Pathways Awarded Henry H. Kessler Foundation
Grant Totaling Almost $35,000
Pathways would like to thank the Henry H.
Kessler Foundation for a grant totaling
almost $35,000. This grant will be used to
prepare and transition children with
disabilities at the age of 14 from our Learning
Through Life program into a more advanced
program where they will receive specialized,
intensive employment training. During the
2008-2009 school year, this program will provide
training in job readiness, technology, and basic
office skills. They will also have the
opportunity to develop small entrepreneur
businesses. During this time, these young adults
with special needs will partner with mentors
ages 16 and above, who will be trained and hired
as job coaches. These job coaches and the young
adults will work as teams under the direction of
the class instructor and be given actual work
projects. When the children with disabilities
reach age 16 and are ready to enter a more
formalized employment environment, Pathways will
begin to transition them into actual job
settings. Their job coaches will accompany
them to work sites and provide support as
needed. Click
here to visit our Learning Through Life page.
Again, we thank the Henry Kessler Foundation for
their generous and continued support of our
programs!! You can visit the Henry Kessler
Foundation at
www.hhkfdn.org.
Pathways for Exceptional Children Awarded
$14,147 Grant from Autism Speaks
On December 20, 2007, Autism Speaks announced
that Pathways for Exceptional Children will
receive a grant to help to
expand the “Magic of Reading” after-school
program, which Pathways initiated in July 2007
in collaboration with the Montville Township
Recreation Department and Library. Pathways will
hire a consultant to provide eight weeks of
specialized training for teachers in the program
on reading techniques specifically geared for
children on the autistic spectrum, plus
additional strategies designed to enhance the
development of skills for all children attending
the program. One of the most exciting aspects of
this grant is that it not only helps us to
expand our recreation and mentoring programs in
Montville Township, but also allows us to build
a new satellite in Summit, New Jersey. The town
of Summit will be receiving funds to start
programs in baseball, tennis, arts & crafts,
life skills, and social games & activities. The
grant also offers funding that will help pilot
additional mentor and adult sensitivity
trainings modeled after Pathways in other
communities throughout New Jersey, and will give
us the capacity to offer services in communities
closer to their homes. For information on Autism
Speaks, visit
www.autismspeaks.org
Pathways’ “Magic of Reading” Program
Receives $8,000 in Grants
Pathways’ Magic of Reading program has continued
to grow since its inception in July 2007. Our
goal is to establish a state-of-the-art reading
program where children with special needs and
children struggling to read can gain the
intensive early intervention they need before
they begin to fail. The program is designed to
make learning to read a fun and motivating
experience and to give parents the insight they
need to help their children at home. We would
like to thank the Linda Bunis Haller Foundation
for their $5,000 grant and the Morgan Stanley
Foundation for their $3,000 grant, both of which
will be designated to this program.
Click here to
visit our Magic of Reading page.
Pathways receives $5,000 Grant
from
Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation
