New Military K12 Partners website: http://militaryk12partners.dodea.edu. Military K12 Partners offers resources, like Special Education Modules, to assist schools that serve military families. Students at the Center, an educational resource that provides information on important policies, procedures and best practices is also located on the site, as well as links to many resources developed by other government and non-government agencies.

What: High Fidelity Wraparound Training (This training is required for reimbursement of wraparound facilitation) Who should attend: Providers Family members Others who are interested in becoming a wraparound facilitator

ABOUT THE WEBINAR: In the last decade, the term "evidence-based" has become ubiquitous in education. The term is being used in many different ways and for many different purposes. The goal of this session is to describe the basic concepts of evidence-based practice, outline the legal and ethical basis of evidence-based practice, and examine its implications for all education stakeholders with specific attention to parents and their advocates. Time is provided for questions from participants.

The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation is accepting applications for the 2011 Barbara Jordan Health Policy Scholars Program. This intensive summer program provides college students with an opportunity to work on policy issues in a congressional office and to engage in original health policy research and analysis under the guidance of Foundation research staff.

What: Vendor Forum Keyboard Town PALS Get a look at Keyboard Town PALS NEW  Products and Services Including the newly arrived Spanish and French translations of the "Learn To Type" program

Register Now! Early Registration $30.00 - By October 1st  After Oct 2nd -- $45.00

Dr. Jorgensen is Project Director for the Institute on Disability at The University of New Hampshire and Director of the National Inclusion Education Initiative for students with Autism or Related Disabilities. Dr. Jorgensen Outlines Steps for Genuine Classroom Inclusion, with clarity, proven research and true compassion. The time to change the vision for the future of students with autism and other related disabilities begins Oct 7th!

Families Together is pleased to have Dr. Sally Burton Hoyle present this important information to direct care providers who are working with adults with autism and parents of young adults with autism who are transitioning from school to community life. Dr. Burton Hoyle  grew up helping her brother with autism and, as an adult, she helped him have a meaningful life where he lived in his own apartment close to her family.   She will discuss the critical role of direct care staff in supporting self-determination for persons with autism.

Region III CSPD, in cooperation with OPI, is offering a hands-on training for special education teachers working with students ages 15 and older. Participants will have an opportunity to network with other special education teachers and share ideas and discuss best practices. Participants are required to bring two or three student files which they will work on during the session. Teachers participating in this training are required to watch the four OPI Secondary Transition webinars located on the OPI website prior to attending the Implementing Secondary Transition: Case Study Group. Participants are required to complete a brief evaluation to document attendance and participation for each webinar.

This academy gives the paraeducator knowledge and skills specific to the use of instructional strategies and methods. The academy bases teaching upon the belief that paraeducators must be constantly involved in the dynamic process of analyzing the teaching environment and individual student needs for the particular level of support, degree of adaptation/accommodation or modification, and instructional method that would best facilitate learning. The academy is designed to provide these skills for use by paraeducators supporting students in inclusive classrooms, resource rooms, or in self-contained settings. Paraeducators that attend this training will learn strategies to use with reading, math, and writing instruction. These strategies can be used in whole group, small group or individual instruction.

Click here to download the flyer (PDF) What: Autism/Asperger’s Parent Support Group When: Sunday, October 10, 3:00 pm Where: Lewis & Clark Library Helena, MT

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When: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 Time: 1p.m. - 5 p.m. EST Location: State Capitol Building, Room 303 Participants will acquire the following skills in just four hours: Produce and recognize the hand shapes of the Manual Alphabet; Knowledge of the rules of ASL Produce and recognize 24 ASL phrases Produce and recognize signed numbers Awareness of ASL resources

Register by October 8, 2010 Click here to download the Registration Form

Attend the upcoming Bookshare webinar titled, “How to get my child accessible textbooks,” and learn: What is the NIMAC? Who is eligible for NIMAC textbooks? How do students get access to NIMAC textbooks through Bookshare? What can parents do to help qualified children? This webinar takes place Wednesday, September 22, 2010 at 11:00 AM MT. Attend the live broadcast or sign up to receive a post-webinar recording. Register today!

SHARE's first meeting of the year is Saturday 10/2, at 11 a.m. at the Family Outreach offices, located at 1315 E. Main St., Bozeman, MT. This is the large white building with with green trim at the intersection of Main and Highland. This will be an organizational meeting, so bring your ideas about what you want to do this year.

There is a parent support group open to families in the Bozeman area who have a child with autism. Our goal is to provide opportunities for parents to meet, learn from and support one another and participate in discussions or presentations of interest to the group.

As we observe ADHD Awareness Week, please join us this Thursday, September 16th, at 12:00 pm (Mountain time) for our monthly Ask the Expert online chat. To join the chat, please click here at 1:45 pm (Eastern time) the day of the chat and follow the instructions on that page. This is an online chat only and no pre-registration is required!

The focus will be on the two main components: Inclusion Model Decision Matrix Supporting Documents for the Decision Matrix The Inclusion Collaborative of Santa Clara County is committed to ensuring that children with disabilities and special needs have equal access to full participation in inclusive learning environments. There are resources for teachers, families, and administrators (some are California specific).

This six session series on Discovery will provide educators, adult service personnel and family members with the critical information necessary to facilitate discovery for persons with significant disabilities.  This alternative to comparative assessment addresses the essential question so often overlooked by evaluations and tests, “Who is this person?”  The sessions offer a comprehensive overview to discovery, the relationship to employment and transition from school to adult work, relevance to curricular outcomes and development of visual and written profile documents that capture the information learned during discovery. Don’t miss this useful and informative series that will provide practical strategies and the foundation for all person-centered plans.

Click here to register Our next webinar “Achieve My Plan (AMP!): Increasing Youth Participation in Planning Teams” is scheduled for September 14th from 11AM - 12PM Mountain Time. This webinar will address youth participation in team planning meetings and why it is important, identify strategies to increase meaningful youth participation, and discuss common pitfalls that can occur in team planning meetings and how to prevent them.