Carbon Lehigh IU #21

CLIU21 offers a variety of educational services to our 14 public school districts, in Carbon and Lehigh counties, including charter and private schools!

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Experiencing the outdoors and all it has to offer has such a positive impact for special needs students. That's why we send a group of girls up to Camp Mosey Wood every summer!

#helpingchildrenlearn #specialeducation #girlscouts #camping

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Welcome to the 33rd Annual Carbon Lehigh Special Needs Children's Foundation Golf Tournament at Olde Homestead Golf Club! We are grateful for all the people you support us each and every year. We were able to raise over 12,000 dollars!

#helpingchildrenlearn #specialeducation

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The end of the school year always comes with bittersweet announcements of retirement. We cannot thank these wonderful people enough for dedicating their life's work to our mission of Helping Children Learn!

#helpingchildrenlearn #retirement #specialeducation

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Our Enhanced Autism kiddos love to dance! Our annual Spring Fling Prom Party at our LCEA program is always a fun time! Once one kid starts to dance, everyone joins in! And you would be surprised at some of the moves these kids bust out!
#helpingchildrenlearn #autism #danceparty

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We're celebrating student accomplishments in our Jim Thorpe classroom at L.B. Morris! Teacher Trish Lorkowski holds her annual, end-of-year red carpet award show so every student feels like a star!

#helpingchildrenlearn #redcarpet #specialeducation #awardshows

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As Mental Health Awareness Month comes to a close, our Behavioral Health team reflects on a very insightful May.

As our therapist says, "There is no health without mental health."

#helpingchildrenlearn #mentalhealth #pennsylvania #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealthmonth

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What's better than coming together with your friends to play a bunch of games?!?! This is our DHH Field Day 2026!

#helpingchildrenlearn #specialeducation #deafandhardofhearing #fieldday

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Exercise, music, inclusion, and some sunshine all wrapped up into one! This is Movement with Maia at Veterans Memorial Elementary! Our special needs kids really appreciate being included with regular kindergartners in such a fun activity.

#helpingchildrenlearn #SpecialEducation

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Welcome our newest CLIU21 employees for the month of May! Ushered in by Kim Talipan and Heather Levitt, we are bringing on teachers, an IA, an ESI, a social worker, and a vehicle driver/assistant!

#helpingchildrenlearn #specialeducation #Pennsylvania #newjob

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The 2026 Jim Thorpe Special Olympics was a success. Sprints, relays, and throws were part of the competition including carnival games!

We are so proud to be part of such an amazing community!

#helpingchildrenlearn #specialeducation #specialolympics #pennsylvania

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The energy surrounding the 2026 Special Needs Fishing Derby is amazing! Hosted by the Germantown Grove Cub in Jim Thorpe, this is one of our region's greatest displays of inclusion!

#helpingchildrenlearn #fishingderby #specialeducation #fishon #pennsylvania

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💚 May is Mental Health Month 💚, and we're asking the question, "What helps you have more good days?"

We had a place for IU21 members to tell us as well as an art show from students and employees!

#helpingchildrenlearn #MentalHealthMonth #specialeducation #pennsylvania

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Today our student forum group hosted @CLIU21 groups at the Carbon Country Environmental Education Center… great job today!

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Say hello to our newest IU21 members! We're bringing on a large crew of instructional assistants, vehicle drivers, and vehicle assistants including a teacher, administrative assistant, occupational therapist, and autism support interventionist!

#helpingchildrenlearn

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How does a student express themselves artistically without a paint brush, crayon, marker, or pencil? Using worksheets to help with decision-making, we have our kiddos making AI-generated artwork!

#helpingchildrenlearn #specialeducation #artwork #pennsylvania #lehighvalleypa

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The 3rd Annual CLIU21 Journalism Summit was a success yet again! Journalism, yearbook, photography, podcasting. We had it all!

Thank you to Lehigh Daily's Jai Smith for being our keynote speaker to discuss running a publication!

#helpingchildrenlearn #lehighvalley #journalism

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It's Week of the Young Child, and today was a twofer with Miss Angie at the Liberty Lane Early Learning Center!

Work Together Wednesday and Tasty Tuesday in one day!

#helpingchildrenlearn #weekoftheyoungchild #tastytuesday #worktogetherwednesday #specialeducation #Pennsylvania

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We also had some guest reader! Dr. Cathy Nelson, Dr. Greg Koons, and Kim Talipan. They all told a story about music to children, each one going to a different IU21 early learning center.

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We're celebrating Week of the Young Child all over the CLIU21 region!

Monday is for Music, so our school psychologist Julie sang some songs and played her guitar!

#helpingchildrenlearn #weekoftheyoungchild #music #monday #specialeducation #pennsylvania

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On the April episode of the Helping Children Learn Podcast, we show the power of partnership with @VarietyKids, specifically when supplying special needs students with equipment they need to live better, more inclusive lives.

#helpingchildrenlearn

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