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Direct Support Professional Recognition Week is part of the American Network of Community Options and Resources (ANCOR) National Advocacy Campaign, whose mission is to enhance the lives of all people with disabilities who rely on long-term supports and services by obtaining the resources to recruit, train and retain a highly qualified and sustainable workforce.
• Learn about the workplace crisis that affects human service organizations and how organizations can support its staff.
• Learn how to keep yourself motivated and engaged in the workplace.
• Learn how to recognize, prevent and respond to secondary traumatic stress.
• Acquire techniques to attain and sustain strong time management skills.
• Learn mindfulness strategies to help maintain a positive state of mind in the workplace
• Find ways to manage yourself in the workplace and achieve work/life balance.
• Share personal challenges and find solutions and new perspectives.
• Learn how to retain talented employees.
• Learn ways to talk to your boss and get ahead at your job.
Annual picnic runs until 3 p.m. and will be held at The New York Foundling Staten Island, 119 Tompkins Ave., Staten Island.
Healthy Families New York is a free, voluntary, at-home program designed to help new and expectant parents meet the challenges of parenting and ensure the healthy development of their children. The program provides intensive prenatal and ongoing parenting education until the child is of school age. We believe that with proper support and guidance, these parents can be equipped with the parenting expertise to raise their children successfully and independently.
The Mott Haven Academy Charter School empowers children in an educational environment that addresses and reduces the barriers to academic success through the integration of family support services with a rigorous, college-preparatory academic program. Our graduates will be resilient, resourceful, independent scholars who have the skills necessary to reach their full potential and to build a better future.