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Current Center NewsSpring 2012Kathy Roberson Honored with Elizabeth Boggs Family Advocate Award by the Kathy Roberson was recently honored with the Elizabeth Boggs Family Member Advocate Award by the NJ Council on Developmental Disabilities. The award honors a family member of an individual with a developmental disability who has shown outstanding advocacy efforts in the area of developmental disabilities. The award was presented at the NJ Council on Developmental Disabilities Community Building Awards Luncheon on April 18, 2012. Kathy is Policy and Information Coordinator at The Elizabeth M. Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. She has been an active member of numerous committees and task forces throughout New Jersey, including currently serving as president of the Family Support Coalition and chair of the State Special Education Advisory Committee, and is strongly committed to ensuring that families help shape the policies that most effect their lives. Clinical Pastoral Education Program Students Graduate
Five students graduated from the 2011-2012 Clinical Pastoral Education Program, directed by Rev. Bill Gaventa, MDiv, Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Director of Community and Congregational Supports. The Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) program is a training program initiated by The Boggs Center in collaboration with community agencies in New Jersey. This year’s students included: Wesley R. Allen, Bidossessi Aguessy, Jeanie Manson, Annie M. Martin, and Assenka Oksiloff.
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