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Our Impact
Fiscal Year 2013-14
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How You Can
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Amazon donates 0.5% of the price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases to Ann Martin Center!
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Upcoming
Parent Education
Workshop
Understanding the Special Education Process
Thursday, October 23
6:45 - 8:15 p.m.
Speaker:
Ann McDonald-Cacho
Education Advocate, DREDF
PEP is excited to host this parent workshop with the Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund (DREDF). Their Education Advocate, Ann McDonald-Cacho, will present on the rights of students with disabilities and how families and youth of majority-age can effectively assert those rights.
Covered topics include:
- Protective laws such as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
- How to request evaluation from schools
- Timelines
- How to advocate for students across the special education process
- Ways to resolve disagreements
- Where to find information and help.
Register here!
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Upcoming Professional Development
Lecture
Mindfulness and Self Regulation
Friday, October 17, 2014
12:30 - 2 p.m.
Presenter:
Elaine Peterson, MEd
A growing body of evidence suggests that mindfulness - the practice of paying attention to the present moment without judgment - can help young people self regulate at home and at school, improving their learning potential and emotional well-being. Cultivating awareness of breath, thoughts, senses and emotions can greatly benefit adults and children alike. Specific conditions like ADHD, executive functioning, and different behavioral challenges can respond positively to "awareness practice". This talk will explore what mindfulness practice looks like and how to implement it in the classroom, as well as in one-on-one educational and psychotherapeutic settings. Current research will be reviewed, as well as specific guidelines and exercises designed especially for children.
Register here!
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Where Your Contributions Are Going
Fiscal Year 2013-14
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In 2013, 81% of total contributions received went towards providing direct services to children and families. Thank you for your support!
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Donor Honor Roll
Fiscal Year 2013-14
Ann Martin Center is grateful to all the individuals, corporations and businesses that supported us through financial and in-kind gifts last year.
Special thanks to our Foundation and Corporate Partners
($10,000 and above)
Avery Fuller Welch Children's Foundation
Clorox Company Foundation
Clarence B. & Joan Coleman Charitable Foundation
Dodge & Cox
Thomas J. Long Foundation
The Nicholson Family Foundation
Robert S. & Helen P. Odell Fund
Louise & Arthur Patterson
Bernard E. and Alba Witkin Charitable Foundation
Thank you!
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Contact Us
1375 55th Street
Emeryville, CA 94608
Tel. (510) 655-7880
Fax (510) 655-3379
Map and Directions
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David Theis, DMH
AMC Executive Director
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Our new training year at Ann Martin Center is underway. It's always an exciting time as we start up seminars that will be teaching the complex art and science of child psychotherapy to thirty psychology intern and practicum trainees. We're proud of the breadth and depth of our training program coordinated by our Assistant Clinical Director Beth Berkowitz, PsyD and Practicum Training Coordinator, Mahima Muralidharan, PsyD. Trainees are an indispensable part of our staff of 80 clinicians who bring a wide range of clinical skills and expertise. We're thrilled with our new facility in Emeryville where we relocated in the spring of 2013. We're still settling in and discovering the potential of the new building. With 29 therapy offices, our clinic is poised for action to help children through psychotherapy, educational therapy, and psycho-educational testing. Read More>> |
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NEW VIDEO!
Ann Martin clinicians provide early intervention at Oakland schools
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Click image above to be directed to our video.
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Thanks to funding provided by First Five Alameda County/Project LAUNCH, Ann Martin Center piloted and implemented a Classroom-Based Intervention (CBI)
service model at Sobrante Park, Brookfield Village and Markham Elementary Schools. The CBI model provides supportive, preventive and therapeutic services within the classroom to underserved Pre-K through 2nd grade students, many of whom struggle with behavioral and emotional challenges that impede learning and full school participation.
On a once a week basis, Ann Martin Center clinicians provide whole-classroom presentations that teach and reinforce students' social-emotional developmental skills through role playing, story-telling, music, and/or other interactive participatory activities. The goal of CBI is to help students build self-regulation skills, increase social-emotional awareness and communication, develop the capacity for empathy, and improve their overall experience at school by nurturing a culture of safety in the classroom and at school. Furthermore, there is a teacher capacity building component of the CBI model that helps teachers incorporate CBI concepts and activities into their daily curriculum. This collaborative intervention model supports teachers, providing them with additional knowledge and skills to work successfully with challenging students and improve classroom dynamics.
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THE LEARNING PROGRAM:
Bolstering Confidence
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By Betty Peterson, MEd, Learning Program Director
Maria* is a 2nd grade girl who had been diagnosed with a reading disability and speech articulation difficulty. After working with a learning specialist at Ann Martin Center, she began to bloom as a reader.
Her parent noted:
"Maria now chooses to read when she has free time which had previously been her last choice of activities. She has gained so much confidence at school and will read aloud at home, proud of her new skill. She no longer feels shame as a learner and, in fact, will confidently take on a new challenge. Not only has she gained skills as a reader, but she has become more resilient with the ups and downs of learning."
(*All names have been changed to protect confidentiality)
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By Evelyn Apte, Former AMC Board President
It seems like both the far distant past and yet just moments ago. I was on the board of the Ann Martin Center from 1986 to 1992, during which I served as vice president and then board president.
This was a period of great change in terms of the Center's direction and personnel. It seemed we were constantly struggling to find our way. In the space of four years, there was a rapid turnover of three executive directors. Once again the position was open and a most unusual applicant presented himself. I was both delighted and a bit apprehensive when one of our clinical staff members, David Theis, applied for the job. My main concern was that we would lose a talented and committed clinician. Also, I pondered whether he was really ready to give up clinical practice for administrative work.
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SAVE-THE-DATE!
Annual Spring Gala 2015
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Friday, April 17, 2015
Oakland Scottish Rite Center
hor d'oeuvres cocktail
silent auction
live auction
special appeal delightful dinner
client testimony
magic show
Kathy Nicholson Hull, PsyD, MA
Gala Honorary Chair
Kathy has been active in clinical psychology for more than 25 years. For the past ten years, her professional life has been focused on the George Mark Children's House, as co-founder and vice president of the Board of Directors.
A woman filled with warmth and compassion, Kathy is an inspirational visionary and advocate for children and families struggling with life-threatening debilitating diseases. Kathy is also an adjunct staff member of Children's Hospital Oakland, where she spent several years as part of an interdisciplinary team that treated young oncology patients and their families. In addition, she has been a staff member at Ann Martin Center, and a member of several professional organizations in mental health. Kathy earned a Bachelor of Arts in sociology from the University of California, Santa Barbara, a Master of Arts in marriage, family and child counseling from Santa Clara University and a Doctor of Psychology from the Illinois School of Professional Psychology. Kathy is married to Bill Gisvold and has seven daughters, one son, and eight grandchildren.
Patrick Martin, Entertainer
Selected to entertain for the White House, television specials, and more, Patrick Martin is a world-class illusionist. He blends humor, visual mystery and audience participation for a fresh and enchanting evening that is unforgettable. Get ready to be amazed!
Tickets
For more information or to purchase early bird tickets, please email Nu-Nhi at nnguyen@annmartin.org or call (510) 655-7880 ext. 304.
How to Help
We hope you can join us for
A Night of Magic!
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