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CPAD Corner (March 2013)
10 March 2013
CPAD Alhambra Headquarter - Activity:
CPAD Chinese New Year Celebration - CPAD celebrated the 2013 Lunar Chinese New Year at Ocean Star Restaurant in Monterey Park. Once again, long time supporter of CPAD, the Honorable Congresswoman Judy Chu arrived to give a brief speech of congratulations and wish everyone luck in the new year. She also presented distinguished contribution awards to architect Tim Cho, who is in charge of the overall design of the coming CPAD Activity Center. He is also ardently involved in helping CPAD to communicate with various departments in the City of El Monte to keep the project going. CPAD parent Mr. Xiaogang Wang received the award for his active role in connecting media, creating posters, and promoting CPAD’s activities throughout the years. Mrs. Tak Lee was also awarded for her generous 7th consecutive year’s contribution to this event.
CPAD Orange County Chapter - Parent Support Meeting
“Tax, Tax, More about Tax” Workshop - on 1/19/2013, Parent Mr. Kenny Yu, CPA gave us a talk in Tax updates in 2012/2013. There are many changes in taxes. For instance, in 2013, the top income tax rate for individual taxpayers with incomes exceeding $400,000 ($450,000 for married taxpayers) is 39.6%. Starting in 2013, the top rate for capital gains and dividends will rise to 20% (up from 15%) for these high-income taxpayers .. Beginning in 2013, an individual must pay 3.8% additional Medicare tax (ObamaCare tax) on net investment income if he/she meets the above mentioned income threshold amount ......
CPAD Newsletter (January 2013)
10 February 2013
Community Parent Resource Center, CPRC – Workshops
January 19, 2013, Saturday, 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Section I: Planning for Higher Education (by Kenneth Eng, Advisory Engineer)
Section II: Health & Nutrition for Special Education Students (by Cindy Eng)
January 28, 2013, Monday, 10 am - 12 pm
Speaker, Dr. Cullinane traveled to Chengdu last year, and this year traveled to Nanjing and Urumuqi to visit schools, and participate in training about autism. She will share photos and stories about the children there, their schools, and services.
CPAD Orange County Chapter - Parent Support Meeting
“ Parents Gathering”
February 16, 2013, Saturday, 2 pm to 4 pm
Coordinator Mimi Chou will host this parents gathering for exchanging ideas, encouraging each other, enjoying ourselves, invigorating every one of us. This is also an opportunity for us to express our expectations of the support group and to plan for the new year.
CPAD Corner (January 2013)
10 January 2013
CPAD Alhambra Headquarter -
JCUAA “Happy Together Party” for CPAD Children/Families - Joint Chinese University Alumni Association of Southern California held a “Happy Together Party with the CPAD Children and Families” at CHEC building in San Gabriel, on 10/27, JCUAA brought with them their love and blessings to more than fifty CPAD families; there were approximately 150 participants to the party, which was an exciting and bustling event. The event was jointly hosted by former JCUAA President, Mr. Lo, and Alice Thomas, a forever friend of CPAD. We sincerely thank members of JCUAA for the joy and happiness they brought to us; their love and enthusiasm have enriched the lives of our kids.
CPAD 2012 Year End Party Celebration hosted by Tzu Chi - The widely anticipated year end party, hosted by the Tzu Chi Academy (which has been sponsoring the event for so many years for CPAD failiies), has finally arrived. On 12/8/2012, at 12 pm, they brought foods, and many well orchestrated and brilliant shows. They led CPAD parents and kids to sing and dance; everyone was infatuated with joy and excitement. There were quite a few kids wanting to perform for the audience; regrettably, due to time constraints, we had to turn them down. The event came to an end with the beautiful tune of “Grateful Heart”. We wish to thank all volunteers from the Tzu Chi Academy for their everlasting contribution to CPAD.
CPAD Orange County Chapter - Parent Support Workshop
IHSS Workshop - On 11/17/2012, CPAD Orange County Chapter – Attorney Jacqueline Miller of Disability Rights California gave us a talk in IHSS (In-Home Supportive Services). She covered IHSS programs, the types of IHSS services available, eligibility, needs assessment, how services are authorized, how to prepare for assessment, personal care assistance, protective supervision, form required for any IHSS hours, when can a parent be paid as an IHSS provider, appeal process, and resources.
CPAD Newsletter (October 2012)
05 November 2012
Community Parent Resource Center, CPRC - CPAD Workshops
PathPoint Project Search
PathPoint - Incorporated in 1964 as a nonprofit organization in Santa Barbara to provide services to people who require special assistance. Project SEARCH is a PathPoint program that provides education and training to young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities through an innovative workforce and career development model that benefits the individual, workplace, and community. Through this pioneering internship program, graduates have begun careers in the health industry, banks, universities, courthouses, and manufacturing. PathPoint’s primary goal is to secure competitive employment outcomes for each of our graduates.
CPAD Orange County Chapter - Parent Support Meeting
In-Home Supportive Services
Time: September 15, 2012, Saturday, 2 to 4 pm
Ms. Miller will be discussing eligibility, application process, what a needs assessment is and how to prepare for one. She will also show us the forms for the doctors to fill out, types of services, protective supervision, who can be a provider, time sheets, due process (appeal rights), and preparing for hearing.
CPAD Corner (October 2012)
04 November 2012
CPAD Alhambra Headquarter - Creative Audio-Visual Technology Class
Last year (2011-2012), CPAD had conducted a pilot technology-learning class where a limited number of karaoke students, with the help of a few parents and volunteers, produced a karaoke-like DVD. The DVD contains the sound track and the lyrics of 3 karaoke songs familiar to the students, with the background video showcasing their daily snapshot photos. In the production process, students learned how to use a laptop computer to import and manipulate photos into a Powerpoint slide show. The students eventually had the opportunity to sing with that karaoke DVD in 2 public performance. Because of popular demand, we decided to continue this class this year (2012-2013), to be officially called the "Creative Audio Visual Technology" class. All students will work on a project of producing a DVD containing video clips of their daily life. If your children (15 years or older) are interested, please contact Coordinator, Michael Yung ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) Continued class attendance is required.
CPAD OC Chapter - Parent Support Meeting
On 9/15/2012, CPAD Orange County Chapter – Parent, Virginia Liao, shared her experience in raising an autistic child. He was first diagnosed with autism when he was 3 years old. Ever since then, his entire family had embarked on the journey of helping him to develop into a well-balanced, independently living, contributing member of the society. Virginia shared that her emphasis had been on gaining knowledge, digesting it, and figuring out how to apply what she learned on her child. All of us have 24 hours a day. Besides sleeping, eating, and resting, there is only a portion of the day left. Our children are only “disabled” during this fraction of the day. Discover our children’s strength and develop on top of it .....
