March 2, 2007 12 Adar 5767 Seminars & Conferences That Are Shabbat Friendly Additional Yoga Course in New Jersey Education Resources Inc. has informed us that it has added an additional session of its popular course: "Yoga Therapy for the Child with Developmental Challenges" It will be held May 10-11 (Thurs-Fri) in Livingston, NJ Instructor: Anne Buckley-Reen, OTR, RYT For details or registration call (800) 487-6530 or in MA (508) 359-6533 or go to: www.educationresourcesinc.com for information on this and other courses and seminars in the coming months, click here Jobs Available The Lakewood Board of Education, Office of Related Services, is looking for Occupational Therapists. Contact: Adina Weisz, Supervisor of Related Services aweisz@piners.org Fax Resume: 732-363-0810 We are looking to hire OT's around the State of New Jersey we are a frum Early Intervention Agency that offers the highest rates. Moshe Szanzer CompCare Therapeutics Inc. Office: 732-886-8070 cell: 732-691-9619 Thera-Play Services seeks CFY's, SLP-CCC's, and OT's for immediate Full-Time BOE openings in Manhattan and the Bronx. This position pays $85,000 plus excellent benefits. School follows BOE schedule and hours are approx. 8:30AM- 2:30PM. Contact David Frances at centerjobops@ aol.com, call (718)785-0551 or fax your resume to (718) 732-2544.
2007 AOTA CONFERENCE UPDATE Meet me iiin St.. Loouiiis... There is still time to register, even though the Early Registration deadline has passed. Go to www.aota.org and click on the Conference link for details and online registration forms, as well as for Housing information OJOTC SHABBAT PROGRAM After you have registered to attend Conference, make sure to sign up for the OJOTC Shabbat Program, Glatt Kosher catered dinner and lunch at the Renaissance Grand Hotel. We need to know how many OT s and guests to prepare for, so take a minute and sign up today. Follow this link to our web site
For the ACCOMMODATIONS/LODGING page for Conference click here. Room Sharing Requests: Are you planning to attend Conference, but looking for a roommate? Lauren Gelnick of Touro College (lgelnick@yahoo.com) would like to share a hotel room for Shabbat only. Contact her if you are interested is sharing. Dr. Estelle Breines of New Jersey (elka6301@earthlink.net) is coming early to Conference and is looking to share a room for Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday nights (April 17-18-19). Contact her if you are also arriving early and would like to share. Are You Scheduled to be a Presenter at Conference? Whether it s a Poster Session, a Short Course or a Panel, let us know which day and what time it s scheduled for, so we can spread the word among our members. (If by chance, you were scheduled for Shabbat, there is still time for you to contact AOTA and ask for a change in day. If you need help, contact us and we will direct you to the right people) Our organization is recognized by AOTA as a part of the Multi-Cultural Network. As a leader of OJOTC, I will be a member of a panel leading a discussion of Health Disparities and Occupational Therapy and would like to have some input from our members of experiences you have had with this issue to bring to the table. Please e-mail me your thoughts, comments and suggestions to peggy@ojotc.org Our session is scheduled for the first day of Conference, Friday, April 20 th, from 12:30 to 2 p.m. Hope you will join us. Peggy L. Gurock, OTR Passaic, NJ
OJOTC Shabbat Program Our OJOTC Shabbat Program will be based at the Renaissance Grand Hotel, thanks to the cooperation of AOTA and its Multi-cultural network. We have been given the use of the Pershing/Lindell Rooms for our Friday night dinner and Shabbat lunch. We have made arrangements with Kohn s Kosher, a St. Louis Glatt Kosher restaurant and caterer, to provide our meals. Please make your meal reservations as soon as possible so that we know how many people to plan for (and reserve a larger room for our meals if a larger number of people than expected plan to join us). Shabbat dinner is $45 per person; Shabbat lunch is $35 per person, which includes the service fees that we have to pay to the hotel to bring in our Kosher caterer. Follow this link for our OJOTC Shabbat reservation form: Here is the tentative menu, suggested by Kohn s (which we can certainly adjust based upon feedback from our members: Friday Dinner gefilte fish, poached salmon fillet, or meatballs tossed salad w/artichoke hearts of palm, grape tomato choice of chicken artichoke and wine marsala mango sauce stuffed with spinach and sundried tomato rice pilaf or oven roast potato oven roast veggies or green beans almandine challah rolls fresh fruit apple strudel or another dessert choice
Shabbat Lunch Asian tossed salad with grilled chicken cold cut platters relish tray redskin potato salad green bean mushroom salad assorted breads and rolls fresh fruit brownies and cookies Minyanim On Shabbat This year, for the first time, OJOTC is hoping to have Minyanim on Shabbat. We have made arrangements to borrow a Sefer Torah and Siddurim, IF enough OJOTC members and guests are planning to attend. BUT WE MUST KNOW HOW MANY MEN WILL ATTEND IN ADVANCE, so we can finalize the arrangements. So if you (male OT s) and/or your spouse or guest will be joining us, let us know ASAP, by e-mail (conference@ojotc.org). Also, let us know if you are a Ba-al Korey or Ba al T fillah. Hotel Shabbat Arrangements The Renaissance Grand Hotel is very much aware of our Shabbat needs. If you are staying there, let us know. The hotel does not have non-electronic room keys BUT, they will advise their Concierge and Front Desk people that we will need to be taken to our rooms and let in; they will also be advised or our needs regarding lights in our rooms, etc.
Conference Shabbat Arrangements As we did last year in Charlotte, we have arranged with AOTA for a secure location where we can leave our bags, badges etc at the Convention Center over Shabbat (since there is no Eruv in downtown St. Louis) Along, to avoid the problem of having our badges swiped to get Continuing Ed credit for sessions that we sit in on Shabbat, we will again distribute OJOTC cards which can be handed in, instead of having our cards swiped. * * * * * * * * * * * * * We look forward to an inspiring Shabbat as part of the AOTA Conference experience and we want to hear from you. Let us know what you would like to be included during our Shabbat program. Email us at Conference@ojotc.org YOM HA-ATZMAUT Sunday night, April 22 and Monday, April 23, is Yom Ha Atzmaut. We have been told that there will be Yom Ha Atzmaut celebrations sponsored by several of the shuls in St. Louis, which we might want to attend. We will pass on the details as we receive them. E-Mail Addresses
Are you changing your e-mail address? Make sure to let us know. Most e- mail servers don t forward mail (like the U.S. Postal Service does. Send us your new address to members@ojotc.org (And, of course, if you know of OT s or OT Students who should be on our list, tell them to send us their names and e-mail addresses.) OJOTC Web Site Our web site keeps expanding. But we can use your input. What would you like to see on it? Let us know (info@ojotc.org) and we will try to make it happen. Best Wishes for a Freilach Purim to All