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Partners with Parents Back to School Newsletter - September 2008
Understanding the System - Knowledge is Power
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September 2008
Dear Parents,
Welcome back to everyone from a long and relaxing summer. And welcome to new olim who's summers may not have been relaxing, but surely were exciting as you embarked on the adventure of a lifetime.
School is back in session and the holidays are quickly approaching. During this transition time it is easy to be overwhelmed by the demands of life, especially if your life includes raising children who learn differently.
Our newsletter this month aims to present you with an understanding of the structure of the special education system in Israel - to arm you with information, so that you are less overwhelmed.
Understanding the system is important because knowledge is power! It is the power to make things happen for your children when “the system” is less than perfect.
We want to wish you all a New Year filled with love, happiness, peace and health.
Best Wishes,
Gayle and Esther
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Featured Articles:
Knowledge is Power:
An Educated Parent Can Make Things Happen
By Gayle Shimoff, MA
What is the point in learning about "the system"? You already know how frustrating “the system” can be here in Israel. The fact is, that only by knowing a few things about the system can you learn to work with it and not against it. So, what practically should you as a parent do? read more
From the Israeli Press:
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תשרי תשס"ח
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School Tip!
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Ask for Shaot Shiluv Now! If you think your child in grades 1-9, is eligible for Shaot Shiluv (remedial teaching hours) then contact your school yoetzet (guidance counselor) now. Decisions about which children will receive Shaot Shiluv will be made before Sukkot. Shaot Shiluv
(שעות שילוב ) are provided during school hours by a qualified special education teacher. |
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New Social Skills Groups Starting after the Chagim!
Is your child having difficulty maintaining supportive, accepting peer groups?
Click here to read about social skills training.
Contact Gayle Shimoff, M.A. to find out if these groups are appropriate for your child.
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Recommended
Reading
The Blessing of a Skinned Knee
By Wendy Mogel
A great parenting book for parents of children of all ages!
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This newsletter is sponsored by
Myrna and Seymour Jaffe
in memory of
Leah and Moshe Aharon Lesser,
loving parents, grandparents and
great-grandparents.
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Partners with Parents is a registered Amuta in Israel ( # 58-046-9211 ) and has been approved by P.E.F. Israel Endowment Funds, Inc. to receive U.S. tax deductible contributions. Click here for more information about how to make a donation.
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Helping Israeli Children with Learning
Difficulties Succeed!
Educational Consulting Services - יעוץ חינוכי
The purpose of our newsletter is to keep you regularly informed about events at Partners with Parents, as well as provide you with tips and information about helping kids with learning disabilities, both in Israel and around the world.
Partners with Parents places the highest priority on safeguarding the privacy of all who subscribe to our e-newsletter list. We guarantee that neither your e-mail address, nor any other personal information will ever be disclosed or sold to any third party.
Partners with Parents is an educational consulting service, which helps parents help their children, with learning disabilities or other difficulties, succeed in school.
©2006 Partners with Parents, Educational Consulting Services, Gayle Shimoff.
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Gayle Shimoff, MA
Learning Disabilities
& Reading Specialist
Esther Wolfson, MA
Specialist, Early Childhood
Special Education
Sharon Fishman, MA
Social Skills Instructor,
Special Education
HaChavatzelet Street 17/1
Beit Shemesh 99590
ISRAEL
001-972-2-999-4817
info@partnerswithparents.co.il
www.partnerswithparents.co.il
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