February Newsletter (2018)

We are thrilled to introduce 
our Winter 2018 interns!

Congratulations to our Interns!
      
Our Winter 2018 interns have concluded their two week training with great success and are now happily engaged in their internships. They are an incredible group of motivated, kind and creative young people who are gaining confidence and a wonderful sense of community through our holistic professionalism and communications curriculum. 


Welcome back to our fabulous training team ….
and a new member!!
We are thrilled to welcome back our Director of Program Support, ADHD/Executive Functioning Coach Laurie Thomas, our Drama artist and training instructor, Raymond Caldwell, Monica Churm our SLP and communications instructor, our yoga instructor, Shauna Simon of Simon Says Yoga, and Michele Pulaski, our career coach.  We are also excited to introduce a new member of our team – Cynthia Kane who is delivering the meditation/mindfulness portion of curriculum
Cynthia Kane

Cynthia is the author of How To Communicate Like a Buddhist and her latest book, Talk To Yourself Like a Buddhist will be out April 23, 2018. Her work has been featured in the Washington Post, BBC Travel, Women’s Day, The Chicago Tribune, and more. She is a certified meditation and mindfulness instructor dedicated to helping men and women change their communication routines so they feel in control of their words and understood at home and at work. She lives in Washington, DC and offers workshops, private coaching and a certification program in Intentional Communication.
March Information Session For  Summer Program
PLEASE JOIN US
For Coffee & Croissants
Information Session for Summer 2018 Programs
 
March 13, 2018
National Youth Transitions Center
2013 H Street NW, H Street Conference Room

9:00 -10:00 Coffee & Croissants, Presentation & Q&A
10:00 – 10:30
Optional Extended Q & A


JOIN US at the MOVIES!!!!
We will be watching
Normal Isn’t Real: Succeeding with Learning Disabilities & ADHD 
at the Avalon Theatre on March 30 
Please RSVP to aweidanz@broadfutures-website.azurewebsites.net 
if you are interested in attending this movie event!
For more information about the film, visit normalisntreal.com
BroadFutures Presents at 
The LEARNING DISABILITIES ASSOCIATION 55th 
ANNUAL CONFERENCE!!!!


We were excited to have the opportunity to attend and  present at the LDA conference this month.  We presented on the benefits of  internships as  successful prep aration for college. We made many new connections  and helped spread the word about BroadFutures’  unique mission!! 

We received very positive feedback about our work to date and what the future holds for our program. 
SUMMER 2018 PROGRAM 
Recruiting interns and employer partners!

We will be expanding our summer program to hopefully include two classes. We have some fabulous new employers joining us this summer and returning committed employers as well.  We are already accepting and processing applications. 

APPLICATION DUE DATE: March 15th

If you are interested in applying for our Summer 2018 program,  please do so  HERE.  

If you are interested in becoming an employer partner, we are actively recruiting new employers. Please find out more  HERE.

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