Wisconsin Personnel Development System (WPDS)--E-Newsletter 10/29/09

Parent Leadership Hub Weekly E-Newsletter for October 29, 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.

'Just in Time Information' Now Available

A new online repository of information is available for parents, youth and professionals who are searching for articles previously posted to the PL Hub Weekly E-Newsletters since October 2008. This repository of information will help the reader locate valuable information by topic, 'just in time'. Currently, there are web pages for 'Transition to Adult Life' and 'Family Involvement'. Future web pages will include 'Early Childhood' and 'School-Age Years'.

For our reader's convenience, all archived issues of the E-Newsletter will eventually be re-posted on the 'Just in Time Information' page of the PL Hub website. We hope this format will help our readers quickly access the resources they need, when they need them, and that it will be visited frequently. Additions are always welcome! To submit suggested resources and training products, simply follow the instructions and criteria provided in the introduction to each of the PL Hub Weekly Updates.

To visit the new 'Just in Time Information' web page go to: http://www.wispdg.org/pl/resources.html

Parent/Personnel Development Opportunities

Training Opportunities on Person Centered Planning
Sign up by writing to Cindy Kernan ckernan@charter.net. Provide your name, date and place you plan to attend. There are no fees and food is provided for these events.

November 2nd-Advance practice for people who have had some form of person centered planning training at Emy J’s The Garage; 1009 First Street, Stevens Point WI 54481

November 6th- Micro board organizing and training at the Avalon Hotel and Conference Center, 1009 W. Park Ave; Chippewa Falls, WI 54729- 1-715-723-2281. Overnight accommodations are available at a special rate of $62+ tax. Please register each person attending from your group at http://guest.cvent.com/i.aspx?1Q,M3,3638dca8-3ec1-463a-8733-50b941e2eb2c

November 9th- Star Raft Training. Organizing circles of support and some about micro boards as well in Madison at the Bishop O Connor Center, 702 S. High Point Rd, Madison WI 53719.

November 10th-Advance practice for people who have had some form of person centered planning training in Madison at the Bishop O Connor Center.
RAD Support Group
Do you have a child or family member diagnosed with Reactive Attachment Disorder?
Come and join for help and support. (Coffee and rolls too!)
Information meeting Saturday, November 14, 2009 at Barron County Courthouse (old building) Auditorium from 9:30 a.m. – Noon. For more information, contact Deb Carpenter at 715-357-3824 or Jo Pelishek at 715-790-1317.

Trainings on the Web

Seclusion and Restraint Conference
The first conference in the NASDSE Professional Development Series is “Seclusion and Restraint: The Impact of Federal and State Policy on the Classroom.” The online version of the conference is available at http://video.pattanpgh.net/mediasite/viewer/?peid=5dc81fc6-4223-4b47-aaf7-1c0d0d08d497 . There are a number of handouts posted under the link for the conference to assist you when you are accessing the conference. This information can be shared with others in Wisconsin. The only restriction is that the information is not to be shared with anyone outside of our state, due to subscription agreement. The other three conferences will be announced throughout the year as additional information becomes available.
Creating Workplace Partners Keeping Employers Happy Webinar
November 11, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. CST
Participants will learn proven strategies for meeting employer expectations and keeping them happy to have youth with disabilities in the workplace, and strategies that will also contribute to long lasting partnerships that will yield more and more work experiences and jobs for youth. Takeaways include tools to spell out expectations, and to seek and use constructive employer feedback. Cost is $50.00. Register at
http://www.transcen.org/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flyp
age=flypage_images.tpl&product_id=4&category_id=0&option=co
m_virtuemart&Itemid=101

Family Involvement Resources

New SharedWork.org Website Launched
Shared Work is both a communication tool and a collaborative workspace. It brings organizations, agencies, groups, and individuals together to communicate what is important to them, to learn together, to do work together, and to collaborate in solving complex educational problems. National communities found on this website at www.sharedwork.org include:
Training on the new SharedWork site will be available for state teams, practice groups, and other groups after October 26th, 2009. All SharedWork moderators will be contacted regarding the training. Please contact Mariola Rosser at mariola.rosser@nasdse.org with any questions or to discuss training options.
Mental Health Resources
The Center for Mental Health Services’ Child, Adolescent and Family Branch http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/cmhs/ChildrensCampaign/

The Research and Training Center for Children’s Mental Health
http://rtckids.fmhi.usf.edu/default.cfm

The Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children’s Mental Health
http://www.rtc.pdx.edu/

The Technical Assistance Partnership for Child and Family Mental Health
http://www.tapartnership.org/
Siblings Face Challenges
The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center at Vanderbilt University http://kc.vanderbilt.edu/ has several tips sheets for families on siblings of people with disabilities including:

Adolescents and Young Siblings Tip Sheet http://kc.vanderbilt.edu/kennedy_pdfs/tipsheets/tipsheet_Adolesc
entyoungadultsiblings.pdf
Adult Siblings Tip Sheet
http://kc.vanderbilt.edu/kennedy_pdfs/tipsheets/tipsheet_Adult
Siblings.pdf
Siblings Information for Parents Tip Sheet
http://kc.vanderbilt.edu/kennedy_pdfs/tipsheets/tipsheet_Sibli
ngsInfoParents.pdf
Questions about the Prevalence of Autism
The American Academy of Pediatrics has released a question and answer document for parents about autism and the results of a recent national survey of parents, which suggested that the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is approximately 1 in every 91 American children. The document, entitled The Prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorders (October 2009) is available online at http://www.medicalhomeinfo.org/health/Autism%20downloads/Au
tismOct5parenthandout.pdf
Building the Legacy / Construyendo el Legado
The National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (NICHCY) has translated 8 modules from the IDEA 2004 training curriculum into Spanish. Look for the modules that are marked with two asterisks in red (**). Building the Legacy / Construyendo el Legado: A Training Curriculum on IDEA 2004 is available online at http://www.nichcy.org/Laws/IDEA/Pages/BuildingTheLegacy.aspx
ARRA Spending Report
Here is Wisconsin’s website for publically reporting how the ARRA money is being spent: http://www.recovery.wisconsin.gov/arramoney.asp?locid=164

To look specifically at flow-through and preschool dollars, click on “view all programs” under “Where’s the Money Going.” Next click on “Grants to States to Educate Children with Disabilities” to view how the flow-through dollars are being spent or click on “ARRA-IDEA-Preschool” to view how the preschool dollars are being spent. At the bottom of the Award Information page for either the flow-through or preschool grants, you will see “sub-award” and “vendor” buttons. The “Sub-Award” page will display all LEAs in the state and the amount of ARRA funds they have received as well as the amount they have claimed. The “Vendor” page will display vendors that have received or are budgeted to receive more than $25,000 in ARRA money.

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.