This year's conference, entitled Embracing Difference ... It's Time!, will be held December 8 - 11, 2010, at the Sheraton Denver Hotel in beautiful Denver, Colorado. The TASH Conference is the largest and most progressive international conference advancing equity, opportunity and inclusion for people with disabilities. Registration is open, so come join fellow advocates, families and professionals at the TASH Conference this December! Register prior to September 1 and SAVE up to $90. Click here to register!

SAMHSA ADS Center invites you to a free training teleconference entitled “Peer Support and Peer Providers: Redefining Mental Health Recovery”. This training teleconference will help current and past recipients of mental health services, U.S. service members and their families, health providers, advocacy organizations, family and peer support leaders, and the general public explore the questions above.

You can also go to www.OklahomaParentsCenter.org to register online!

When: September 18, 2010 from 8am-Noon Where: Riverstone Health Clinic 123 S. 27th Street Billings, MT Call for information and appointment! 406-259-4384 Areas of Treatment Offered Neurological Conditions Cleft Palate Burn Injuries and Scars Cerebral Palasy Muscular Dystrophy Limb, Hand and Toe Condition Sports Injuries Osteogenesis Imperfecta (Brittle Bone Disease) Hip, Knee, and Leg Disorders Spinal Disorders Upper and Lower Extremity Prosthetics Juvenile Rheuma Arthritis Foot and Ankle Disorders Port Wine Stain

One Book - One Bozeman is a community-wide read program to promote community building and literacy through reading a common book. The Bozeman Public Library is partnering with MSU Summer Reading/Convocation, Bozeman Schools, and local businesses to bring a successful and comprehensive program into the our community.

Click here to download the full flyer with registration (PDF) What: Basic Training for Wraparound Facilitation Where: Marriott Courtyard 4559 North Reserve St Missoula MT When: Part one:  September 13 and 14th Part two:  September 30 and Oct. 1 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

MII, a two-day training on mental illness intervention, will be presented in Scobey on Tuesday, Aug. 31, and Wednesday, Sept. 1, by Jerry Williams, risk management trainer for Montana Department of Justice. It will be held at the ambulance training room at the north end of Main Street in Scobey from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. There is no cost to participants.

About S’cool Moves: S’Cool Moves is a research-based program developed by a reading specialist and an occupational therapist. S’Cool Moves brings together the best practices in educational theory, brain integration, developmental movement, and self-regulation techniques. The activities strengthen visual, auditory, sensory, and postural systems of the body. These systems need to be fully functioning for focus control and academic success. An important S’cool Moves concept requires children to assume responsibility for their behavior. When children monitor their own behavior, teachers have more time to teach and children have more time to learn. These activities flow seamlessly into the school day. Simply add sensory-based techniques to what you already use in your daily routines. Rather than TELLING children to focus, teach them HOW to focus.

The Social Security Administration published proposed rules on revisions to the criteria for mental impairments, including intellectual disability/mental retardation. These criteria, or "listings", are the first major step in determining whether an individual is eligible for disability benefits under the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Social Security disability programs. The proposed rules are available for public comment until November 17, 2010. See the proposed rules at: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/pdf/2010-20247.pdf.

Overview Join us on September 27 from 1:30pm to 2:30 pm (Mountain) to learn how to apply the principles of supports planning to create a meaningful system of supports for students with intellectual disability. The content draws upon best practices presented in the11th edition of Intellectual Disability: Definition, Classification, and Systems of Supports, a state-of-the-art manual on defining and classifying intellectual disability.  Intellectual Disability is published by the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.

Plain Talk About Reading is being heralded as the nation's premier reading institute. The Institute gives strong focus on providing the latest scientifically based reading research (SBRR) and strategies for those who teach reading at all ages and grade levels. The Institute features a who's who of experts from researchers to practitioners, including Anita Archer, Michael Kamil, Mel Riddile, Robert Brooks, Sam Goldstein, Martha Denckla, Reid Lyon, Michael Fullan, Jack Fletcher, Jan Hasbrouck, Susan Hall, Judi Dodson, Ross Greene, Linda Farrell, Jo Robinson, Susan Ebbers, Vicki Gibson and many, many more! From the nation's leading researchers, you will learn the current findings on reading instruction, reading difficulties and reading intervention. Plus, from seasoned practitioners, you will learn classroom strategies that put this knowledge to work. To Register: Click here to download a registration form. Institute registration fees are for the three day Institute. Your registration includes registration materials, continental breakfast, lunch and afternoon snack on Thursday and Friday, and a Jazz Brunch on Saturday! One day registrations are not available. Institute Registration Fee:  $645: Ends Sept. 30 $695: Oct. 1-Feb. 1 $745: After Feb. 1

Were you taught SEE by someone who didn't really understand the purpose and features of SEE? Maybe you tried to teach yourself from the "yellow book." Do you want to sign: more meaningfully and fluently? using all the visual features of sign language? Don't miss the next Signing Exact English weekend skillshop! Join the small classes customized to your learning needs. Interpreters, parents, teachers, assistants, and others wishing to improve their vocabulary, fluency, and expressive and receptive abilities are grouped according to skill level from barely beginner to intermediate to advanced.  Ideally, the workshop will have 45-50 participants and five instructors per small group.

Click here to download the registration form for this event (DOC) Untangling the Dots  September 23-24, 2010 MSDB campus - Great Falls Topics this year include: Direct observations of braille students reading and writing braille at MSDB Pre-braille for the young learner Pre-braille for the adventitiously blind or MIVI student Formatting using Literary braille and the Perkins braille writer Transcribing and the use of Technology Functional Braille Creating Efficient braille readers Complex braille issues Review of the Braille Bill Concept Development The Use of Braille Curricula Please return form by September 13, 2010 to: Kerri Norick 145 N. Pheasant Dr. Bozeman, MT 59718 or knorick@msdb.mt.gov

In recognition of the 20th anniversary of the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), we’re offering a free 3-month trial membership good for 20 book downloads per month to all Americans with qualifying print disabilities. Please tell everyone you know who could benefit from this promotion. From now until August 31, 2010, any individual with a qualifying disability can sign up! At the end of the 3-months,new members will receive suggestions about how to sign up for individual memberships.

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Click here to download the full flyer (PDF) Are you (or someone you know) receiving Social Security disability benefits and interested in exploring your work options? Do you have questions about work like these… Can I work and still keep my Social Security benefits? Can I work and keep my healthcare benefits? Who can help me understand how working will affect my benefits? Who can help me find a job?

Click here to download the SEPTA 2010-2011 Events Calendar Click here to download the full flyer for September's Event (PDF) When: Tuesday, September 14th at 6:00 PM Where: Dinosaur Playground  (Located just off the corner of Oak St and Davis Lane) Please join us for the first get together of the year and meet our special education teachers and other parents with similar needs and concerns as yours. FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL JOANNA DUMAS, PRESIDENT (406) 522-0851

Click here to register The Division of Special Education has scheduled an All Teacher Training on the dates and locations below. The training will review the special education process and forms. All trainings will be from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Glendive, September 14 - Dawson Community College Billings, September 16 - Billings Hotel & Convention Center Great Falls, September 22 - Best Western Heritage Inn Polson, October 13 - Polson High School Auditorium Butte, October 21 - Copper King Hotel

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