June 22, 2021
CP State News
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NYC Ballet hosting access workshop on July 17
New York City Ballet (NYCB) artists will conduct a dance a workshop for children with disabilities on Saturday, July 17, from 10-11 a.m. at the National Museum of Dance.
This one-hour workshop will be co-led by a pair of NYCB Dancers and will include a warm-up and choreography inspired by NYCB's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Modifications and movement options will be offered throughout, and movers of all abilities and their siblings are welcome. Unlike in the past when we’ve had medical/PT/OT “buddies” pair up with our young dancers, for this workshop we will be encouraging a parent/guardian of the participant to join the workshop in offering support for their child.
Help individuals with impaired speech use voice-activated tech
CP State is proud to partner with Google’s Project Euphonia, designed to improve how speech recognition systems recognize impaired speech. Project Euphonia is a Google Research project started two years ago with the goal of helping people with speech impairments communicate faster and gain independence. A few months ago, they reached a milestone of 1,000 hours of recordings from 1000 participants! Their next goal? Collect speech samples from an additional 5000 participants! For the type of research Project Euphonia is doing, having data from a large number of speakers representing a broad spectrum of speech characteristics helps the most. You can contribute to this effort by encouraging individuals to record speech samples for Project Euphonia by visiting our website at g.co/euphonia. They will be asked to record 300 phrases (which should take between 30 and 90 minutes) and the recordings will be reviewed by a speech and language specialist. If, after review by these specialists, the recordings are deemed suitable for Euphonia research, the individual will receive a gift card valued at $60.
Your help pays off in more ways than one. DSPs, SLPs and other staff can receive up to $550 for helping a participant record!
See how it works: Click the thumbnail to hear Mike from Ability Beyond talk about his experience with Project Euphonia.
CP State HR Conference is back
Early registration deadline Thursday, June 10!

CP State is proud to announce the return of the 4th Annual Human Resources Professionals Conference for the Disability Provider Community on September 14-15, 2021 at our traditional location, the Embassy Suites!
This two-day conference will feature HR subject matter experts who will discuss trending topics ranging from cultural diversity to recruiting in the current employment market. Rich Landau, a principal with Jackson Lewis, will join us once again as the Opening Session Speaker. A dynamic presenter, Rich has a wealth of practical knowledge about current labor and employment law practice. These information-packed sessions will also provide informal time to catch up with peers.
Register now and take advantage of the Early Registration Fee option!
Final Registration deadline is September 6.
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