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Hi Mauri!

Thanks for posting this to the group-based on some of the confusions since

there is so much going on that day for NJSHA and with the dinner and the

producer and all -and the confusion over what is free and what is not -I

sent this out to the group to clarify it all (I hope!) Please feel free to

pass it to whoever is not on our grouplist if you want.

Talk to you later -and see you again soon!!

From: " kiddietalk " <kiddietalk@...>

Date: Sun Apr 28, 2002 11:14 pm

Subject: Re: Kaufman/new documentary -this Thursday May 2

Thanks Mauri!

I just wanted to clarify a few points from your email based on some

emails I was sent over the weekend. The CHERAB Kaufman meeting

from 6:30 to 8:30 PM at the Atlantic City Convention Center is free

of charge. This is an awesome opportunity to those of you who have

not had the pleasure to see Kaufman http://www.kidspeech.com -

she is an excellent speaker with a wealth of information not only on

the Kaufman technique/Kaufman Speech Kits/Kaufman Praxis Test used in

schools and by therapists and parents all over - she has a wealth of

basic information on how to help any late talker child. Normally

even as a parent you would need to pay to see Kaufman speak -as

an advisor to CHERAB Foundation, has generously agreed to speak

for CHERAB or affiliated support groups or nonprofits free of

charge. is from Michigan and I know quite a few parents who

flew out with their families to Michigan, and stayed in hotels, to

see Kaufman to help their late talker/apraxic/PDD etc. child

who rave about her -this is a wonderful opportunity to see K.

locally, and have the chance to ask her questions -and in a

beautiful location.

Where the confusion is coming in is what is not free of charge. The

New Jersey Speech Hearing Association (NJSHA) Kaufman all day

workshop that is held on the same day and in the same location is a

fee based registered event through NJSHA. It is very important to be

sure and state that you are interested in the CHERAB meeting when you

go to the NJSHA registration table this Thursday -May 2nd. So as

not to confuse the workshop and the meeting, when you go to the NJSHA

registration table on Thursday -I was told to pass on to all of you

to please be sure to ask for specifically the CHERAB Foundation

meeting since it may assumed you are looking for the Kaufman

workshop if you just ask for the Kaufman event.

After the NJSHA Kaufman all day (fee charged) workshop through

NJSHA ends at 5:00 PM and before the (free) CHERAB meeting starts at

6:30 PM (and again one has nothing to do with the other than NJSHA

being kind enough to host the room for our meeting) CHERAB Foundation

will be paying for Kaufman's dinner as a thank you for her

speaking to all of us probono. We can not however afford to pay for

everyone else's dinner -so if you would like to join us at the

restaurant you will be on your own for paying for whatever you

order. There is no fundraiser affiliated with the dinner (or the

free meeting of course) and if the restaurant doesn't mind you just

ordering coffee (not sure and didn't ask -sure they wouldn't be

thrilled if we all did that however) -we certainly don't either. You

do not have to attend the dinner to attend the meeting -and you

really don't need to RSVP to go to the restaurant -except if you

don't let us know you would like to go to the restaurant with us, we

can not of course guarantee that you will sit anywhere near the rest

of us at the restaurant -or that there will be a seat anywhere in the

restaurant for you. Some of us from CHERAB were just filmed for a TV

documentary last Saturday which will air next Fall -there is another

producer who is filming a different documentary on apraxia who will

join all of us for dinner with Kaufman for interviews -I'm not

yet sure if she is bringing any film crew -but just an FYI so if you

want to look nice for those who wouldn't mind being interviewed. So

it should be an interesting dinner in many ways. The producer will

also be there for the (again free) CHERAB meeting from 6:30 to 8:30

PM as well. Even though this is a CHERAB meeting -again it is open

to all groups or nonprofits and is being held here in place of the

regular CHERAB meeting at the Children's Specialized Hospital.

So again to make it clear -only the CHERAB Foundation Kaufman

meeting from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM is free of charge. Dinner costs

whatever it would anyway and we have nothing to do with that other

than getting head counts so we can make reservations so we can all

sit together. We are only requesting an RSVP again for the meeting

as a courtesy since NJSHA is kind enough to donate the space to us -

and they need to have a count for room, chairs, etc. So last minute

people may have to stand in the back of the room -and there is of

course the possibility that we will be booked in a room based on the

number of RSVPs we give NJSHA that for fire law reasons will not even

allow you in to the meeting last minute if we don't know you are

planning to attend. Those with RSVPs will be allowed in first -and

is kind enough to offer to make name badges for all of us.

Even if you are already registered for the NJSHA Kaufman all

day workshop you we are asking for you to please RSVP to us

separately since again one event has nothing to do with the other.

You again do not have to go to dinner to come to the meeting. Being

that the meeting is this Thursday -please let us know right away if

you decide to join us!

Most of this information (outside of the producer for the

documentary) is at http://www.apraxia.cc under upcoming events (on

the top blue bar) To answer another question I'm seeing lots of -

you do not need to qualify to attend -or ask if you can attend. At

this point there are people coming from all over NJ and many

surrounding states, from various support groups or nonprofits -all

(again) are welcome. If you would like to attend the meeting then

all we ask for is an RSVP for headcount reasons -and we are looking

forward to finally meeting more of you and having a great time and

learning more on how to help our children!

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