Jewish Community Services’ (JCS) Career Services offers comprehensive career
counseling, vocational rehabilitation and job placement to individuals with
special needs.
Documentary Digest is a new program for adults with mental health issues,
enabling them to view a different documentary each week and then discuss it with
others.
Gesher LaTorah is a dynamic community-based religious school for students
with significant special needs. Students ages four to 21 years old learn about
Jewish concepts such as life cycle, community, Torah, Hebrew, prayer, customs
and holidays. Enrichment includes a movement and music program, one-on-one
Hebrew reading, computer lab and a social skills program rooted in Jewish
values.
The Louise D. and Morton J. Macks Center for Jewish
Education
Adults over the age of 18 get together to improve their social and life
skills, as well as their emotional well-being. The group meets weekly, either at
the Jewish Community Center or in the community.
JADE partners with National Jewish Council for Disabilities (NJDC) Our Way to
provide Jewish learning workshops and activities for the Jewish campers at the
Deafblind Camp of Maryland. JADE partners with NJCD Our Way and Towson
University to run a National Jewish Deafblind Shabbat Experience. The weekend
helps build community while participants think, learn and experience Judaism in
a fully-accessible environment.
The Louise D. and Morton J. Macks
Center for Jewish Education
MD SNAP helps families access testing and services through the public school
system, and offers support and educational advocacy to families of children
birth to age 21 with a wide range of learning differences and special needs. The
program serves as a clearing house of information and can help families find
support groups and other community resource.
The Louise D. and Morton
J. Macks Center for Jewish Education
Jewish Community Services’ professionally staffed residences (Alternative
Living Units) enable adults with developmental disabilities to live as
independently as possible and participate fully in community
life.
TAG is a program for adults over 17 years of age with special needs. Sunday
morning classes offer a connection to Jewish community and Jewish heritage. The
curriculum includes prayer, Jewish learning and interacting with community
members in order to educate the Jewish community and raise disability
awareness.
The Louise D. and Morton J. Macks Center for Jewish
Education
This program, for toddlers 18 months to three years with different learning
styles and their parents, consists of either cooking, gym activity or finger
play. In addition to the play, parents are provided with community
resources.
SHEMESH provides the educational support necessary for Jewish children with
learning differences to reach their full potential in a Jewish setting. A team
of professionals offers services to the Jewish day schools, including early
intervention, reading assessment and training, social skills education,
executive function coaching, coordinating accommodations and modifications,
supporting and supervising inclusion and
co-teaching.
SHEMESH
For more information: 443-529-1600.
Sunday Funday
Sunday Funday provides afternoons of recreational activities for people with
special needs and social activities for children and young adults, including
games, arts and crafts, athletics and swimming. Through the program, children
develop appropriate social skills and friendships, enhance coordination,
increase self-esteem and gain a feeling of acceptance in the
community.
Jewish Community Services provides individuals with developmental and/or
physical disabilities the support necessary to enable them to live in their own
homes/apartments or with family.
Copyright © 2013 The Jewish Federations of North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved