Programs of the Alexander Institute
Parent Support Group
This group is open to anyone who has someone in their life with special needs. Please join us for lively discussions and a chance to connect with other Jewish parents caregivers, and family members.
Date: Every Third Tuesday of the Month
Beginning 05/20/08
Time: 7:00-8:00pm
Location: Jewish Family Service
4131 South Braeswood
Houston, Texas 77025
This group is co-facilitated by Jody Mizrachi, MA LPC-I, and Jamie Paul Weiner, M.S.W.
For more information please contact Jody Mizrachi at (713) 667-9336 ext. 207
Informational Speakers
Please join us every first Tuesday of the month for a different speaker on various topics regarding special needs and disability.
June 3, 2008 –“Healthy Sexuality” with Meryl Cohen
Parents are their children's primary sex educators, but many parents are afraid to talk to their children (disabled or not) about sexuality. Parents often fear that talking about sex may cause problems. But, parents need to assist any child—regardless of her/his abilities—to develop life skills. Without important sexual health knowledge, young people may make unwise decisions and/or take sexual health risks.
Meryl Cohen, M.Ed., LCSW, Vice President for Education of Planned Parenthood will address these parent concerns. She will give practical advice on dealing with children's questions and concerns as well as language to use that is medically accurate. Bring your concerns and questions June 3rd at 7:00 PM.
Date: 06/03/08
Time: 7:00-8:30pm
Location: Jewish Family Service
4131 South Braeswood
Houston, Texas 77025
July 1, 2008 –“Special (and not so special) Education in Texas” with Jacquie Brennan
Which students are eligible for special education in Texas? What law covers special education? Is special education now the way it was when I was in school? How can I prepare for an ARD meeting? What happens if I disagree with the school? How can I maximize my child's potential? What if I put my child in a private school? Jacquie Brennan, an attorney with The Southwest ADA Center who focuses her practice on disability law issues, will answer these, and many other, questions about special education in Texas public schools.
Date: 07/01/08
Time: 7:00-8:30pm
Location: Jewish Family Service
4131 South Braeswood
Houston, Texas 77025
For more information please contact Jody Mizrachi at (713) 667-9336 ext. 207
*There is no fee for these services
“And According to the (Multiple) Intelligence of the Child You Should Answer Him
Including All Our Children in Education and in Our Community
Presented by Rabbi Steven Morgen, Congregation Beth Yeshurun, April 12, 2008
Every year the Passover Haggadah reminds us that there are many different types of people sitting around our Seder Table. It does that by means of a Rabbinic concoction composed of different verses in the Torah, taken out of context, and scrambled together in a way only our Sages could have formulated. We know it as the “Four Sons.” I prefer the more egalitarian, “Four Children.”
“Yes,” our ancestors inform us, “there are Wise Children, Difficult Children, Simple Children, and Children who do not ask a lot of questions.” (I don't know very many of those!) Long before Howard Gardner came up with the revolutionary theory of “Multiple Intelligences,” our Sages made us aware of this powerful insight. [more]
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