A Message from Elena Sanchez, Executive Director Welcome Parents, Families, Friends, Professionals, and Community members, Our team is wishing you a happy and healthy 2024. Please know that whatever 2024 brings, we will be here for you. We offer workshops, conferences, support groups, and parent to parent support just to mention a few, in hopes to achieve the families and individuals’ goals of living to their fullest potential. In our efforts to introduce our team, Parents’ Place newsletter will proudly “Spotlight “a team member, where they will have the opportunity to write about the role(s) they play here at Parents’ Place. This month the “Spotlight” is on Lucia Perez. Hello, my name is Lucia Perez, I am a Bilingual Family Resource Specialist. Although I am new to Parent’s Place, I have over 17 years of experience in the social services field. My extensive experience in working with individuals with special needs has allowed me to assist families within the communities. · What’s your role at Parents’ Place? My role at Parents’ Place FRC is to support bilingual families obtain the resources from San Gabriel Pomona Regional Center and community. I empower families with providing information and resources to successfully direct them through the system. I currently facilitate the Young Adult Social Group from ages 18 through 26 to come together to socialize and make new friends. · What led you to your current role? I worked at a non-profit organization for over 17 years, climbing the ladder from a Personal attendant to a Program Coordinator. I have worked with adults with disabilities and their families with providing support with different roles. I came to Parents’ Place in February 2023 with experience helping families with disabilities. I have worked with Parents’ Place when working with the non-profit organization in the past. I was very fortunate to have an opportunity to continue providing support to families with children with disabilities. · What do you most enjoy about your role? In my role as a Family Resource Specialist, I enjoy meeting new parents with their children/young adults and providing resources and knowledge to successfully advocate through their needs. I enjoy seeing families accomplish their goals through their child’s stages of life. I also enjoy working with the Young Adult Social Group and learning about the individuals that attend the support group and their personalities. · What advice would you give to a person who is interested in joining the Parents’ Place FRC team? My advice to a person who is interested in joining the Parents’ Place FRC team is to bring a positive attitude to the workplace in order to provide a warm environment for the families that need resources. Working for Parents’ Place, you will gain leadership skills and communication skills to work toward the same goal of providing hope and support for families with children with special needs through education and community resources. I can be reached at: (626) 919-1091 or by email at lucia.perez@parentsplacefrc.com Bienvenidos Padres, Familias, Amigos, Profesionales y Miembros de la Comunidad, |
Dear Parents, Professionals and Community Members, I hope you are enjoying your Summer with your family and friends! At Parents’ Place, we kicked off the Summer with our annual Open House, on Friday, June 21st. Our goal each year is to welcome new families from the community and strengthen their awareness and access to available resources. I am pleased to report that we had our largest Open House turnout of 308 people, and the majority of parents visited us for the first time! The Open House was a fun event for everyone involved. Parents were able to meet our staff and network with other families, while the children enjoyed Alligator Al’s fascinating reptile show. Furthermore, many parents were lucky winners of prizes that we raffled at the end of the evening. Thank you to all donors and volunteers who helped us coordinate and execute the event. We would also like to give a warm thanks to Dr. Pendleton, Principal at Coronado High School, for her continued support with our Open House. As we start the second half of the year, I would like to reflect and highlight Mary Holland, a Parents’ Place Board Member and one of our founders. Mary has supported Parents’ Place since 1989 in many ways, both through her leadership and expertise. Mary has been a guest facilitator for our Play to Learn workshops and has shared vital child development information at our Birth to Five seminars. | We are very grateful for all that Mary does for families of children with special needs in our community. This upcoming quarter, we will continue to offer valuable information and we are introducing two new trainings in English and Mandarin: Medi-Cal Eligibility (8/20/19) and Social Security Eligibility & Appeals (9/26/19). The representatives will also offer 30-minute, one-to-one clinics immediately following the training. During the October -December quarter the presenters will be bilingual in English-Spanish. You must pre-register for the trainings and the individual clinics since space is limited. In closing, please note that we are celebrating our milestone, 30th Annual Birth to Five Disabilities/Possibilities Seminar on September 28th, 8 am - 1 pm. We are honored to have Ruth Padilla-King, LCSW from Kaiser Educational Outreach Program as our keynote speaker. She will be discussing the importance of attachment and social and emotional development of children 0-5 years of age. All participants will receive a certificate of participation. This year our seminar will be held in Coronado High School’s cafeteria in West Covina. Please go to our website www.parentsplacefrc.com to register. You may also call our office at (626) 919-1091 for more information. We are looking forward to seeing you this quarter! |
Estimados Padres, Profesionales y Miembros de la Comunidad, Espero que estén disfrutando de su verano con la familia y amigos. ¡Es increíble lo rápido que ha pasado la primera mitad de este año! En Parents' Place, iniciamos el verano con nuestro Open House, el 21 de Junio. Me complace informar que fue un gran éxito. Tuvimos la participación de 308 personas, que es el más grande total hasta ahora! El major detalle, es que para la mayoría de los padres presentes, esta fue su primera vez en Parents’ Place. Ese es nuestro objetivo cada año: dar la bienvenida a nuevas familias de la comunidad y facilitar su conciencia y acceso a los recursos disponibles. El Open House fue un evento divertido para todos los involucrados. Los padres pudieron reunirse con nuestro personal y establecer redes con otras familias, mientras que los niños disfrutaron del emocionante espectáculo de reptiles de Alligator Al. Además, muchos padres fueron afortunados ganadores de buenos premios que se rifaron al final de la noche. Gracias a los voluntarios que nos ayudaron a coordinar y ejecutar el evento y un agradecimiento especial a la Directora Pendleton, de la Escuela Secundaria Coronado, por su continuo apoyo al Lugar de los Padres y proporcionar las mesas y sillas para este evento. Al comenzar la segunda mitad del año, me gustaría reflexionar en la senorita Mary Holland, miembra de la Junta Executiva de Parents' Place y una de las fundadoras iniciales. Mary, junto con un par de otros individuos, fundó Parents' Place en 1989. Trabaja también en la práctica privada, sirviendo como Directora de el Programa de Servicios Familiares Infantiles en Long Beach, que se especializa en servicios de intervención temprana en el hogar para niños de 0 a 3 años de edad. A lo largo de los años, Mary ha apoyado el Lugar de los Padres en diferentes maneras, tanto en su papel de liderazgo como colaboradora. | Por ejemplo, ha facilitado muchos talleres de Play to Learn y presentado en los seminarios Birth to Five. Además, ella remite a otros profesionales para proporcionar capacitaciones sobre temas de intervención temprana y está constantemente buscando maneras en que Parents' Place puede continuar mejorando sus servicios a la comunidad. Estamos muy agradecidos por las contribuciones de Mary y la felicitamos por sus 30 años de dedicación a las familias que servimos. En el próximo trimestre, continuaremos ofreciendo capacitaciones importantes e introduciremos dos nuevas: Elegibilidad y Apelaciones de Medi-Cal, así como Elegibilidad y Apelaciones del Seguro Social. Somos conscientes de que muchos padres a menudo necesitan capacitaciones en un idioma distinto del Inglés. Como resultado, estamos muy emocionados de anunciar que estas dos nuevas capacitaciones serán presentadas por representantes bilingues (Inglés-Mandarin) y ofreceremos reuniones de 30 minutos (clínicas) individuales, inmediatamente después de las capacitaciones, en caso de que tenga cuestiones que discutir. Es importante que se registre previamente para la capacitacion y las clínica individual, ya que el espacio es limitado. El próximo trimestre (Octubre—Diciembre), los presentadores serán bilingues Inglés-Español. Esperamos que aproveche esta gran oportunidad. Para terminar, tenga en cuenta que estamos celebrando nuestro 30vo Aniversario de nuestro Seminario anual de Discapacidades/Posibilidades de Nacimiento—5 años en Septiembre 28 del 2019. El evento se centrará en el desarrollo social y emocional de los niños de 0 a 5 años de edad. Nuestra presentadora sera Ruth Padilla-King, LSCW de Kaiser Educational Outreach Program. Este Año sera en la cafeteria de la preparatoria Coronado. Por favor visite nuestra red electronica www.parentsplacefrc.com para registrarse. También puede llamar a nuestra oficina al (626) 919-1091 para obtener más información. ¡Espero ver a muchos de ustedes muy pronto! |
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