MOVE International
1300 17th Street
CITY CENTRE
Bakersfield, CA 93301-4533 USA
800-397-MOVE(6683)
move-international@kern.org
MOVE International is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization.
MISSION STATEMENT: MOVE International seeks to improve the overall quality of life for people with disabilities and for the people who care for them, regardless of age or cause of disability. MOVE International promotes fuller participation in home, school, work and community life to encourage the dignity and hope such participation brings to each individual.
The mission statement is founded in the belief that the ability to move is the first foundation stone in building personal dignity.
The MOVE Program originated in the 1980s in the Kern County Superintendent of Schools, Bakersfield, California. The MOVE Program is now used in many school districts and other facilities/organizations throughout the United States and many other nations.
Heartwood School
Name of Site: Heartwood School
Contact Person(s): Marcia O'Brien, Principal
Address: 625 Hagadorn Rd. Mason, MI 48854
Phone: (517) 244-1405
Email Address: mobrien@inghamisd.org
Web Site: http://www.inghamisd.org/schools/heartwoodschool/
FAX: (517) 676-5730
Designation Date as MOVE Model Site: May 25, 2010
MOVE International Trainers:
Joanne Janicki, Physical Therapist
Sarah Kribs, Special Education Teacher
Description of Site: Heartwood School is a special education center based program servicing individuals age two to twenty six years old.
Number of students/clients using the MOVE Program: 32
Age range of students/clients: 2-25
Number of classrooms using the MOVE Program: 6-8
Student/client/staff ratio: 3 to 1
Other notes of interest:
Staff are very excited about integrating the MOVE Program in all aspects of the student's day and throughout the school campus. Special opportunities include use of a therapeutic pool, playing on an accessible playscape, traveling a paved path through the woods and enjoying a sensory garden, which is currently under construction. Support from a variety of programs at Michigan State University enhance the educational opportunities for Heartwood students.
Directions to Heartwood School: http://www.inghamisd.org/about/directions/
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