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Click Here to Register for this Webinar What: How do we plan meaningful work experiences for students with disabilities in rural areas? This webinar will address how to gain the most information out of each work experience: how to identify skills, abilities, and support needs that we can assess on each site and new skills and strategies to teach the student. Creative strategies to identify opportunities through networking, tapping into social capital and exploring self-employment will all be shared. When: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 1:00pm - 2:30pm Mountain

Click here to complete and submit your application What: This summer adventure for teens 16 to 17 includes the opportunity to experience what it is like to live and work with a Leader Dog and sends you home with a free accessible GPS device! During the week, you'll learn how to use the GPS to enhance your ability to travel in current and new environments. Additional activities planned for the week include tandem biking, movie night and kayaking, just to name a few! Instructor to Student Ratio: GPS Camp has a 1:3 instructor-to-student ratio to ensure a personalized experience for all participants. Lodging: Campers stay in the residence facility on our beautiful campus in Rochester Hills, Michigan. Male and female students reside in separate areas of the residence and are supervised by Leader Dog staff. Camp Overview: Challenge Level: Moderate to Difficult Age requirement: 16–17 years old Dates: June 24–July 1, 2011 Now accepting applications

Click here to submit your application What: This summer adventure for teens 16 to 17 includes the opportunity to experience what it is like to live and work with a Leader Dog and sends you home with a free accessible GPS device! During the week, you'll learn how to use the GPS to enhance your ability to travel in current and new environments. Additional activities planned for the week include tandem biking, movie night and kayaking, just to name a few! Instructor to Student Ratio: GPS Camp has a 1:3 instructor-to-student ratio to ensure a personalized experience for all participants. Lodging: Campers stay in the residence facility on our beautiful campus in Rochester Hills, Michigan. Male and female students reside in separate areas of the residence and are supervised by Leader Dog staff. Camp Overview: Challenge Level: Moderate to Difficult Age requirement: 16–17 years old Dates: June 24–July 1, 2011 Now accepting applications

What: During this presentation listeners will learn how to get the most use from the documents in the toolkit, created to provide guidance to successfully work with a Paraprofessional in a school setting.  A paraprofessional is an aide that works one on one with a student in classes and throughout the day. Students will share their own experiences of what has worked, and challenges they faced working with paraprofessionals.  There will also be information about the process of creating these documents, what goes into running a Youth Led organization like KASA and the importance of youth involvement!  When: 4:30 PM MT

To register please send an email to shattuck@u.washington.edu. What: New scientific discoveries about the lifelong impacts of adverse childhood experiences shed light on the intergenerational benefits of home visiting. Laura Porter will share information about the ACE Study, including data from Washington State. Kathy Carson will discuss some of the evidence of outcomes for home visiting and how understanding the impacts of childhood trauma can impact home visiting practice. This presentation is intended for people working with young children and families and anyone interested in parenting and child development. When: Thursday, June 16, 1 - 2 PM

Webinar - All About Apps for Education: Just the Apps and Nothing but the Apps Thursday, May 5, 2011, 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. Mountain – Web-Based Training, register Discover the wonderful world of apps for education. This webinar will help you navigate and maximize your use of the iPod/iPad. The presenters will take you on an app adventure and share a variety of apps in such categories as early childhood, literacy, autism, communication, organization, and more. Funding for this webinar is made possible by a grant from the Minnesota Department of Education. The source of funding is from federal award, Grants to States-Special Education CFDA 84.027, P.L. 108-446 Individuals With Disabilities Education Act. Basic Vocabulary Organization in PRC Devices Monday, May 16, 2011, 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Mountain – PACER Center, Bloomington, MN, register This free workshop is for parents and professionals to learn more about Unity vocabulary organization included in all Prentke Romich Company PRC Communication or AAC Devices.  Participants will be introduced to the vocabulary options available.  This workshop will be held in the PACER computer lab where participants can bring their own device or use computer emulation software (Vantage Lite PASS software version 5.02).  The training will include hands-on experience to become familiar with how Unity supports creation of spontaneous novel communication, and to teach basic device operations such as customizing messages, changing icons, hiding keys, and backing up the device. The presenter is PRC Regional Consultant Helen Canfield.  The workshop is limited to 20 participants. Classroom Suite Version 4 Foundations Wednesday, May 18, 7:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Mountain - PACER Center, register This workshop is designed for educators, SLPs, OTs, AT specialists, paraprofessionals and parents who are new to (or have limited experience with) Classroom Suite V.4. The goal of the Foundation Workshop for Classroom Suite V.4 is to enable educators to use Classroom Suite to teach early concepts, reading, writing, and math to students struggling because of learning difficulties or access issues. This workshop is sponsored by Cambium Learning Technologies. Registration fee $225. Kurzweil 3000 Version 11 Foundations Thursday, May 19, 7:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Mountain - PACER Center, register This workshop is designed for educators, SLPs, OTs, AT specialists, paraprofessionals and parents who support students with learning disabilities and are new to (or have limited experience with) Kurzweil 3000. This workshop is sponsored by Cambium Learning Technologies. Registration fee $225.00. Putting LAMP (Language Acquisition through Motor Planning) to Work: AAC Strategies to Promote Communication Friday, May 20, 2011, 8:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Mountain – PACER Center, Bloomington, MN, register Language Acquisition through Motor Planning (LAMP) is a therapeutic approach based on neurological and motor learning principles.  The goal is to give individuals who are nonverbal or have limited verbal abilities or speech a method to independently and spontaneously express themselves.  This workshop is for parents, professionals, and SLPs and will give an overview of the LAMP treatment approach, discussion of the components of LAMP and how and why children with autism would benefit from using a voice output AAC device, and discussion of features that are beneficial for teaching language to children with autism and other disabilities.  Lunch will not be provided.  A one hour lunch break will be taken and maps to area restaurants will be provided.  This free workshop will offer 0.5 ASHA CEUs.

Looking back on the past three years, I wanted to document the critical factors that seemed to make a difference in my son’s experience. Some of these factors parents can influence, and some are more difficult. I can personally attest to difficulty of rolling the ball up hill so-to-speak, when it comes to implementing change in schools. But if we start identify what is working well, then, perhaps, we can start to advocate and change schools so that they work for kids with autism instead of against them.