On December 19, 2010 the 4thannual New Horizon's HolidayFormal went off without a hitch.Over 350 people, approximately 150from NHR, met at the VillaBorghese for dinner, dancing and agreat time. The PUP Band fromPotential Unlimited performed andthe dance floor was packed! Thankyou to all of the volunteers andeveryone in attendance! See you next year!

2010 Holiday Formal by Jenn Wells

Enabling people with developmental disabilities to achieve fulfilling liveswithin their local communities.

Inside NHRFebruary 2011

Inside this issue:

Welcome NewEmployees to NHR

2

NHR Birthdays andWork AnniversariesCelebrated inFebruary, TriviaQuestion of theMonth

3

Employee of theMonth

4

Staff Appreciation,Out for a Drive, CQLTraining Begins atNHR

5

Three Plus FourEquals Seven, NHRHosting a BloodDrive in March

6

Winter Driving Tips 7

Winter Tips forGoing Green

8

Current JobOpenings at NHR 9

February TrainingCalendar 10

Suman Miller, Michael Brenner. David Diaz, & William Bride

Bruce Pleasants

Shonta Spencer-Morgan, Todd Lehrer& Bill Habekost

Marie Moncure, Jennifer Sucato, & Sylvia Goldman

Sharon Wong

Tom Peleaz & Courtney Johnson John Evangelista and Matthew Sherlach

Debbie &Joseph Redavid

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All of us here at NHR would like to extend a warm welcometo the following new employees:

Brooke BoschDSP (Community

Programs)Samantha GrayDSP (Mt. View)

Margaret AnzanoRN

Hazem NesheiwatDSP (Relief)

Cindy KowalewskiDSP (Mt. View)

Carol PucoDSP (Relief)

Glenn PetersonMaintenance

Joan SkiffDSP (Relief)

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Felecia Green, Community Programs—1 yearJudy Rossi, Stormville—2 yearsMaureen Sarma, Maintenance—2 yearsDanielle Egan, Clintondale—3 yearsNeil Green, Relief/Floater Group—3 yearsAndrew Fillhart, Stormville—3 yearsTheresa Peet, Relief/Floater Group—3 yearsLynn Quick, Canal Path—3 yearsLynn Snyder, Stormville—3 yearsMary Milano, Res Hab/Relief—4 yearsAmber Rennie, Relief/Floater Group—4 yearsKari Cirigliano, Res Hab—5 yearsLindsey Dupont, Pinewood—5 yearsEstella Hernandez, Thornwood—5 yearsKathleen McCarthy, Clintondale—5 yearsCarol Hinton, Jansen Road—6 years

11-15 years!

Jeffrey Mahoney, Dwight Street—12 years

16-20 years!

1-5 years!

NHR Employees Celebrating February Work Anniversaries

Christine Prechtl, Clinical—18 years

Birthdays at New Horizons in February

21+ years!

Andrea Pollack, Program Admin.—22 yrs

Trivia Question of the Month

Q. What do Mark Twain, Henry Ford and Walt Disney all have in common?

David Griffiths, Medicaid Service Coordinator

Ann-Marie Carrube, North Clove—2/1Susanne Holtman, Finance—2/1Roger Lamere, Albrecht Lane—2/1Steve Georgiou, Day Hab—2/2Kari Hart, Canal Path—2/2Jane Brooker, Roundhill—2/2Faith Brown, Dwight Street—2/3Rosemary Romano, Jansen Road—2/3Lynn Snyder, Stormville—2/4Tamia Haddad, Thornwood—2/5Jeanne Georgiou, Unionvale—2/6Juan Ayala, Mountain View—2/9Catherine Longo, Mountain View—2/9Walter Rice, Pinewood—2/9Jennifer Powles, Clintondale—2/10Lourde Desir, Tyrrel Road—2/11Jennifer Sucato, Pinewood—2/11Donna Watson, Relief/Floater Group—2/11Jeffrey Gamble, Angelo Blvd.—2/12

Shannon Whitted, Respite—2/13Gilbert Marrero, Ind. Living—2/15John Clausson, Community Prog.—2/16Jay Glass, Deer Run—2/17Judy Rossi, Stormville—2/19Martin Pruner, Dover Plains—2/20Janet Smith, North Clove—2/20Darlene Gaal, Relief/Floater Group—2/21Daniel Lynch, Clinical Services—2/22Andrew Vivanti, Independent Living—2/22Benita Singleton, Thornwood—2/23Valerie French, Deer Run—2/24Gordon Riggs, Respite—2/24Doreen Brown, Dwight Street—2/25Michael Wheatley, Stormville—2/25Melissa Frank, Unionvale—2/27Linda Milroy, Human Resources—2/28Christopher Williams, Relief/Float Grp—2/28Danielle Fridstrom, Relief/Floater Grp—2/29

6-10 years!

Veronie Anderson, MSC—7 yearsKate Nugent, Independent Living—8 yearsStephanie Anderson, Tyrrel Road—10 yearsKatrivia Owens, Roundhill—10 years

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Trivia Question of the Month

A. They all filed for bankruptcy at one time.

Congratulations to Paul Clemmons, DirectSupport Professional (Unionvale), forbeing selected as NHR’s Employee of theMonth!

Paul’s nomination said the following: “I’vebeen working at NHR for almost seven monthsnow. While working as an RN at Tyrrell Rd,Pleasant Valley, Albrecht, Dwight, andUnionvale, I am constantly amazed by thededication and professionalism of the DSP’s.After being assigned to Unionvale four months

ago, I have had the pleasure of working with anamazing group of co-workers. But I mustadmit that Paul Clemmons is outstanding asevidenced by his unceasing energy and thefollowing. . .

concentrates on our consumers skilldevelopment, health, freedom, andpersonal dignity

really “cares” about our consumers accepts any assignment he is my favorite recreational director jumps right in and is always there to lend a

hand always seems to be in the kitchen cooking,

cleaning, making snacks and setting uptomorrow’s lunch bags

loves to vacuum the carpets and clean thebathrooms

drives Vinnie all the way to Brooklyn shovels large amounts of snow and knows

how to use a snow-blower

Paul has been with NHR for five years now. Iknow that there are many more employees just

as dedicated as Paul but I am glad to nominatePaul as my choice for Employee of the Month.”

Paul will receive a $50 gift certificate to thelocation of his choice for being selectedEmployee of the Month. Please congratulatehim when you see him!

Nominations for Employee ofthe Month are reviewed at our

monthly Unity meeting.

The next meeting will be held onThursday February 3rd at 11am at theTraining and Administration Building on

West Road.

All are welcome, we hope to see you there!

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The Council on Quality and Leadership (CQL)Begins Training at NHR by Bill Beattie

On Monday January 10th, CQL began Interviewer training at West Road with eleven NHR staff.The purpose of this training is to focuson person directed goals and outcomes:how can we at NHR increase the qualityof life for each of the persons wesupport? How can we identify, evaluate,track, and use data we have to developmeaningful programs and goals that aredriven by the wishes, hopes, desires,and goals of the individual beingsupported?

Over the next two months, there will betraining classes given by Jill Westring,from CQL, and Interview CertifiedTrainers Tom McCluskey and Dan Lynch.Tom and Dan will continue training staffthroughout the year, starting with theirfirst class in March or April.

Quality in Practice – Accreditation Note for the Month:

Natural Supports – Caring for and about other people and having other people care for andabout us is what makes our lives meaningful. Many people who receive services have lost touch

with or never developed relationships with other people who are not paid to be with them.Organizations can intentionally assist people in building relationships with people they already

know or can facilitate meeting new people in order to create relationships.

Is there a meeting you can make happen for someone you serve?

During the first round of Interviewer training, participants learnedhow to conduct interviews and collect data that will allow us to

provide better and more person centered services.

Pictured above, from left to right: Andrea Pollack, Fran Sitter, DanLynch, Mary McNamara, Tammy Dunlavey, Jill Westring (standing),

Kristin Tompkins, Tom McCluskey, Vickie Fitzpatrick, MonicaRobinson, Nancy Howell, and John Clausson.

Laura Cullen, IT,celebrated 5 years

with New Horizons!!

Staff Appreciation! Out for a Driveby Tim Sweeney

Roger Loewer out for a Sunday drive!!!

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Three Plus Four Equals Seven… with More to Come!By Tom McCluskey

Everyone remembers who was first but that doesn’t makethe journey of others any less significant. The trailblazersoften get all the glory but their destination is still a frontieruntil it is significantly populated. I am talking about NHRDSPs and their attainment of the NADSP-C credential.Where there were three now there are seven: BrookeMcNally from Jansen Road, Cammie Heiser from Millerton,and Tina Fagan from Stormville, Lynda Dipressi from GerryRoad, Sylvania Brown from Overlook, Jen Hall fromUnionvale, and Cathy Civile from Deer Run, have also earnedthe credential and are worthy of our recognition.

The crowning achievement in the credentialing process is thesuccessful review of your portfolio. The portfolio requires you to havemastery level of knowledge about the Community Support SkillsStandards, widely recognized as the gold standard of skill performancefor DSPs throughout the country, and the ability to take thatknowledge out of the classroom and apply it to increase both yourskills and the quality of life for the person you support. The portfoliois arduously scored by national experts as they critique the level ofyour knowledge. The waiting period between submission of theportfolio and hearing the results is tortuous.

Please congratulate Lynda, Sylvania, Jen and Cathy. Engage them inconversation about the process and how it makes them better at whatthey do. Pay close attention in the coming weeks as the number ofnationally certified DSPs here at NHR continues to grow. In the comingmonths NHR plans onlaunching a newinitiative to supportDSPs in earring thisimportant professionalcredential.

Look for moreinformation to follow!

From left to right: Brooke McNally, Tina Fagan,Deidra Bennett (Legal Assistant for Senator

Gillibrand), and Cammie Heiser

Lynda Dipressi

Sylvania Brown

Jennifer Hall Cathy Civile

NHR is hosting a Blood Drive!

It will be held on Tuesday March 15th, 9:30am to 3:30pm at the Training andAdministration Building located at 123 West Road in Pleasant Valley, NY.

Please call Jayne at extension 320 or dial “0” for the front desk to sign up!

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AMENIA—PART TIMESaturday 3pm-9pm, Sunday 11am-11pm,Monday 3pm-8pm

CANAL PATH—PART TIMEThursday 5pm-9pm, Friday 3pm-11pm,Saturday 3pm-11pm

CANAL PATH—PART TIMEMonday 6:30am-10:30am, Tuesday 6:30am-10:30am, Wednesday 6:30am-10:30am, Thursday6:30am-10:30am, Friday 6:30am-10:30am

CLINTONDALE—PART TIMEMonday 6am-10am, Tuesday 6am-10am, Wednesday6am-10am, Thursday 6am-10am, Friday 6am-10am

DWIGHT STREET FLOAT—PART TIMEPossible floating days are Wednesday, Thursday,Friday, and Sunday with a regularly schedule 9am-1pm shift on Saturday

DUTCHESS COUNTY FLOAT—FULL TIMEEvening shift; regularly scheduled days off areThursday, Friday, and Saturday

DUTCHESS COUNTY FLOAT—FULL TIMEEvening shift; regularly scheduled days off areSunday, Monday, and Tuesday

MOUNTAIN VIEW—PART TIMEWednesday 5pm-9pm, Thursday 5pm-9pm, Saturday5pm-9pm, Sunday 1pm-9pm

ULSTER FLOAT—FULL TIMERegularly scheduled days off are Monday andTuesday

ULSTER OPTS FLOAT—PART TIMEFriday 11pm-9am, Saturday 11pm-9am

ULSTER OPTS FLOAT—FULL TIMESunday 11pm-7am, Monday 11pm-7am, Tuesday11pm-7am, Wednesday 11pm-7am, Thursday 11pm-7am

RES HAB (CRH) & AT-HOME RESPITEPer diem opportunities available in both Dutchessand Ulster County. 4-12 flexible hours per week(depends on the needs of the family served). Someappointments may be able to be combined for parttime

CLINTONDALE—PART TIME—TEMPThursday 3pm-11pm, Saturday 7am-1pm, Sunday7am-1pm

MOUNTAIN VIEW—PART TIME—TEMPMonday 8am-1pm, Tuesday 8am-1pm, Wednesday8am-1pm, Friday 3pm-8pm

ROUNDHILL—FULL TIME—TEMPSunday 6am-2pm, Monday 5:30am-1:30pm, Tuesday5:30am-1:30pm, Wednesday 5:30am-1:30pm,Thursday 5:30am-1:30pm

TYRREL ROAD—FULL TIME—TEMPSunday 7am-3pm, Monday 5:30am-1:30pm, Tuesday5:30am-1:30pm, Wednesday 5:30am-1:30pm,Thursday 5:30am-1:30pm

UNIONVALE—PART TIME—TEMPFriday 11pm-9am, Saturday 11pm-9am

Contact Jerilynne, HR Coordinator, at (845) 473-3000, extension 323 or jlsmith@nhrny.orgfor more information on any of these positions.

**We are also accepting relief applications for all areas**

Do You Know Someone Who Would Make AGreat New Horizons’ Employee??

Any NHR staff member (except Directors, Administrative Coordinators andHR Department staff), who refers a friend, family member or colleague to

NHR will receive $500 for each person we hire in a full or part-timeposition who successfully completes his or her probationary period.

Please help us add to our great team by referring someone you know to oneof the positions currently available at our agency listed below!