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This spring, Montana State University's College of Nursing and Extended University offer a series of recorded Webinars designed for primary care providers who offer mental health care in their practices but who are not mental health professionals.Topics cover conditions that often present in the primary care setting: Diagnostics; Pharmacotherapy; Depressive Disorders; Anxiety Disorders; Bipolar Disorders; Cognitive Disorders in the Older Adult; and Managing Neurobehavioral Crises.

Online registration coming soon! What and When:Please Save the Date for the Children Come First Conference and Youth Mental Health Summit in Milwaukee on May 3rd and 4th. See the details below and attached!  You won't want to miss this exciting event and the opportunity for developing action plans to improve youth mental health in Wisconsin!May 3rd:A Day Spent with Dr. Ross Greene, Associate Professor at Harvard University and acclaimed author of The Explosive Child and Lost At School. The day's conversation: Change Starts with Youth. For youth (ages 14-24) led by youth. May 4th (8:00 am - 12:00 pm):From Input to Action, adults and youth ages 14-24 join together to design action plans to improve youth mental health in Wisconsin. Sponsored by Wisconsin Family Ties, Youth Mental Health Connections, Milwaukee Mental Health Task Force.Where:American Serb Hall5101 W. Oklahoma Ave. Milwaukee, WI  Contact:Wisconsin Family TiesPhone: (608) 267-6888 or 800-422-7145 (parents only please)Fax: (608) 267-6801E-mail:  info@wifamilyties.org

You can register here to become a member! You can also download the full flyer here!What:TASH invites you to learn about Building Inclusive High School Communities by participating in this exclusive webinar series featuring leading experts on inclusive education. Creating a truly inclusive high school can be an arduous and complex process, especially as schools already face the challenge of raising academic standards through rigor and high-stakes testing. But as the gateway to adult life, high school should embrace and support all students by creating opportunities for: Self-advocacy Differentiated instruction and Universal Design for Learning Youth Engagement Relationship building and social interactions Engaging in preparation for the quality of life they deserve in the community This series is intended for anyone interested in developing inclusive schools, including parents of middle and high school students, special and general education teachers, special services staff and directors, school administrators, inclusive facilitators and other personnel. When:February 20 - March 20, 2012Accessible 24/7!Contact:Phone: (202) 509-9596Email: pallen@tash.orgWebsite: http://tash.org/conferences-events/webinars/current-webinars/

Kira is one of two visually impaired high school students who are testing a new Android app, one designed to assist students like her in mastering algebra, geometry, graphing and other subjects that are particularly hard to comprehend without the aid of normal vision.

A training program designed to teach pediatricians to better identify kids with autism may be an effective way to decrease wait times and flag children with the developmental disorder at younger ages, researchers say. Currently many children suspected of having autism wait months to see diagnosticians for an evaluation, but researchers say that training community pediatricians to conduct assessments may allow kids to enter treatment programs more quickly. In a three-year study, researchers at Vanderbilt University trained 27 pediatric providers — including doctors and nurse practitioners — across the state of Tennessee to conduct brief evaluations in their practices of children who screened positive for autism. After participating in the two-day trainings, researchers found that the health care providers reached the same diagnostic conclusions as specialists 90 percent of the time. What’s more, providers reported making more autism diagnoses within their practices and said they were more comfortable discussing the developmental disorder. “The findings provide initial evidence suggesting early accurate diagnosis of autism may be possible and appropriate within many community pediatric practices,” said Amy Swanson of Vanderbilt who was the lead author of the study published online this month in the journal Autism. “Given the potentially harmful consequences of lengthy waits for comprehensive diagnostic evaluations, the potential impact of such training programs for advanced autism diagnosis within community practice settings could be quite powerful.”

Montana State University has launched a new, multidisciplinary center that is designed to help improve diagnosis and treatment of mental illness throughout Montana. The new MSU Center for Mental Health Research and Recovery was approved today by the Montana Board of Regents. It will draw on MSU's research strength in neuroscience, electrical engineering, computer science, biochemistry, psychology and nursing, among other disciplines, to address pressing mental health challenges in the state.

Last year, Bacher, a biomedical engineer and neuroscientist, founded SpeakYourMind Foundation Inc., a registered non-profit organization that grew out of the BrainGate lab at Brown University with a mission to "develop and support personalized assistive technologies for individuals with motor and speech disabilities."His latest invention is the 'eyeBucket.' Bacher and his associates design and help people with ALS and other paralyzing disabilities to use low-cost head trackers and eye trackers that allow them to control a computer with eye movements.A relentless innovator, Bacher, 29, managed to raise the bar when the worldwide ice water brigade came along.

Twenty-two high school students with disabilities will attend a University of Montana seminar designed to facilitate a smooth transition to college July 20-23.“Movin’ on in Montana,” a collaboration between UM’s Disability Services for Students, the Rural Institute and Montana Vocational Rehabilitation, will bring together high school students from across the state to learn about disability rights, different expectations between high school and college, and how to use academic support. The students also will meet UM students with disabilities.

Play has crucial and wide-ranging benefits to children and the people around them. When children of all abilities play together, kids learn to appreciate the differences between people and respect the perspective of others. Playing together connects our community and creates fun, happy memories we call all share.  These programs are designed to allow people with and without disabilities to recreate together. Give us a call to discuss inclusiveness options in our other recreation programs.  Please contact Meg Rogosienski at 552-6271 or email Meg. McCormick Park is home to Silver Summit, a new, universally-accessible playground. The All-Abilities Playground Project continues to raise funds to expand the playground.  Learn more at The Playground Project. 

Mark your calendar for GREAT presenters on universal design for learning, discipline, dispute resolution and much more. Send your ideas for speakers and topics to Cathy Haarstad, Director ptidirector@srt.com or 1600 2nd Avenue SW Ste 30 Minot, ND 58701 or call 1.800.245.5840

The Department of Education is funneling millions into post-secondary programs for students with intellectual disabilities at 27 colleges and universities. The grants totaling $10.9 million will help bolster programs designed to incorporate those with special needs on college campuses through a focus on academics as well as job skills, socialization and independent living.

October 2010 - Robotics and Autism: Is the Future Nao? Is now the time for Nao? Nao is a 22-inch humanoid robot (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2STTNYNF4lk) designed by Aldebaran, a French robotics manufacturer, that has been put to work by the psychology department at the University of Notre Dame. Nao’s purpose: to help researchers determine if the aid of a sophisticated robot can enhance the therapy experience for children with autism by bridging the gulf between the world of human social interaction that so often leaves them perplexed, anxious and frustrated and the world of science and technology that they prefer.

Click here to register for this event What: This three hour training is designed for counselor/administrator teams to work together to learn the basic principles of the Montana School Counseling Program Model.  The training will include roles and responsibilities of counselors and administrators within the program and steps for implementation of the Model.  Participants will have an outline of an implementation plan and be able to begin the implementation process. The goal is to provide high-quality, Level I training for Montana school counselors and administrators. Participants will learn the tools to: establish a school counseling program as an integral component of the school?s academic missions; ensure students have access to counseling services; identify and deliver the knowledge and skills acquired in the Academic, Career, and personal/Social Domains; promote specific guidelines and strategies to engage culturally different students/parents in counseling and the educational process; and, sponsor a culturally appropriate approach to counseling that is aligned with the spirit and intent of IEFA. Where: Montana State University - Billings College of Education Building, Room 122 Billings, MT Scheduled Trainings: March 11, 2011 9:00am-12:00pm April 1, 2011 9:00am-12:00pm April 13, 2011 9:00am-12:00pm Cost: http://www.msubillings.edu/smart/training/schoolcounseling.htm There are no fees for this training but registration is required.  Mileage reimbursement will be paid for those outside of the Billings area.

What: This webinar series provides an interactive and engaging look at today's most pressing issues in inclusive education, including: supports and opportunities that enhance self-advocacy, differentiated instruction and universal design for learning, youth engagement, relationship building and many more. The presenters in this series are some of the foremost experts on developing inclusive school environments. When: March 2, 9, 23, 30 and April 6, 13  1-2:30 p.m. Mountain Click here for More Details Click here to Download Registration Form Click here to Register Online

As technology evolves to customize education based on students’ strengths and weaknesses, assistive technologies typically used by students with special needs could also become powerful learning tools for the general student population, experts suggest.

Is the biggest learning disability an emotional one?