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Parent Leadership Hub Weekly E-Newsletter for Oxtober 08, 2009

This week's update is provided by WSPEI and WI FACETS to share statewide information regarding parent leadership and family involvement. Please visit the Parent Leadership Hub web page of the SPDG website at http://www.wispdg.org/pl.html for the current and archived weekly updates and to find information on these topics:

• WSPEI website: http://dpi.wi.gov/sped/parent.html
• WIFACETS website: http://www.wifacets.org
• Resources- Product Order Form, and Educational Materials for Parents
• Calendar of Events
• Multi-Media Resources- Workshops Online, Video Series, and Webcasts

The Parent Leadership Hub supports parents/family members, educators and other community partners to build capacity regarding meaningful family involvement. The Hub serves three primary purposes:
(1) To support parents of children with disabilities between birth and 26 years of age to participate as partners in the professional development activities of each of the other Statewide Initiatives as they design, deliver and support professional development experiences; and
(2) To facilitate opportunities for parents/family members to build leadership skills; and
(3) To provide Content Focused technical assistance concerning family involvement.

Please, direct any questions to the PL Hub Co-Facilitators:
Mary Skadahl, WSPEI Statewide Project Director at 715-829-8932 or marys@cesa12.k12.wi.us
Dawn Wians, WI FACETS SPDG Coordinator at 608-827-5234 or dwians@wifacets.org

Deadline for submitting contributions to each week's issue is Tuesday noon. For time sensitive training advertisements, the information should be sent a minimum of two weeks prior to the event date; ideally a month ahead of time. Material appropriate for the weekly newsletter include web links to sources of family involvement/parent leadership resources and advertisements for statewide trainings for parents, youth or parent/educator audiences (we don’t post research articles, reports or news opinion articles). Your submittal may not be in the final copy if it was in a previous weekly email, the event date has passed or the web link doesn’t work. Please, send submittals to phyllis@banbury.com

NOTE: Note: If you would like to receive this weekly update or if you would like to have your name removed from the distribution list, please contact Mary Skadahl or Dawn Wians.
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Parent/Personnel Development Opportunities

1. Sensory Triggers & Behavioral Techniques in WI Rapids
   Tuesday, November 3 at 6:30 at the McMillan Library – Wisconsin Rapids
   Please register with Child Care Resource &Referral 715-423-4114 or e-mail ccrrcw@tznet.com Presenter – Deb Benish ~ Special Education Assistant Director/OT/PT Coordinator, CESA 5
   
   This presentation will focus on sensory integration, behavior triggers, and tips and techniques for managing behaviors (not necessarily specific to autism, but inclusive of).  The presentation will include strategies, interventions, and concrete examples as well as resources accessible by providers, parents, and caregivers. Please register with Child Care Resource & Referral at 715-423-4114 or e-mail CCRRCW@TZNET.COM
2. Invitation to Request to be a Presenter (RFP) for Wisconsin’s Graduation Summit
   Do you have a program or strategy that has reduced dropouts, increased graduation numbers or rates, with special attention to students of color, students with disabilities? You may be selected to provide a sectional at Wisconsin’s Graduation Summit. Sectional RFPs may be submitted online at:
   https://forms.dpi.wi.gov/se.ashx?s=56301B2D7E0579AE
   Deadline for proposals is October 21, 2009. The purpose of Wisconsin’s Graduation Summit is to build local capacity to reduce dropouts/ increase graduation numbers and rates, with special attention to students of color, students with disabilities – directly tied to Dr. Evers statewide initiative titled, “Every Child a Graduate.” Education-related organizations, state agencies, as well as business and community leaders have come together to provide input and planning toward a successful summit. The summit will include juried sectionals, as the core of best practice success stories. Due to funding limitations travel expense reimbursement may not exceed $200 per presentation.
   The summit will be held at the Country Springs Hotel and Conference Center, 2810 Golf Road, Pewaukee, WI 53072, on December 9, 2009 from 9 am to 3 pm. A block of rooms is being held for the summit at state rates. For reservations, please contact the hotel directly at (262) 547-0201 or http://countryspringshotel-px.rtrk.com/index.aspx .
   If you have any questions about the RFP or the summit, please contact daniel.wiltrout@dpi.wi.gov or (608) 267-9242.

Family Involvement Resources

1. Vietnamese Parent/Child Early Literacy Activities
   A Vietnamese language version of the On-the-Go parent-child activities is now available. To download materials go to http://www.walearning.com and click on the button that says "Download Free Parent Tools" on the home page. Then click on "On-The-Go." Find "Vietnamese On The Go" on the list of Available Downloads. Click that link and copy the file to your computer or print it out.
    
   These materials include twenty home and community activities for adults and children birth to three that encourage early language and literacy development. They are appropriate for children with disabilities as well as children who are developing typically. The materials are made available by Angela Notari-Syverson and colleagues, and may be copied and distributed as long as they are not sold.  For questions please contact: Mary Maddox, Washington Learning Systems, 2212 Queen Anne Ave. No. Ste. 726, Seattle, WA 98109, (206) 310-7401 FAX (206) 283-9243
   mmaddox@walearning.com
2. Applications now available for 2010 WI Transition Conference Scholarships
   Parent and youth scholarship applications are now being accepted for the 7th Annual Wisconsin Transition Conference on February 18-19, 2010 at the Kalahari in Wisconsin Dells. To be eligible for the scholarship you must be a youth with a disability between the ages of 14-21 or a parent of a youth with a disability between the ages of 14-21.
    
   The application will ask you to verify the age and disability information. All disability related information will be kept confidential. The scholarship award pays for registration and hotel costs for Wednesday, February 17th and Thursday, February 18th. Included in the registration costs are materials and breakfast, lunch, afternoon snack and pizza social on Thursday and breakfast and mid-morning snack on Friday. All other expenses including transportation, meals on Wednesday and Friday after the morning will snack will be the responsibility of the scholarship recipient.
   
   Go to http://www.wsti.org/scholarship_app_form.php for more information. Questions regarding the scholarship application can be directed to Linda Maitrejean at lindam@cesa11.k12.wi.us.

DISCLAIMER
Inclusion of information in this e-mail does not constitute an endorsement by the Wisconsin Statewide Parent-Educator Initiative, Wisconsin FACETS, the Department of Public Instruction, the U.S. Department of Education, or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.