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CKG Foundation’s Mindful Monday and Parent Chat Nights

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The Cameron K Gallagher Foundation is excited to kick off its 4th school year of Mindful Mondays.

Trained CKG Mindfulness coaches lead this mindful practice at the Steward School’s Bryan Innovation Lab. In conjunction with Mindful Mondays, we will hold Parent Chat Nights on a variety of mental health topics in partnership with Summit Emotional Health. We encourage everyone to attend these informative conversations regardless of their children’s ages.

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Northstar Career Academy

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Our Vision – To be the premier Center of Career Technical Education for Central Virginia’s alternative learners and students with disabilities while strengthening our workforce.

Our Commitment – To ensure alternative learners and students with disabilities have viable and sustainable career skills that will create opportunities for self-sustainability long-term positive contributions to our communities.

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Autastic Avenues Services & The Ladies Behind It

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Services Offered:

Social Skills Groups
Executive Function Homework Coaching
Parent Support Group
Tutoring
Speech Therapy

About the ladies the behind Autastic Avenues:

Robin McCallister

Robin McCallister is an ASHA certified speech/language pathologist and a social cognitive specialist.  She has been providing services to the special needs community for over 35 years.  As a speech/language pathologist, she has worked with and consulted for hundreds of students who experience the social, communication and behavioral challenges commonly associated with ASD, ADHD and general social deficits.  Robin is trained in Orton Gillingham methodology and the Lindamood Phoneme Sequencing Program for Reading, Spelling, and Speech.  She provides tutoring services using both multi-sensory programs.  Robin is an experienced coach for executive function skills and for young adults learning on the job social skills.

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ASCV Introduces Support Groups for Middle School and High School Parents

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The Autism Society Central Virginia has introduced two new support groups for family members who have a middle schooler or a high schooler with ASD.

When: Friday, September 13, 2019

Middle School Parent Support: 6-7pm

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Next Steps Behavioral Centers’ September Monthly Speaker: Stephen Burns – Special Needs Trusts

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You are invited to Next Steps Behavioral Centers’ September Speaker Series event on Thursday, September 26th at 6:00 PM.

The evening’s guest speaker will be Stephen Burns, an attorney from Park Sensenig Attorneys. He will be talking about Special Needs Trusts.

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Exciting News From SOAR 365

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SOAR365 has been selected as 1 of 8 Richmond non-profits to be apart of 12 Bars Of Charity – Richmond!

12 Bars of Charity is a friendly local competition in which the ultimate goal is to get the most people to sign up under 1 of the 8 charities! When a participant signs up under the charity’s team they receive a team colored sweatshirt (SOAR365 is the Maroon Team), free admission and transportation to the participating bars and drink specials. $15 of every admission goes to the team’s charity! The charity with the most team members receives a $1,000 bonus!

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