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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to congratulate Susan Vaughn on
4 receiving the 2007 Belle Greve Memorial Award; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Susan Vaughn works as a Pre-Vocational
6 Coordinator at South Eastern Special Education; she has strived
7 undauntedly to improve the Secondary Transitional Experience
8 Program (STEP) for the students in a five county area serving
9 twelve high schools; and
 
10     WHEREAS, Susan Vaughn has worked for numerous years with
11 children with disabilities, kids that have significant
12 behavior disabilities, and young adults developing and
13 learning job skills; Susan has enhanced the program, where
14 students are expected to achieve their best and often live up
15 to those expectations; her drive and enthusiasm have expanded
16 the number and the level of disabilities served by her program,
17 while also expanding the services provided to those students;
18 and
 
19     WHEREAS, Susan Vaughn presents workshops on Transition,
20 Summary of Performance, and the STEP program; she attends State
21 workshops gathering pertinent information to enable her to
22 build on her knowledge; and
 

 

 

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1     WHEREAS, She is co-chair of the local TPC and has spent
2 hours working on the development of a Transition Resource Book
3 covering the local counties; her dedication has helped students
4 with disabilities have a more successful transition from
5 adolescence to young adulthood; and
 
6     WHEREAS, The Belle Greve Memorial Award is presented to a
7 person who has shown unusual initiative or creativity in
8 developing and/or administering a service program for people
9 with disabilities; the award is named for Belle Greve, founder
10 of the Cleveland Rehabilitation Center; therefore, be it
 
11     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
12 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
13 congratulate Susan Vaughn on receiving the 2007 Belle Greve
14 Memorial Award; and be it further
 
15     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
16 presented to Susan Vaughn as a symbol of our respect and
17 esteem.