Willowbrook Property Resource Presentation

 

Staten Island Developmental Disabilities Council

May 19, 2010

Resource Presentation

The Opportunity League

“Level the Field”

An Integrated Sports/Recreation Program

& Accessible Multi-Sport Facility

For Children and Adults of Diverse Abilities

 

  Program Introduction & Overview of Willowbrook Initiative 

Diane Buglioli, MPA

Chairperson, Willowbrook Planning Committee 

    Deputy Executive Director

A Very Special Place, Inc

 

     Health, Fitness, Wellness, and Emotional & Cognitive Growth 

Margaret Giannini, MD

Consultant

Former Director of Disability

      US Dept. Health & Human Services

Founder of the “I Can Do It,You Can Do It” Program

 

Providing Opportunity to All “Play Proud”

Tiki Barber, Chairman

Tiki Recreation

      

Resources


A Public/Private Venture

Nick Spano, Consultant

Former NYS Senator

 

The PlayingFields:Accessible Multi-Sport Facility In a Community Park

Ken Dobyns, CEO

Managing Director , Tiki Recreation

&

Terri Ann P. Hahn, RLA, LEED AP,

                                                         Principal, LADA, PC Land Planners

 

The Games Adapted Activities – Evidenced Based Practices

   Robert Arnhold, Ph.D Director, NIH Grant

National Expansion & Evaluation of “I Can Do It, You Can Do It”Program

Coordinator Adaptive Physical Activities,Slippery Rock University           

        

 

          The Opportunity League: A National Initiative

 Martin B. Miller, Ph

Director of Psychological Services

Hudson Valley CP Association

 Professor Emeritus, Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology,

Yeshiva University,Director of Psychological Services