CAREGIVER SUCCESSION PLANNING

How to pass the torch effectively

"How can I make sure my child with disabilities will be okay after I pass away."

"My parents keep telling me 'Don't worry about it' but I do."

"I want to know resources and information what parents and I, as a successor, should be doing to prepare for the future."

Bring your successor and enter for a chance to win the nice gift basket!

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9:30am Registration (Continental breakfast)

10:00am Education Day

Welcome: Eileen Hurley, Chair, NJ Family Support Planning Council

Mercedes Witowsky, Esecutive Director, NJ Council on Developmental Disabilities

Keynote speaker

Paul Aronsohn, Ombudsman for Individuals with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities and Their Families, The State of New Jersey

10:30am Professional panelists

• Gabrielle Bohon, Esq., New Jersey Family Support Planning Council
• Patricia Brennan, Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD)
• Sandi Cooper, Neighbours, Inc.
• Ellen Nalven, PLAN/NJ
• Alycea Tetto, Disability Services & Advocacy, LLC

12:30pm Lunch

1:15pm Musical Perrformance

Antonique Smith

Tina Witowsky

Individual/Family panel

• Lorraine D'Sylva-Lee, Parent
• Myrta Rosa, Self-Advocate
• Kara Kushnir, Sibling, Supportive Initiative for Brothers and Sisters in New Jersey (SIBS NJ)

2:30pm Q&A

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Register at https://2019education_day_north.eventbrite.com

Online registration is required by October 14, 2019.

***Sorry, no service providers please. This event is designed for individuals with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities and their families. ***

This event is organized by the New Jersey Family Support Planning Council with generous support from New Jersey Council on Developmental Disabilities.