Bonnie Kader:
CLASS OF 1974
Kennedy High SchoolClass of 1974
Bellmore, NY
SUNY College at Old WestburyClass of 1992
Old westbury, NY
Syracuse, NY
SUNY College at BrockportClass of 1978
Brockport, NY
Bonnie's Story
Since High School I have been very busy. I graduated from Brockport University in 1978. In my last year, I was asked to teach a Speech course as if I were a graduate assn't. I received a full scholarship to Syracuse University and graduated with my Masters in 1980. I began my career at ASCAP as an account rep. I was very restless and really wanted to do something more interesting and a little physical. I quit a high paying position at ASCAP to work at Jack LaLanne. I really like selling health and fitness and rose through the ranks quickly. I became a supervisor in record time and taught an aerobics class just at the time of Jane Fonda. I won many awards for sales and loved the exercise. Soon after, I owned my own aerobics studio in Bellmore called "STEPS". I then took it a step further and competed in a bodybuilding competition in which I won best poser and third place. Although It was a great experience, It was something I would not like to do again. I later went into teaching. In my first experience, I was put into a special education class. I really liked It and found I had the patience and creativity to be successful. I got married in June 1989 and we bought a house in Merrick (where I still live). I had my son Jesse in March 1990. I returned to college the next year to get certified in Special Education. My husband Anthony became sick in May 1993. He died in July after a short battle with brain cancer. I was alone with my 3 year old. I made an apartment in my basement and began making children's clothing to sell at the Roosevelt raceway. I did this because It was a way to make more money then I made as a teacher to keep my home. Don't ask me how I knew how to do that. It just came to me. I remember tie-dying clothing in my washing machine late at night so I could spend the days with my son. I did that until the raceway closed. I was not prepared for that and was at a crossroad. I returned to teaching and taking care of my son. I eventually met my second husband at AA. Oh I forgot that part. I joined AA in 1982. I was a big partier in College and It got me into trouble. Soon-af...Expand for more
ter I graduated from college I got sober. I am now sober for over 25 years. I had another son Logan in 1997 with my second husband. I was very unhappy in my this marriage because I had never really grieved for my first husband. I was so busy with my son and working so hard to keep my home that I put it way way way in the back of my head. He was also 10 years younger than me very immature and not ambitious in the work dept. I finally asked him to leave in April 2006 after 10 very long years. I am still in the process of getting divorced. I began working in Early Intervention 13 years ago. Currently, I do ABA therapy (Applied Behavorial analysis) with 2-3 year old autistic babies. When they turn 3 my time with them is over. It is very hard to say good-bye because the therapy is usually 2 hours a day 5 days a week in the childs home. In January I will start my BCBA online. It is made up of 5 courses online along with the ABA therapy I do now in the field. My son Jesse is now 18 and a Freshman at Oswego State College. My younger son Logan is 11 and goes to Lakeside School. I said in my very long "Story" that I currently live in Merrick on Montauk Avenue. I am writing a book about one of the children I have finished working with that was decertified. That means that they were considered to not be autistic after their Early Intervention therapy was over. This has occured with the last 3 children I have worked with and I am now keeping a diary with all of the children I am seeing currently. I will choose one as a case study. My hope for the future is to also find someone that I can grow old with. I feel that I have done the work to become open to a loving relationship with a man. I also want to become more active again and lose the "when am I ever going to be divorced and not be tortured anymore" pounds I have gained this year. After all we are all now over 50 and need to be more concerned with our health. I look forward to connecting with some of my old friends from High School. Please feel free to write. I will post a picture as soon as possible.
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