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MPACT Parent Training and Information |
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**Please RSVP to ensure that everyone will have have handouts and materials** Art of Effective Advocacy
Building A Bridge
Bullying
How to Write Measurable Goals and Objectives
IDEA Boot Camp (Special Ed Law, IEP Process, Disagreement Resolution Process)
IDEA Part C to B (First Steps to Early Childhood)
Positive Behavior Interventions
Special Education Law
Successful Transitions
Transition to Empowered Lifestyles (5 Part Series)
11/10/07 Person Centered Planning 12/01/07 Benefits and Work Incentives
Understanding ADHD
Understanding the IEP Process
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
From:
Heidi Atkins Lieberman, Assistant Commissioner
From: Heidi Atkins Lieberman, Assistant Commissioner MPACT is Missouri's OSEP-funded statewide parent training and information center serving parents of children with all disabilities and working with public and private agencies, parent groups, professional organizations and advocacy groups. MPACT offers a venue of training workshops to assist families in understanding the special education process and parental rights and responsibilities; to develop effective advocacy practices for their children; and receive information on issues such as bullying and positive behavior intervention as well as specific disabilities. Training schedules may be accessed at the web site or by contacting the state office. Positive Behavior Interventions: Developed and recently updated by PACER, this training has been federally vetted by OSEP. Parents and teachers will learn a different way to think about problem behavior. More often than not behaviors are a form of communication. With this training you will learn the importance of a Functional Behavioral Assessment, how to reinforce positive behavior as well as how to develop a Positive Behavior Support Plan. Bullying: This workshop is designed to introduce parents and professionals to a range of intervention strategies for the child who is the target of bullying that can be used by the parent, the parent and child, and the family and school. It is intended as a general guideline, across all disabilities and age groups, for the development of a plan to address the unique needs of the individual child. Effective Advocacy: The focus of this training is effective communication and the importance of working collaboratively to solve problems. Provides strategies to families to increase communication that includes record keeping, building school family relationships and meeting facilitation. To schedule trainings at your schools for parents and staff call the state office at 800-743-7634 and ask for Connie. To view all of MPACT's services and resources visit the MPACT web site: www.ptimpact.com. To receive MPACT's enewsletter please send your request to be added to our list serve to astackle@ptimpact.com Margaret Strecker, Director, Compliance DESE now has printed copies of the most recent Procedural Safeguards Notice in the foreign languages most commonly used in Missouri: Amharic, Arabic, Chinese, Farsi, French, German, Hindi, Hmong, Khmer, Korean, Kurdish, Romanian, Ruanda, Russian, Rwandan, Sebro Croatian Cyrillic, Sebro Croatian Latinic, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Urdu, and Vietnamese. There is also a video production in American Sign Language. You can obtain a copy by calling Wanda Allen at (573) 751-0602 or by email at: wanda.allen@dese.mo.gov. In addition the English and Spanish language Procedural Safeguards are available on-line at the Compliance website: http://dese.mo.gov/divspeced/Compliance/Proc_Safe/index.html. Heidi Atkins Lieberman, Assistant Commissioner New short informative brochures about the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) are available from the U. S. Department of Education. The "Parents' Guide to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act: Rights Regarding Children's Educational Records" is a brochure for parents explaining parents' rights. "Balancing Student Privacy and School Safety: A Guide to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act for Elementary and Secondary Schools" focuses on school safety. Both brochures can be downloaded at http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa/safeschools/.
Please
see the attached invitation to a special meeting in
We
will try to schedule a similar meeting with the local chapters in
Again, please help us spread the word!! 800-201-5029,
ext. 407 816-632-5550 (fax)
The Sarah Jane Brain Project Changes Rehabilitation For Children With Brain Injuries
Using the Principles of
Open Source for the First Time, www.TheBrainProject.org, Creates New
Portal for Parents and Professionals Dealing With Children Suffering
From Traumatic Brain Injuries
New York, NY - October 22, 2007 - The Sarah Jane Brain
Foundation launched the first phase of The Sarah Jane Brain Project
through the web portal www.TheBrainProject.org
at a press conference in New York City today. The site uses the principles
of Open Source with a person's medical records for the first time in
history and aims to bring parents and professionals dealing with children
suffering from Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury (PTBI) together in an open
and free forum. The first phase displays Sarah Jane Donohue as the model
for Open Source Medicine by freely and completely disseminating all of
Sarah Jane's medical records and videos of therapy treatments. This first
phase will recruit additional children suffering from PTBI from around the
world to be part of the Project and recruit parents and professionals from
around the world to be part of the different Advisory Boards being
established. Sarah Jane Donohue is a two-year old who was shaken by her
baby nurse when she was only five days old and suffered a severe brain
injury."As a father of a two-year old daughter suffering from pediatric traumatic brain injury, I am very optimistic about creating a collaborative environment so we can see our children reach their maximum potential," Sarah Jane Donohue's father, Patrick said at the press conference today. "With today's technology, we can easily create communication between a research scientist in Switzerland, a physical therapist in Florida, and a parent in Toronto to find the best practical advice and direction for our children. By putting all of Sarah Jane's information on www.TheBrainProject.org we are using the principles of Open Source for the first time to create an open, free forum." "There are tens of thousands of children across the United States and around the world who are suffering from the impact of a traumatic brain injury. The Sarah Jane Brain Project will help families help their children," said Darryl Gibbs, the Co-founder of the Cynthia Gibbs Foundation which advocates reducing incidents of child abuse and neglect and raises awareness about Shaken Baby Syndrome. "The website www.TheBrainProject.org will quickly become the most important site for these families." "The Sarah Jane Brain Project will change the paradigm of partnership between parents and professionals," said Margaret Mikol, Executive Director of SKIP of New York, a not-for-profit advocacy and case management agency for families of developmentally disabled children. "By using Open Source principles, The Sarah Jane Brain Project creates an atmosphere of shared interests - parents, professionals, and researchers - all working to enrich the lives of these children and their families." The largest killer and disabler of our children each year is brain injuries. Every year 1,000,000 kids are taken to emergency rooms with traumatic and non-traumatic brain injuries and an estimated 30,000 children become permanently disabled every year due to brain injuries. The Sarah Jane Brain Project is working to assist the rehabilitation of these children by bringing together research, medical and therapeutic professionals along with the parents and guardians of these children in a free and open online forum, www.TheBrainProject.org. This forum will be the first time the principles of open source will be used dealing directly with people.
The Sarah Jane Brain Project Foundation, Inc. Patrick Donohue 212-201-0599 / 917-681-5797 (cell) Email: Patrick@thebrainproject.org
This Newsletter can also be viewed on MPACT's website at: www.ptimpact.com/resources/newsletters/newsletters.htm
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