NOHRC Gives Back - Achievement Centers for Children

Achievements Centers for Children is honored to have been invited to participate in the 2012 Northern Ohio Human Resource Conference (NOHRC) at the Cleveland IX Center on March 9, 2012 and to be the beneficiary of the conference 50/50 raffle.

The mission of the Achievement Centers for Children is to enable and empower children with disabilities and their families to grow, learn, play and prepare for lifelong achievement in society. We provide a broad range of services and programs for children with disabilities and special needs. The nearly 4,000 children and families that benefit from our services may be your employees, friends, family, or others in our community. We offer:

• Education and Autism Services
• Therapy Services
• Recreation and Adapted Sports
• Family Support Services

Did you know?

• Developmental disabilities are common:  about 1 in 6 children in the U.S. had a developmental disability in 2006-2008 according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC).
• The prevalence of children with autism is 1 in 110, and continues to increase.

If you have employees with children with disabilities, we invite them to call and talk with one of our social workers or tour our facilities. Our social workers can help identify resources, and programs to help their children “be all they can be.” Our social workers can also direct them to community resources outside our agency.

We welcome the opportunity to speak with participants at our table at the NOHRC conference. We will be accepting donations of art supplies and books to be used in our autism classrooms (preschool and K-5) at our locations in Highland Hills and Westlake, and with our over 1,700 campers that come to Camp Cheerful in Strongsville each year.

Here are some suggestions:

Art Supplies

Finger paint and finger paint paper	Foam stickers and foam sticker craft kits	Glitter
Washable Markers	Card stock – white and various colors	Children’s scissors
Fluorescent paints	Construction paper – all sizes	Glue sticks
Easel paper – for painting	Tagboard	Glue in bottles
Stamps – animals, ABC’s, numbers shapes	Large roll (bulletin board) paper	Crayons
Google eyes	Stencils – animals, shapes	Stickers
		Cotton balls – white and colors
Books
Picture books	Texture/tactile books	Pop-up books
Board books – preschool, Kindergarten, 1st grade levels	Eric Carle books that are currently at Kohl’s with the cute stuffed animals.

Also, we’ve seen some great successes using special applications on electronic devices to help children with disabilities communicate. We have found them especially useful in our autism classrooms and our speech and language therapy sessions. We would be very grateful for any donations of these devices to allow us to use them with more children.

• iPad
• iPod

How You Can Help