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Looking forward to learning more about college and career education throughout all grades.

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At Longwood

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This weekend meeting Oscar in the rain!

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Michael enjoying the water garden at Longwood

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Michael enjoying the water garden at Longwood

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Now we just need to get him to go where we want him to (literally and figuratively)! My professional goals are to become a school counselor, I think it will be a great blend of my personal and professional skills. I also want to help others advocate for their special need kids, it's been an eye opening experience, never settle for less has always been my motto and our experiences with Michael have solidified this!

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Thank God for accessible playgrounds! Ashbridge Park on the main line.

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He is joyful and willful!  Michael continues to show everyone how determined he is!  Thankfully he has a cache of wonderful therapists along with many subspecialists (I stopped counting at 15), but he is an absolute joy!! (no lion)

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October 2016

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Boo at the Zoo

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This is a picture from 2010 when I was on strike with my coworkers at Temple University Hospital, at the time I was secretary for TAP (Temple Allied Professionals) and also was a member of the negotiating team, we were locked out for 28 days and it was transformative time in my life.

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I love this picture it represents the bonding I experienced as a first time mom, I also thought about it after watching the video "What We Learn Before We Are Born". I loved hearing what babies learn while in the womb, for those little ones (like my son) that come early, things like regulating temperature and breathing haven't been learned completely so the NICU staff encouraged "kangeroo care". Skin to skin contact has been shown to help premature infants to learn things they would have learned in the womb and has been shown to improve outcomes in such fragile little ones.

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This is a picture of my son and I getting ready to participate in informational picketing, my husband is a Philadelphia School District teacher and we live in Philadelphia. I became interested in the field of school counseling when I had my son. I see the need for better support services for children. I also strongly beleive that advocacy both locally and nationally is crucial to provide the supports these children need to be successful in school and life.

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This was our wedding song and aptly so. My husband and I met through Eharmony, I was 39 and he was 48, I knew he was the "one" after our first date and after the second date we were never apart, we have been married five years but it feels like we have known each other a lifetime

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This is my only son, Michael that forced his way into the world early (he just couldn't wait), he tried to come at 27 weeks but the weeks but the good doctors at Temple admitted me and he was delivered at 30 weeks, he was a NICU baby and is the love of our lives and was a very hard sought little boy we consider him our little miracle (3lbs 7ozs) to be exact.

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Where I worked for 14 years, as a hospital social worker, primarily in trauma, if I were to be a teacher, I would enjoy teaching trauma social work, it's a very interesting field and I attended the PA trauma conference in Hershey each year I worked at Temple and enjoyed it immensely.

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Where I received my MSW in 1996

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This is the Morris Arboretum, I have been a member for over 20 years, I started going here for walks with a client I had that did not leave his home due to severe depression, we ended up going there weekly for over five years.  I go here with friends and family and belive that being connected to nature is so therapeutic.

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I worked with individuals with CF for almost 10 years I presented at national conferences three years running, did grant writing, and fundraising it was a very rewarding field to work in.

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Gonna miss this guy, saw him at the Keswick in May and went to Tanglewood in the Berkshires for his last show this summer it was great!

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Love Broadway Shows!

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Hi Everyone, I'd like to introduce myself I am Heidi Allen, I worked as a medical social worker for almost 20 years when I "retired" to be a stay at home mom.  I got married six years ago and had a son three and a half years ago (Michael) who is the love of my life (along with my husband of course)!  I am so excited to start this course and meet all of you online, I am a very upbeat person and have loved my time at home with my son, have baby will travel!  We go everywhere!  All the time!  He was a preemie and has lots of doctors and therapists, and everything but he is a determined little boy and I am a determined mom, so there's nothing we can't accomplish!

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Dragonboating for Temple ED for 5 years

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My husband is a superfan!