Need Project Podcast
by Need Project Inc.Need Project is a non-profit dedicated to families with special needs children and adults. On our monthly podcast we interview non-profits organizations and professionals who are supporting individuals and families dealing with disabilities.
Copyright: Copyright 2006-2022 Need Project Inc.
Episodes
Lighting the Path with Marcia Nathai-Balkissoon
50m · PublishedMarcia Nathai-Balkissoon is the author of a new book "Lighting the Path: Leaning into a Hopeful Future as a Special Needs Parent". Marcia is a storyteller and educator who believes that we each have a powerful purpose that should guide our lives. As one of her children is brain-injured and bedridden, Marcia and her family have traversed significant challenges. She is passionate about helping special needs families to feel more connected, gain visibility, access and support, and tap into their resilience.
Marcia helps others to connect deeply with their purpose so they can experience more joy and fulfillment. Through intuitive and logical interventions, her work seeks to shift mindsets, build habits, foster creativity and curiosity, and enable people to live their best lives each day, trusting they are enough.
As a tenured lecturer at the University of the West Indies, Marcia is most drawn to the fields of health, safety and wellness, business and personal strategy, and teaching and learning. She is a certified Parent Skills Master Trainer and enjoys working with her husband to adapt interventions for their daughter and helping other parents to do the same for their children.
A Special Needs Connection with Michelle Morris-Wright
29m · PublishedRonald McDonald House Charities of Southern Colorado
23m · PublishedJob opportunities with Service Source
20m · PublishedInclusive Higher Ed with Shelby Bates
19m · PublishedThe Colorado Initiative for Inclusive Higher Education (IN!) is a non-profit founded in 2014 by educators, disability leaders, students and families who have a vision for better and more fulfilling career opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities (ID).
Until recently, society’s low expectations coupled with limited opportunities have prevented people with ID from the benefits associated with a higher education. While peers move to the next phase of their lives, students with ID sit on the sidelines. Consequently, they transition from high school to adult day programs, very low paying jobs, or, in too many cases, simply end up sitting idly at home with limited social outlets. Many individuals live hopelessly below the poverty line, and have little prospect of rising above it.
IN! is actively working to have inclusive college opportunities for individuals with ID available statewide and woven into the natural fabric of all higher education.
Advice that people share with Bob West
21m · PublishedABLE accounts with Mike Keglovits
28m · PublishedTransition to adulthood with Sonya Teigen
22m · PublishedBeing an IEP Advocate, not an Adversary with Vicki Caruana
27m · PublishedCannabinoid and Realm of Caring with Heather Jackson
23m · PublishedNeed Project Podcast has 122 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 44:08:46. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on November 28th 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on May 22nd, 2024 05:41.