Team TGS will be running the Denver Colfax Marathon, Half Marathon or Urban 10 Miler on Sunday, May 19, 2013 (www.coloradocolfaxmarathon.org).

We are participating in this event to raise Scholarship Funds for students at the Temple Grandin School.

The Temple Grandin School (TGS) is a nonprofit middle and high school that serves students with Asperger’s Syndrome and similar learning profiles. Meeting the needs of these students requires a significant financial investment. Full tuition this year is $25,000 (or more with special services), and it can be a huge burden for families, many of whom have already tapped deep into their financial resources to provide therapies and other needed services for their children. It is our desire that no student be denied a quality education that meets their needs because of a lack of financial resources.  Many TGS families request Financial Assistance and through this extraordinary fundraising effort we hope to make it available to more of them. We thank you for your generous donation and support.

Come join Team TGS!
Click here to go to our registration page where you can sign up to

DONATE

or RUN with us to support these kids right to a happy, fulfilled, effective life.

Step 1: Click here or on the logo above to sign up to run or walk on May 19th.  When you do, make sure you select Temple Grandin School as your Charity Partner to let them know you are running to raise funds for Temple Grandin School.

Step 2: Click here to go to TGS’ Team page to officially join our team and set up your individualized fundraising page.

Email Lea Anne for questions.

Our Family & Community Liaison, Lea Anne Paskvalich,

Lea Anne stretches herself to the utmost on the upper slopes of Mt Everest!

is putting together a fast-moving fundraising effort for TGS. She is inviting anyone interested to join her team in running/walking all or part of the Colorado Colfax Marathon. Here is an excerpt from her recent informational email:

People who are runners, joggers, walkers  and “just thinking about it scares me” are all welcome on Team TGS. This Half Marathon event is several months away, so there is plenty of time to train! Make your New Year’s Resolution happen this year and commit to fitness after diving into all those holiday meals.

The time is now to join Team TGS and Lea Anne and feel the goal oriented positive impact you can have on yourself and TGS students. Check out the Team TGS Page where you will find a link to “Join Our Team”. After joining Team TGS, go to the Colorado Colfax Marathon page and register!

Click here to register for
TGS 3rd Annual Professional Wine and Cheese Seminar:
Please note – if the page doesn’t bring up a form, try refreshing/reloading the page.  If that doesn’t work, send an email to events@templegrandinschool.org.
A $40 suggested donation is requested to help us defray costs.

Wine and Cheese Seminar Location:

Mountain Shadows Montessori School 4154 63rd Street Boulder, Colorado

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Sarah Ward, MS CCC-SLP

Sarah Ward, M.S., CCC/SLP and Co-Director has over 15 years experience in diagnostic evaluations, treatment and
case management of children, adolescents and adults with a wide range of developmental and
acquired brain based learning difficulties and behavioral problems not limited to but including:

• Attention Deficit Disorder
  
• Verbal Learning Disabilities
  
• Non-Verbal Learning Disabilities
  
• Asperger Syndrome
  
• Other Social-Cognitive Learning Disabilities
  
• Traumatic Brain Injury
  
• Acquired Brain Injury

Her particular interest is in the assessment and treatment of executive function deficits.

Sarah also provides consultation and expert witness testimony regarding the symptoms and functional presentation of deficits associated with brain based learning disabilities and the appropriateness of academic placement and treatment programs.

She became a specialist in the assessment and rehabilitation of traumatic brain injury with an emphasis on the treatment of executive functions. She subsequently began to train graduate students in speech and language pathology, medical and special education professionals on the symptoms and treatment methods to improve the language, cognitive, executive function and social skills of brain based disorders.

Sarah is the immediate Past President of the Massachusetts Brain Injury Association, is a member of the Massachusetts Acquired Brain Injury Advisory Board, the National Institutes of Health Model

Systems Traumatic Brain Injury Grant Advisory Board and is a member of the American Speech and Language Hearing Association.  She holds a guest faculty appointment at the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions where she provides instruction to graduate level students in the assessment techniques, development of therapeutic objectives, and intervention strategies for individuals with traumatic brain injury.

Sarah is dedicated to developing innovative treatment strategies and educating the community to understand, care for and celebrate the learning and behavioral based differences in individuals with brain based learning differences.

A popular speaker, Sarah regularly presents locally and nationally on the topic of executive functions to a variety of professional and parent organizations, school and lay groups.  She has presented to and consulted with over 250 public and private schools in Massachusetts and across the United States.

Awards Received:

• Recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award from the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute
  of Health Professions, May, 2005.
  

• Recipient of the Faculty in Excellence Award from the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute
  of Health Professions, May, 2002 and 2011
  

• Recipient of the Partners in Excellence Award from the Massachusetts General Hospital ,
  December, 1998
  

• Recipient of the Stephanie Macaluso Expertise in Clinical Practice Award for the Massachusetts
  General Hospital , June 1998.

LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION

• Licensed Speech and Language Pathologist of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
  

• Certificate of Clinical Competence of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

It is a 5k Run/Walk to raise money for scholarships for families with middle & high school students with Asperger’s Syndrome and similar learning profiles to attend TGS.

The event will be held at Waneka Lake park in Lafayette, CO at 9 am on September 22, 2012.

This is a non-timed, family friendly run/walk event (unofficial times will be available for those interested).

Many FREEBIES to be given away to participants on the day of the race!

Click here to sign up to participate, sponsor another participant or sponsor the event!

Sponsor TGS’ First Annual Scholarship Shuffle

Promote your organization and help TGS families at the same time!
Sponsorship information is now available:

1. email events@templegrandinschool.org
2. Sign up through our event website, http://tgsshuffle.us! Click on the “Sponsorship Opportunities” link on the navigation bar.

Sponsorship Levels

Platinum Level (3 available)                                                       $1000

•                    Premier sponsorship level with prominent use of name and/or logo on all marketing materials

•                    Own Sponsorship Banner: “Sponsored by…. “ at event entrance

•                    Name/logo listed first & largest on start/finish line banner

•                    Placement of name/logo prominently on t-shirt provided to each participant

•                    Name/logo and a link to your website placed prominently on homepage of event website

•                    Name/logo and a link to your website placed on TGS website

•                    3 prominent announcements/ads/thanks by racecourse announcer as primary event sponsor

•                    4 entries into the TGS Scholarship Shuffle

Gold Level (7 available)                                                       $500

•                    Premier sponsorship level with prominent use of name and/or logo on all marketing materials

•                    Name/logo on start/finish line banner

•                    Placement of name/logo on t-shirt provided to each participant

•                    Name/logo and a link to your website placed on TGS website

•                    3 announcements/ads/thanks by racecourse announcer

•                    2 entries into the TGS Scholarship Shuffle

Silver Level (10 available)                                                       $250

•                    Premium sponsorship level with use of name and/or logo on all marketing materials

•                    Name on start/finish line banner

•                    Name on t-shirt provided to each participant

•                    Name/logo placed on TGS website

•                    2 announcements/ads/thanks by race course announcer

Bronze Level (20 available)                                                $100

•                    Sponsorship level with use of name on marketing materials

•                    Name on t-shirt provided to each participant

•                    1 announcement/ad/thanks by race course announcer

Come hear about TGS program of strengths based learning.  Co-Founder and Executive Director, Jen Wilger and Co-Founder & Academic Dean, David Hazen, will walk through the program, the daily experience of kids, the Plus One program, what supports TGS provides, the nature of our collaborations, and much more.

Students are welcome.  Snacks and drinks are provided.

Feel free to call or email for more details.  RSVP appreciated but not required.
303-554-7363
info@templegrandinschool.org

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