September 12th

Annual Gala honoring Carmen Alvarez, VP of Special Education for the UFT November 20th NYC Mentoring Brunch

Carmen Alvarez is vice president for special education. Since her election to the post in 1990, she has been a key voice in the UFT’s efforts to improve education for children with disabilities. Carmen received her bachelor’s degree in Education for the Emotionally Disturbed from City College and her master’s in Bilingual Education with a focus on learning disabilities from Bank Street College.

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November 7th

7:00 to 9:00 pm
52 Broadway
FREE

United Federation of Teachers in partnership with the NYC Chapter of TSA presents an evening of education and community building. Kathy Giordano, education specialist, compares Tourette Syndrome to an Iceberg. It is what we don't see that is the most important to understanding a child or adult with TS.

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Below are highlights of the talk;

• Recommends Dr. Ross Greene and to visit his website
• Recommends reading Dysinhibition Syndrome by Rose Woods

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November 20th

Tourette Syndrome NYC Chapter Mentoring Brunch

Enjoy a delightful brunch with our speakers who will share with us what it has meant to them to live and succeed with Tourette Syndrome.

Meet:

Ariel Small - "Different Is the New Normal" - Recently seen on PBS

Jeff Koterba - Writer, musician and cartoonist - His cartoons are syndicated in 400 newspapers nationwide

Cara Feuer - Recent graduate of LaGuardia Arts HS - Drama Major class of 2010, currently studying Musical Theatre at AMDA

Heather West - NYC Chef extraordinaire - Gordon Ramsay's Hell's Kitchen reality show 2nd season winner as top chef

We will have a Take a Chance auction with many fun prizes to win

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