Events

For parents, guardians, and caregivers of adults with DS. An opportunity to share information, to share your concerns and to discuss issues facing adults with DS and their families. On Wednesday, September 15, at 1:00 PM, the DSA Support Group will be taking a tour of the new Stockley Center in Georgetown, Delaware. The Stockley Center provides habilitative training, health care, family services and residential services for individuals with developmental disabilities. Please contact Teesie Bonk at 302/234-2072 or Teesiebnk@aol.com or Norma Hagan at 302/999-1477 if you will be joining us and if you are in need of transportation. Name tags will be provided to everyone participating in the tour, so please RSVP. This should be a very worthwhile trip. Hope you can join us.

September 17, 2010 8am-4pm Patricia works as a Senior Physical Therapist, Down Syndrome Specialist, at the Sie Center for Down Syndrome at The Children’s Hospital (TCH) in Denver, Colorado. Prior to TCH, she worked with children and adults at the Kennedy Krieger Institute Down Syndrome Clinic in Baltimore, Maryland. Since 1981, she has specialized in providing physical therapy to children with Down Syndrome. She is author of Gross Motor Skills in Children with Down Syndrome: A Guide for Parents and Professionals. The training seminar is appropriate for parents and therapists who service clients with Down syndrome or hypotonic from birth to five years of age, school age and adolescent. Treatment demonstrations are included . Seating is Limited. Reservations required. Registration Fees increase after August 31 * For parents, babysitters or day care providers wanting a less intense session...consider attending our parent meeting with Ms Winders on Saturday September 18...for more details visit our event page. Register online using a credit card by Clicking Register for this event Register my mail by clicking Registration Form. Early Registration DSA of DE Member - $20 non-member - $40 Professional - $90 Late Registration (after August 31) DSA of DE Member - $30 non-member - $50 Professional - $115 *Registration includes Lunch

Patricia Winders will host an informal interactive discussion on Physical Therapy issues and concerns. Opportunity for specific issues regarding your child may be addressed. Children are welcome. Childcare is provided. Register online to let us know you are coming Patricia works as a Senior Physical Therapist, Down Syndrome Specialist, at the Sie Center for Down Syndrome at The Children’s Hospital (TCH) in Denver, Colorado. Prior to TCH, she worked with children and adults at the Kennedy Krieger Institute Down Syndrome Clinic in Baltimore, Maryland. Since 1981, she has specialized in providing physical therapy to children with Down Syndrome. She is author of Gross Motor Skills in Children with Down Syndrome: A Guide for Parents and Professionals.

Help the DSA of DE and Best Buddies DE promote the Run for the Buds while enjoying all you can eat and drink (pizza and beer) for just $5 to the first 100 arrivals! You must be 21 years of age to participate, so mark your calendar, schedule your sitter, and plan to arrive early.

Join us for an afternoon of fun outdoor activities including Bocce Ball and a fantastic Arts & Crafts Station hosted by Jen Easterday. Jen will be facilitating fun, creative and useful art projects for kids of all ages. The resulting artwork will be photographed and used to create the prize medals for the upcoming Run for the Buds, note cards which will be made available through the website and possibly auctioned off at a future DSA fundraiser. Jen Easterday, a home schooling mom of 4 children, has been a nurse for 15 years and an artist for as long as she can remember! Jen spent 10 years as a nurse at the National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute working with adults and children experiencing cancer. Currently, Jen works as a nurse at Exceptional Care for Children serving medical fragile children. She enjoys combining her love of nursing and art by volunteering with her family using art as therapy and healing for children with special needs. Over the last 5 years, Jen has been teaching children in the home schooling community the skills of art but also the art of service to others in need. Jen and her students founded a student charity art auction program that began in 2009 where students have raised money to support the arts and needs of kids in local charities such as Delaware Hospice's Camp New Hope, Urban Promise of Wilmington, Child Inc. and the Boys and Girls Christian Home in India. Her new art program , Studio 4:10, begins this fall with a mission of promoting creativity, hearts of service, and helping kids of all ages and abilities see that they have gifts that can make a difference. Jen and her students look forward to working together with the children and families of DSA of Delaware! More details to follow.

The Rehoboth Beach Buddy Walk will take place on Saturday, October 9. By participating in the Buddy Walk, you will help make a difference in the lives of individuals with Down syndrome. Each step you take and each dollar you raise will help the Boardwalk Buddy Walk Fund provide important services that enhance the quality of life for individuals with Down syndrome and their families. To encourage participation in our 5th anniversary event we have eliminated the registration fee. You must still register to be guaranteed a free 2010 Buddy Walk t-shirt. To register click on the 'register here' button above. Any donation you can make will help us in our mission. The Buddy Fest includes events on Friday evening and all day Saturday. For more information on the Buddy Fest events click on 'Event Information' on the left side of this page.

This event will offer a competitive 5K run and walk and half marathon in the beautiful Rockford Park area. All funds raised from this event will go to benefit Best Buddies Delaware and the Down Syndrome Association of Delaware. How the Run for the Buds works: Simply register at www.runforthebudsde.org and start your fundraising today! Once registered we will provide you with an easy to use customizable fundraising webpage to collect your donations as well as templates for donation request e-mails. This webpage is free and easy, so get started today! For the 5K Run/Walk There is a $20 registration fee ($25 day of the event) which includes an event t-shirt. For the Half Marathon There is a $50 registration fee ($60 day of the event) which includes a Half Marathon t-shirt. 8:00 am Registration 9:00 am Race Start Rain or Shine

Guest speaker Marissa Catalon, Assistant Program Administrator, Day and Transition Services, NCC, will discuss services available through the Delaware Division of Developmental Disabilities Services (DDDS) and the importance of applying for theses services at an early age. It is the mission of the DDDS to help the people it serves achieve the quality of life they desire. It is the vision of the DDDS to provide a flexible system of individually directed supports and services that improves the quality of life of the individual and their family.

Rustle up your appetite and your energy for the upcoming teen adult Hoe Down. Wear your jeans, cowboy hats & boots and be ready to kick up the dance floor from 6 pm to 9 pm. DSA will provide fixin's of hotdogs and beans plus some drinks and snacks. Bring a friend! Please let us know you are coming by registering on line...or contacting info@dsadelaware.org

Guest speaker Gretchen Hannah, OTR/L, is an occupational therapist with the Appoquinimink School District.