People – especially children – with disabilities often face a unique set of challenges in their everyday lives and need to receive services is a variety of settings. Professionals who hold a master’s or bachelor’s in social work help individuals with disabilities in a variety of ways. “In CRS, our social workers help our families to identify access and utilize resources,” said
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VRS supervisors gathered this week for their annual training retreat at the 4H Center in Columbiana. The three-day training included sessions on quality control, the legal implications of supervision, innovative approaches to management and supervision, and dealing with difficult people. The group also participated in group activities that were designed to foster a sense of cohesion and camaraderie.
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Students and teachers from schools throughout the Birmingham area gathered March 16 for Teen Transition Career Fair 2016. The half-day event was sponsored by the Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services and the Exceptional Education Department and Career Technical Program of Bessemer City Schools. More than 300 students flocked to the Bessemer Civic Center to learn about a number of career options
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The Early Intervention System’s Interagency Coordinating Council (ICC) recently welcomed four new faces. Tametria Conner, Rachel Harrison, and Lori Skidmore are the newest parent voices for the ICC, formally joining the council at its quarterly meeting March 9. With the addition of Susan Bradt as the new Head Start representative, the ICC now comprises a full 21 members. Conner comes to the ICC having
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Seven members of the 11-person staff in CRS’ Birmingham district office are moving this week into a larger administrative space. The suites of offices is on Highland Avenue in Birmingham, less than two miles from the district’s clinic space at Children’s of Alabama. “The clinic area at Children’s is fine,” said Social Work Administrative/Office Coordinator Cassie Sigler-Allen, “but the office
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