Our CBI Team: Michele Gardner - Director of Special Services

Our CBI Team:
Michele Gardner - Director of Special Services
Maryann McAdam - Supervisor of Special Education
Elizabeth Doerrbecker - BCBA
Steve Siebelts - Social Worker
Cynthia Manto - Speech and Language Pathologist
Philip Acosta - Special Education Teacher
Amy Petronzio - Interpreter
Marybeth Youmans - Job Coach
Erica Elmi - Job Coach
ž  2012-2013:
5 team members participated in
these training sessions
ž  Total
of 35 hours
ž  Training
was focused on how to implement a
CBI Program in your home district
ž  Job
Skills and Career Preparation
ž  Life
Skills
ž  Recreational
community)
Activities (in and around their
ž  Job
Shadowing: observing someone else
doing a job you are interested in
ž  Job
Sampling: trying different jobs in a
business for an extended period of time
ž  Job
Carving: breaking down one job into
smaller more manageable parts
ž  Job
Placement (part-time or full-time)
ž  Mock
interviews
ž  Library
skills
ž  Important
ž  Social
skills
ž  Resumes
ž  Role
vocabulary
and Cover Letters
playing
ž  Travel
Training
ž 
Berkeley Heights YMCA
ž 
Dean’s Greens
ž 
DiMaio’s
ž 
TD Bank
ž 
Plaza Lanes (Madison, NJ)
ž 
Dunkin Donuts
ž 
Let’s Yo (Watchung, NJ)
ž 
UMDNJ and NJ Transit