Important Dates
Next Open House:
November 14
School Closing Dates:
November 11 (Veterans Day)
Early Dismissal Dates:
November 15
JC's Book of the Month:
If You Give a Cat a Cupcake
Yehavit's Book of the Month:
Yertle the Turtle
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Welcome, New Staff!
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Staff Birthdays:
Nov. 1 - Janet Delgado
Nov. 24 - Matt Willings
Nov. 30 - Raven Stokes
Nov. 30 - Tom Cleary |
Staff Profile: 5 Things You Didn't Know About Katie Polizzi
 Katie Polizzi is one of our ABA Program Coordinators at BAC. Here are five things you didn't know about Katie!
- She was the captain of her speech and debate team in college.
- She's enjoyed fishing since she was a toddler.
- Like a true Long Island girl, she's known all the words to Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire" since she was four.
- She loves Jets football and the UFC and listens to sports radio every morning on the way to work.
- This month marks her three-year anniversary at BAC. "I've been able to see the growth and development of an amazing working environment. I enjoy coming in every day and knowing that we are not only growing as a school but I am able to contribute to the growth of the Learners and staff every day."
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We're Thankful for Our Progress at BAC!
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Over the last month, we have had many fun and exciting activities at BAC! We are very fortunate to be in such a welcoming building where staff members from all organizations want to work together. During Halloween, many of the organizations in our building participated in a trick-or-treating event where our students and the students from the Helen Keller School for the Blind dressed up and went to the different floors, where they were greeted by friendly people from different businesses. Everyone had such a great time! Our students have all continued to enjoy their time each week during horseback riding, yoga, and music. They will also be starting to take trips to the local library on Fridays to learn how to check out books and use their own library cards. The wonderful students from our partner school, Hannah Senesh, will be starting to come to our school to help facilitate peer socialization. Some of our students will also be joining the students from Hannah Senesh at their school during their inclusion time. We would like to publicly congratulate Khadine Joseph for her recent promotion to a lead instructor position. We would also like to welcome Sara Jelinek to our staff as our newest behavioral instructor, and a new student, Yehavit, to join the BAC family! We are all very excited to have a new instructor, 2 new BCBA interns, 3 new volunteers, and our new Executive Director, Jana Levin, join our team! The BAC family continues to grow! Thank you all so much for your support! Sincerely, 
Julie Russell Educational Director
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Join Our 5k Run/Walk for Autism!
Join the Brooklyn Autism Center's Run / Walk on November 17th in Riverside Park!
Please show your support for those affected by Autism. Help us help them by running, walking, strolling, sponsoring someone in the race/walk, encouraging others to race/walk, or by your generous donation. Register at the GenEvents website here .
Whether you want to host your own team or sponsor a participant, please help BAC reach their $40,000 fundraising goal!
All proceeds go towards BAC's mission of providing high-quality, individualized educational programs for our children!
The race is two weeks away and we've already raised over $27,000 of our goal. Give us that final push and make a donation today!
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T Practices Vocational Skills at Local Business
by Theresa Basile
At BAC, we feel that helping our learners develop community and vocational skills is of vital importance. The latest individualized program to improve life skills focuses on the workplace. "T," one of our oldest learners, has been working at Key Food Montague Street since spring 2013 to develop job skills while bagging groceries. Read more.
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Sky has learned how to make animal sounds. Throughout the day, you will hear him saying "quack quack" when he plays with his farm animal puzzle!...Michael loves climbing the new rock wall and cheers on his teachers and classmates when it's their turn!...Yehavit enjoys reading books during her break and she is great at writing her letters!...Brayden
went to the Children's Museum of the Arts to make an abstract of himself and his teacher, Liz, in their Halloween costumes!...Dylan has been making progress with his running on the treadmill and will be starting a new exercise program!...
Jack loves counting and is great at learning new math skills!...
Peter enjoys having music in his last session and playing "West Coast" by Coconut Records with his teacher, Matt!...T
is running in our 5k on November 17th and is training hard for the race!...ID really loves going to Gallop NYC and said it was "awesome!"...JC has been enjoying reading and loved his first trip to the library with his classmates!...Emaad has been making great strides with his toilet training and enjoys playing with his Spider-man toy as a reinforcer!...Greta has discovered an interest in xylophones and bells, and she loves to play along with the rest of our students during music on Wednesdays!...Ian loves playing on our new full-body swing in the playroom!
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Sign up for Our Lecture Series!
The Brooklyn Autism Center is pleased to provide lectures and workshops relevant to behavior analysts, parents and others in the autism community. Here are the dates of our upcoming lectures:
11/19/13: Introduction to ABA (Applied Behavior Analysis)
An overview of applied behavior analysis will be presented to gain a basic level of understanding.
Time: 6:00-7:40 PM
Fee: $30.00
1.5 CEUs available
12/5/13: Reducing Problem Behavior
Assessments, analyses, and treatment of problem behavior will be discussed
Time: 6:00-7:40 PM
Fee: $30.00
1.5 CEUs available
1/16/14: "Why doesn't he use the language he has?"
This presentation will involve a discussion of ways to increase language use with a vocal-verbal learner. The discussion will focus on motivation, shaping, and reinforcement
Time: 6:00-7:40 PM
Fee: $30.00
1.5 CEUs available
Registration can be completed by credit card (via Paypal) or check. See our website for more details. For more information, please contact Julie Russell, M.S., BCBA at jrussell@brooklynautismcenter.org. To register for any of the lectures, please send your name and contact information to info@brooklynautismcenter.org. Please include your BACB certification number if you are a BCBA or BCaBA. CEUs are available through the Behavior Analyst Certification Board.
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