Hi all,

Welcome to my new Blog about all things TRAP.

There is always lots going on and I hope this will be a way to keep up with us .... in real time.

Thanks to our web-master Ralph Oleski for all his hard work. Ralph has been with us for about ten years, volunteering his time, energy and expertise and never asking anything in return.

In reference to his work I'd like to report a lot of new changes to the site:

• New home page narrative 
• New TRAP Educational video's 
• New TRAP benefit music series
• New picture tribute to the musicians without whom we wouldn't have a program 

Coming very soon:

• A complete translation into Spanish for our friends in Latin America and elsewhere.
• New criteria for TRAP certification 
• TRAP Training schedules/ times and prices 
• New items in our store 
• Volunteer profiles and gratitude for all they do as part of our family. 

*As a very small but mighty organization it takes many hands to succeed in all there is to do. Though an admitted workaholic, I can't possibly do everything so, a great deal of thanks is always in order to those folks helping me who are making the world a little better for the folks we serve.

NEWS:

Our Seminar at UCP/WORK Inc. In Santa Maria was a wonderful success and we'd like to welcome two new facilitators to our family, Thu and Shannon! Always good to see and work with Elizabeth and Richard, not to mention our extraordinary students. 

Our new book "Hey! Take a look at my Life" is now available on the TRAP website: 

http://www.traponline.org Hey! "Take a look at my Life" was 17 years in the making.

It is a testament to The Rhythmic Arts Project, its origin and continued work in the world. The truly heartwarming stories have come from parents, siblings, teachers and friends spanning the globe making life a little better and more inclusive for our students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities as well as their typical peers.