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Meliah Bell

The Center for Children and Families OPEN HOUSE - Billings, MT - October 25, 2012 - 0 views

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    RSVP to melanies@forfamilies.org or call 670-9364   What: We have exciting news to share with the community! Announcement at 4:30, Refreshments will be served. We can't wait for you to see our new space, share in our vision, and learn about The Center's exciting recent addition of resources for families in our community.   When/Where: Thursday, October 25, 2012 4:00p.m.-6:00 p.m. margin-top: 0px; font-fami
Meliah Bell

AbleNet Online Professional Development Sessions - Webinars - Multiple Dates - 0 views

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    November 8, 2012 10:00am MDT - 45 minutes Title: Apps for AAC
    Category: Assistive Technology
    Presenter: Jane Farrall, SLP
    Cost: FREE
    Learn More or Register Now
    November 14, 2012 10:00am MDT - 45 Minutes Title: Back by Popular Demand: The iPad in Special Education: Why do you want one and what to do.
    Category: Assistive Technology
    Presenter: Diane Gerads-Schmidt, M.A. & Jason Backes,OT
    Cost: FREE
    Learn More or Register Now
    December 11, 2012 1:00pm MDT - 45 Minutes </p
Meliah Bell

i-Pad Training for Beginners - Glendive, MT - October 27, 2012 - 0 views

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    To Register contact Karen Pickart at cspd.r1@gmail.com and Please answer the following questions in an email: What is the purpose for your iPad? (email, student apps, record-keeping, videos, AAC, etc. . .) ? How comfortable are you with iOS products? What programs are you using now? How do you purchase apps and how many are on the account? What do you want to learn to do with iPad? What is your favorite adult app and student app? What:
    This training is for those parents and educators that would like to become familiar with the basics of using the i-Pad. Additional trainings will be conducted to increase i-Pad skills in the future. When/Where:
    October 27, 2012
    Glendive, MT
    9AM-3PM Contact:
    Karen Pickart, Coordinator CSPD Region I 207 Third Street Glendive, MT 59330 406-377-6489 406-939-3418 cspd.r1@gmail.com    
Terry Booth

Montana Autism Education Project Presents: Rudy Simone - Multiple Locations - Multiple ... - 0 views

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    Click here to register for this event What:
    The Montana Autism Education Project of the Office of Public Instruction is proud to present Rudy Simone in four FREE presentations in Montana. Ms. Simone is the author of three books on Asperger syndrome, all best-sellers: Aspergirls: Empowering Females with Asperger's Syndrome Asperger's on the Job: Must-Have Advice for People with Asperger's or High-Functioning Autism, and their Employers, Educators, and Advocates 22 Things a Woman Must Know if She Loves a Man with Asperger Syndrome Ms. Simone will be in Billings, Helena and Missoula and Kalispell for a FREE presentation on the above topics. Pre-registration is required to attend, please register below. A separate registration is required for each person attending. When/Where: Wednesday, April 25th -- 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m Billings Convention Center
    1223 Mullowney Lane
    Billings MT
    Thursday, April 26th -- 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Gateway Center
    1710 National Avenue
    Helena, MT
    Friday, April 27th -- 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. DoubleTree Hotel Edgewater
    100 Madison Avenue
    Missoula, MT
Roger Holt

FDA-approved Ampyra gives MS patients hope - 0 views

  • It has been six years since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a drug to treat patients with multiple sclerosis, but 2010 has been a drug bonanza for MS patients. In just 10 months, the FDA has approved a trifecta of drugs, giving many MS patients new hope and opportunities. Here's a snapshot of the FDA's actions:
Meliah Bell

Epilepsy and Kids Information Series - Billings, MT - Multiple dates - 0 views

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    To reserve your spot or find the video conferencing location in your area contact:
    St. Vincent University at 406-237-ED4U (406-237-3348) or email svhu@svh-mt.org What:
    Educational series that is offered to anyone that is interested in learning about epilepsy, and anyone who has questions that need answering or who wants to share their experiences with others in the same situation. When/Where:
    St. Vincent Healthcare - Mansfield Health Education Center
    1145 North 30th  - Located in the Lower Level of the Yellowstone Medical West Building
    Billings, MT 59102 -November 27, 2012
    Working to Maximize Success in School -January 24, 2013
    Epilepsy: What's New? -March 27, 2013
    The invisible Disability -May 22, 2013
    Living with Epilepsy, Tips and Traps Contact:
    Cindy K. Leenknecht, MS, ACNS-BC, CCRP
    Telemedicine Project Coordinator, St. Vincent Healthcare Foundation
    Yelllowstone Medical Center,
    2900 12 Avenue N, Suite 30W, Box 26,
    Billings, MT 59101
    work:  406.237.8652    
    cell:  406.698.9116   
    fax:  406.237.8655
    cindy.leenknecht@svh-mt.org
Meliah Bell

Augmentative Alternative Communication (AAC), Evaluation and Treatment - Webinar - Nov ... - 0 views

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    Click here to register

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    Please join Autism Speaks for a webinar hosted by Kate Grandbois, MS, CCC-SLP, to learn about the different technologies that can help people with autism and how to request a Technology Assessment. When:
    Nov 14, 2012
    5pm Mountain Time If you have any questions email:
    contactus@autismspeaks.org
Roger Holt

Life Went On Around Her, Redefining Care by Bridging a Divide - NYTimes.com - 0 views

  • In 1988, when Anne Fadiman met Lia Lee, then 5, for the first time, she wrote down her impressions in four spare lines that now read like found poetry:.
  • barefoot mother gently rocking silent child ¶ diaper, sweater, strings around wrist ¶ like a baby, but she’s so big ¶ mother kisses and strokes her ¶ The story of Lia, the severely brain-damaged daughter of Hmong refugees who had resettled in California, became the subject of Ms. Fadiman’s first book, “The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down,” published in 1997. ¶ Its title is the English translation of the condition known as qaug dab peg (pronounced “kow da pay”), the Hmong term for epilepsy, from which Lia had suffered since infancy. ¶ In traditional Hmong belief, qaug dab peg, like many illnesses, is spiritual in origin, caused when the soul becomes separated from the body. A traditional cure might entail visits from a shaman, who would attempt to reunite body and soul.¶ A work of narrative nonfiction, Ms. Fadiman’s book is a cautionary tale about the cultural chasm between Lia’s family, with its generations-old animist beliefs, and her rationalist American doctors.
Sierra Boehm

iOS, Android, MS Surface Pro 2 Comparisons - Webinar - Feb. 26, 2014 - 0 views

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    What:
    Not all tablets are the same. This webinar will discuss the differences between a iPAD tablet with iOS7; a Galaxy Note 10.1 using the Android operating system; and the Surface Pro 2 using Windows 8.1 operating system. The review and demonstrations will focus on accessibility features as well as available apps to support individuals with disabilities

    When:
    Wednesday, February 26, 2014
    1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Mountain

    Cost:
    $49.00
Sierra Boehm

Re-Wording with MSWord: Scaffold Print with Tools You Already Have - Webinar - Oct. 2, ... - 0 views

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    Register for this webinar What:
    Say goodbye "one-size-fits-all" print resources and hello to providing access! Have you heard the word about MSWord? Did you know that you can alter the cognitive difficulty of print information to provide multiple means of representation, action and expression, and engagement using MS Word and free internet downloads? Using a process called "cognitive rescaling" (Edyburn, 2002) and flexible digital technologies, you can change digital text to engage and support students. Every educator can provide the scaffolds needed by using common features of Microsoft Office in uncommon ways to ensure that all learners have access to knowledge.

    When:
    Wednesday, October 2, 2013
    1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Mountain

    Cost:
    $49.00 - Live Broadcast
Sierra Boehm

Building Multi-Tiered Systems of Support for Middle and High School Teams - Kalispell -... - 0 views

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    Register for this event (course ID #3406)
    Download the flyer for this event

    What:
    Middle and High schools offer unique challenges for implementing a multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS). The major key is to build school-wide systems that simultaneously addresses  the need for academic and behavioral support and ensures every student has the skills to earn a high school diploma. The answers to behavioral and academic MTSS are right inside every staff development session, but a plan that includes the use of multiple assessment tools to foster data based decision making requires a shift in process for many schools. This session will provide ideas, work time and technology tools that support MTSS implementation and help MS/HS  with the shift. Session work will be differentiated to meet the needs of individual schools, with facilitator support provided.

    When:
    Thursday, December 12, 2013
    8:30 am - 3:30 pm Mountain

    Where:
    Hampton Inn
    1140 Highway 2 West
    Kalispell, MT 59901

    Cost:
    No cost
Sierra Boehm

Building Multi-Tiered Systems of Support for Middle and High School Teams - Missoula - ... - 0 views

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    Register for this event (course ID #3365)
    Download the flyer for this event

    What:
    Middle and High schools offer unique challenges for implementing a multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS). The major key is to build school-wide systems that simultaneously addresses  the need for academic and behavioral support and ensures every student has the skills to earn a high school diploma. The answers to behavioral and academic MTSS are right inside every staff development session, but a plan that includes the use of multiple assessment tools to foster data based decision making requires a shift in process for many schools. This session will provide ideas, work time and technology tools that support MTSS implementation and help MS/HS  with the shift. Session work will be differentiated to meet the needs of individual schools, with facilitator support provided.

    When:
    Wednesday, December 11, 2013
    8:30 am - 3:30 pm Mountain

    Where:
    Wingate Hotel
    5252 Airway Blvd.
    Missoula, MT 59808

    Cost:
    No cost
Sierra Boehm

Understanding Behavioral Changes in Adults with IDD and Dementia - Webinar - Dec. 11, 2013 - 0 views

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    Register for this event

    What:
    This webinar will dive into the behavioral aspects of dementia in persons with IDD. Dr. Kathie Bishop and Ms. Kathleen Pears will team up to go into detail regarding symptoms and behaviors associated with dementia in this population, and how sensory challenges can often be misinterpreted and associated with dementia. Environmental factors that can contribute to certain behaviors will be introduced as well as changes that you can make in an individual's environment that will help to reduce specific attributes as well.

    When:
    Wednesday, December 11, 2013
    12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Mountian

    Cost:
    No cost
Roger Holt

Lessons at Tuba City Hospital, Run by Navajos, About Births - NYTimes.com - 0 views

  • TUBA CITY, Ariz. — After less than two hours in the maternity ward, with her boyfriend, his mother and a nurse-midwife by her side, Jacquelynn Torivio gave birth to a five-pound, five-ounce son with his grandmother’s dimples and a full head of shiny black hair.
  • As she held him, Ms. Torivio’s spirits clearly matched her Hopi name, Nuquahynum — “a feather flying high.”
  • It was the kind of birth that many women in the United States could only wish for. Ms. Torivio had a vaginal birth, even though her previous child had been delivered by Caesarean section. Because of that prior surgery, many hospitals would not have let her even try to give birth vaginally, but would have required another Caesarean.
Roger Holt

Americans with Disabilities Act: Impact of the New Regulations on those with LD (audio) - 0 views

  • The updated regulations that govern the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act will become effective in March 2011. Significant changes are included in these regulations and they are likely to have a significant (and positive) impact on those with learning disabilities (LD). &nbsp; This podcast features a conversation with attorney Jo Anne Simon on how, specifically, these new rules will impact students with LD. Ms. Simon has over 30 years of experience working with the disability community and has helped create the field of post-secondary disability services by working at the grassroots and organizational level. Ms. Simon has worked for effective implementation of the federal Americans with Disabilities Act since its enactment in 1990, and before that with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
Roger Holt

Education Week: Studies Shed Light on 'Twice Exceptional' Students - 0 views

  • Emerging research on the "neurodevelopmental paradox" of twice-exceptional students highlights the need for educators to take an earlier, more holistic approach to evaluating and teaching students with disabilities. Often, when people think of a gifted student with disabilities, they picture an autistic savant, like Dustin Hoffman's character in the movie "Rain Man," but in reality, "there are a lot of kids who are really struggling, and we totally miss them," said M. Layne Kalbfleisch, the principal investigator of the Krasnow Investigations of Developmental Learning and Behavior, or KIDLAB, at George Mason University, in Fairfax, Va. Ms. Kalbfleisch and other experts estimate there were 300,000 twice-exceptional students—intellectually gifted children also diagnosed with learning disabilities—in 2004, when the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act first noted that students with disabilities may also be gifted.
danny hagfeldt

Montana Vocational Rehabilitation and Montana Independent Living - Billings - April 3, ... - 0 views

  • You can download the final SPIL here and&nbsp;you can download the State Plan here!What:Public hearing on state plans for Montana independent living and Montana vocational rehabilitation.For more details please visit: http://www.dphhs.mt.gov/vocrehab/upcomingevents.shtml. At this site you will also find the current state plans for Montana Vocational Rehabilitation and Independent Living, as well as a copy of the current Montana Vocational Rehabilitation strategic plan report.&nbsp; This report reflects the activities and progress of the first year of the 3-year strategic plan.&nbsp; The Hearing is an opportunity to comment on the progress of the strategic plan. When:April 3rd, 20123:00 pm - 4:00 pmWhere:The hearing will be at Fisher Video Conference sites in Billings, Butte, Bozeman, Great Falls, Helena, Kalispell, Miles City and Missoula.Contact:Mike Hermanson, MS, CRCPhone: (406) 444-3833
danny hagfeldt

Using RTI to Improve Preschool Outcomes - Webinar - December 13, 2011 - 0 views

  • Click here to participate in the Talk!What:AppleTree Institute in Washington, DC, has been implementing RTI in preschool settings since 2007 to support the development of language, social-emotional, and foundational academic skills of three- and four-year-old children. Join Mary Anne Lesiak and Lydia Carlis as they explore the application of multi-tiered systems of support in early childhood settings and answer your questions about key issues. Ms. Lesiak and Dr. Carlis will offer specific tips for how school teams can work together to introduce and sustain RTI at the preschool level.When:Tuesday, December 13, 20111:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. MTContact:National Center for Learning DisabilitiesToll-Free: 888-575-7373 Phone: 646-616-1252Fax: 202-842-1942
danny hagfeldt

Girls on the Spectrum: Q&A with the Author of Aspergirls - Billings, Helena, Missoula, ... - 0 views

  • What:Is Asperger's syndrome really less common in girls and women, or are females just better than males at masking autistic symptoms? Rudy Simone, a San Francisco singer, writer and stand-up comic, didn't learn that she was on the autism spectrum until her mid-40s. Simone has Asperger's syndrome - a high-functioning form of autism that leads to social problems but no intellectual disabilities - which, like all forms of autism, appear much more commonly in boys than in girls. Ten times more men are believed to reside on the spectrum than women. But some experts think the real prevalence of Asperger's in girls may be much higher than believed, because girls tend to be far better than boys at concealing its symptoms, masking social problems and hiding the repetitive behaviors often associated with autism. So, many women go undiagnosed until middle age, along the way given other labels and therapies that do not address their real issues. To help make up for the lack of resources available to girls with Asperger's and their families, Simone wrote Aspergirls: Empowering Females with Asperger's Syndrome. Healthland spoke with her recently. Read more: http://healthland.time.com/2011/12/27/mind-reading-a-qa-with-the-author-of-aspergirls/#ixzz1hl7AHuDt Ms. Simone will be speaking in Montana this spring. More details will be provided in mid-March. All of her appearances will free and open to the public. Where and When:Billings (CEC Conference) - April 25, 2012Helena - April 26, 2012 Missoula - April 27, 2012Kalispell - April 28, 2012Contact: Doug Doty, Coordinator Website: www.opi.mt.gov/autism/maep Phone: (406) 444-0907
Roger Holt

Plan to Reshape Indian Education Stirs Opposition - Education Week - 0 views

  • An effort by the Obama administration to overhaul the troubled federal agency that is responsible for the education of tens of thousands of American Indian children is getting major pushback from some tribal leaders and educators, who see the plan as an infringement on their sovereignty and a one-size-fits-all approach that will fail to improve student achievement in Indian Country. As Barack Obama makes his first visit to Indian Country as president this week, the federal Bureau of Indian Education—which directly operates 57 schools for Native Americans and oversees 126 others run by tribes under contract with the agency—is moving ahead with plans to remake itself into an entity akin to a state department of education that would focus on improving services for tribally operated schools. A revamped BIE, as envisioned in the proposal, would eventually give up direct operations of schools and push for a menu of education reforms that is strikingly similar to some championed in initiatives such as Race to the Top, including competitive-grant funding to entice tribal schools to adopt teacher-evaluation systems that are linked to student performance. The proposed reorganization of the BIE comes after years of scathing reports from watchdog groups, including the U.S. Government Accountability Office, and chronic complaints from tribal educators about the agency’s financial and academic mismanagement and failure to advocate more effectively for the needs of schools that serve Native American students. It also comes a year after U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell called the federally funded Indian education system “an embarrassment.” The BIE is overseen by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, which is housed within the U.S. Interior Department. Pushback From Tribes The proposal, released in April, was drafted by a seven-person “study group” appointed jointly by Ms. Jewell and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. Five of the panel’s members currently serve in the Obama administration. Some of the nation’s largest tribes, however, are staunchly opposed to the proposal, including the 16 tribes that make up the Great Plains Tribal Chairmans Association, which represents tribal leaders in South Dakota, North Dakota, and Nebraska. “It’s time for us to decide what our children will learn and how they will learn it because [BIE] has been a failure so far,” Bryan V. Brewer, the chairman of the 40,000-member Oglala Sioux tribe in Pine Ridge, S.D., said last month in a congressional hearing on the BIE. In the same hearing before the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, Charles M. Roessel, the director of the BIE and a member of the panel that drafted the plan, said the agency’s reorganization “would allow the BIE to achieve improved results in the form of higher student scores, improved school operations, and increased tribal control over schools.” (Despite multiple requests from Education Week, the BIE did not make Mr. Roessel or any other agency official available for an interview.)
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