnoff, M.A. CCC-SLP, is the founder and director

of TIKES, Therapeutic Intervention for Kids and Educational Support,

a private practice in New Jersey devoted to the evaluation and

treatment of children and adolescents with communication disorders in

the tri-state area. Barbara has extensive experience working with

autistic and PDD populations, language impaired, and oral-motor and

speech motor disorders. She also has specialized training in Applied

Behavioral Analysis (ABA), behavior management, pragmatic

and developmental approaches. Integral to Barbara's therapeutic

philosophy is her commitment to consulting regionally with school

boards, parenting and other professional groups. PROMPT has been an

important component of her practice since 1993. Barbara holds her

Certificate of Clinical Competence, and State Licensure for New York

and New Jersey.

See some of you soon!