Parent Leadership Hub Weekly
E-Newsletter
Parent Leadership Hub Weekly E-Newsletter for March 4, 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:
- 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
- Family Fun Day in Eau Claire
The *Chippewa Valley Down Syndrome Connection (CVDSC) along with Chaos Waterpark and Action City would like you to come join a day of family fun celebrating World Down Syndrome Day 2010.
Where: Chaos Water Park & Action City: (888) 861-6001
5150 Fairview Drive ~ Eau Claire, WI 54701
When: Sunday, March 21, 2010
10am-12pm at Action City (unlimited play)
12pm-1pm pizza buffet (included in ticket price)
1pm-close (8pm) at Chaos Waterpark
Come for the entire time or choose what is most convenient for you.
Cost: $10 per person
R.S.V.P: PLEASE RSVP to Amy by Friday, March 12, 2010 at (715) 552-5838 or aimhs@juno.com - Supporting Children with Challenging Behaviors – Various Locations
This 4-Hour Training for respite care providers, foster parents, child care providers, and others places strong emphasis on pro-active supports. Paul White, MA, University of Wisconsin, Waisman Center is the facilitator. The training uses a video of dramatic, realistic enactments of threatening confrontations done by professional actors. The learning style includes small group work, videotape, and some physical practice; wear comfortable clothing. Cost: $10.00 per person. If you have questions contact: Deenah Givens at RCAW, in Madison: 608.222.2033 or Toll Free: 1.877.260.9207. To view the flyer for more information on upcoming training dates and locations, go to http://www.respitecarewi.org/docs/RCT%20-%20Announcement%20Flyer.doc or visit us on the web at: www.respitecarewi.org - 1-2-3 Magic Parent Education in Onalaska
Wednesday, April 7th from 6:00-8:00 pm at the Onalaska Public Library, 741 Oak Ave So, Onalaska, WI)
The award winning, best selling 1-2-3 Magic program provides practical and easy to-learn parenting techniques that work for children ages 2-12. Join Friends of Adoption and Stein Counseling for an evening of learning to understand your Child’s Behavior.
For more information or to register, contact Magen at mduffy@cclse.org or 608-782-0710 x223. Admission is free with a donation of a nonperishable food item to be donated to Catholic Charities food pantry. - STEM Camp in Illinois
Exploration by Design: How Stuff Works 2010, is a three-day immersion experience for students with disabilities who are interested in science, social sciences, technology, engineering and math (STEM). Participants and their parents also will gain insights about careers, postsecondary transition, accommodations and assistive technology.
Campers can attend one of two sessions; session one takes place at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana on July 20-22 followed by session two at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on July 27-29. Each site can accommodate up to 20 students and their parents or guardians
Click here to apply: http://stemmidwest.org/default.asp?contentID=596
Online registration begins March 1, 2010. Participants must be current or graduating high school students in grades 9-12, U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents and must have a verifiable disability. All expenses, including food, housing and transportation within Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin will be provided for students and up to two parents or guardians. Prior year participants are not eligible in order to allow new participants to take part. For more information, please contact Dan Nordstrom at dnordstrom@wisc.edu or 608-890-0992 or Michelle Priddy at mpriddy@illinois.edu or 217-244-1571. The sponsor of these camps is the Midwest Alliance in STEM (www.stemmidwest.org), which is funded by the National Science Foundation (Grant Number 0533197). - Save the Date: PBIS Coaches Training in Stevens Point
August 17-18 Coaches Training
Stevens Point, Ramada
Intensive skill building in:
Universal/Tier 1 Coaching, Administration, Data-Based Decision Making
Secondary/Tier 2: Check In-Check Out, FBA/BIP, Targeted Instructional Groups
Tertiary/Tier 3: Wraparound, FBA/BIP
Keynote Speaker: Rob Horner National PBIS Technical Assistance Center
Wisconsin PBIS Network.
Registration will open in mid-April. If you have any questions contact Justyn Poulos, PBIS Network Coordinator, poulosj@cesa5.k12.wi.us 920-855-2114 x251, or Nicole Traxel, PBIS Network Research and Evaluation Coordinator, traxeln@cesa5.k12.wi.us 262-787-9517.
Family Involvement Resources
- New Customized Self-Employment Toolkit
New Toolkit for Self-Employment from the Wisconsin Division of Vocational Rehabilitation is available at http://dwd.wisconsin.gov/dvr/pdf_files/self_
employment_customized_toolkit.pdf - Modified Expectations High School Contract
Students who use this modified contract have an asterisk placed by the grade on their report cards indicating that the course was modified. For a copy of a blank "modified expectation" contract or a filled-out example used for a real student with the names de-identified, please contact Beth Swedeen at swedeen@waisman.wisc.edu. Below is a link to a related article Signs of an Inclusive School:http://escholarship.bc.edu/education/tecplus/vol5/iss3/art1/
The U.S. Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights offers questions and answers about report cards and transcripts for students with disabilities attending public elementary and secondary schools at http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/letters/colleague-qa-20081017.html
- Volunteer Opportunities in Media and History Project
The "Mission Accessible" National Disability Media and History Project is looking for volunteers to transcribe historical state documents and oral history videos. Transcriptions will be included in a new database and video editor scheduled for launch on July 26, 2010, the 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Volunteers can work
from their own computers. To sign up, go to https://sites.google.com/a/pinedafoundation.org/ios/dart-diaries-50-states.
"It's Our Story" also needs technology volunteers to lead in the creation of a beta site that will make its archives available in a public, accessible, and searchable format. For more information go to https://sites.google.com/a/pinedafoundation.org/ios/frequently-asked-questions
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.
