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Parent Leadership Hub Weekly E-Newsletter for January 21, 2010

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:

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

  1. IDEA/Transition/Adult Services Calendar
     The TATRA Website Events Calendar features new additions to the listing of transition-related national and regional conferences. To see the complete calendar of events, please visit HYPERLINK "http://www.pacer.org/tatra/calendar.asp"
  2. Managing Threatening Confrontation Series in Madison
    Two workshops are designed to help human service workers in a variety of settings, effectively support their clients and others who may experience the full range of behavioral escalation. Follow the links below for online registration.

    Managing Threatening Confrontations I HYPERLINK http://www.dcs.wisc.edu/pda/mediation/confrontations.htm
    Putting Order to Chaos - Friday, January 29, 2010
    Managing Threatening Confrontations II HYPERLINK http://www.dcs.wisc.edu/pda/mediation/confrontations.htm
    Advanced Strategies - Friday, February 19, 2010

    For information contact Kristi Obmascher at HYPERLINK kobmascher@dcs.wisc.edu or 1-800-442-4617
  3. Customized Employment Intensive Training Series in Madison
    Feb 12 (a.m. only), March 15/16, April 12/13, and May 17/18.

    Michael Callahan will provide an intensive six and a half-day skill-building training on Customized Employment. This job development strategy provides an alternative for persons with disabilities and other significant barriers to employment when traditional strategies haven't been successful. Space is Limited.  Register Early. Registration fee:  $75/person (covers 6.5 days of training, food & materials) Registration Deadline: February 8, 2010. Questions: Contact Lisa Mills at HYPERLINKlisa.mills@dhs.wisconsin.gov or 608-225-4326.

Trainings on the Web

  1. Webinars for Serving Youth with Disabilities
     A five- webinar series on transition-related topics will take place in January, February and March 2010. For more information on the workshops go to HYPERLINK http://dynamicinstitute.com/LearningCenter/webdemopages/index.cfm
  2. Spring 2010 Schedule for the BadgerLunch Webinar Series
    The BadgerLunch webinar series helps folks make better use of BadgerLink. BadgerLink provides access to quality online information resources for Wisconsin residents. Users can search approximately 20,000 full-text magazines, journals, newspapers, reference materials and other specialized information sources. This series will explore BadgerLink's rich collection of information tools. Each session covers one resource, database, or interface. Open to anyone who wants to learn, all sessions are Thursdays at noon and last 30-45 minutes. For more information go to HYPERLINK http://wire.wiscnet.net/2010/01/spring-2010-schedule-for-the-badgerlunch-webinar-series/

Family Involvement Resources

  1. The Wisconsin Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS)
     The Wisconsin Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) is conducted as part of a national effort by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to monitor health-risk behaviors of the nation's high school students. These behaviors, in turn, result in the most significant causes of both mortality and morbidity during youth and adulthood. The behaviors monitored by the Wisconsin YRBS include traffic safety; weapons and violence; suicide; tobacco use; alcohol and other drug use; sexual behavior; and diet, nutrition and exercise.
    The Department of Public Instruction (DPI) has administered the YRBS every two years beginning with 1993. The YRBS is administered to students in Wisconsin's public high schools. Survey procedures were designed to protect the privacy of students by allowing anonymous and voluntary participation. Local parent permission procedures were followed before administration, including informing parents that their child's participation was voluntary.
    The DPI website address is: HYPERLINK http://dpi.wi.gov/sspw/oyrbsindex.html

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.