Parent Leadership Hub Weekly
E-Newsletter
Parent Leadership Hub Weekly E-Newsletter for June 03, 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
- Upcoming Training Change of Date
Kimberly Erickson Nichols Presenting “The Secret Life of the Family Emotional Development in the Earliest Years”was scheduled for May 26th, but has been rescheduled for June 9th from 6:00-8:00 PM, in Onalaska, WI at the Heart to Heart Healing Center located at 9534 E. 16 Frontage Road, Suite #300, Onalaska, WI. Ms. Nichols is a Licensed Professional Counselor and an Advanced Practice Social Worker. who specializes in a family-based treatment approach that addresses the underlying interactive dynamics for the entire family. To RSVP contact Magen at mduffy@cclse.org or call 608-782-0710 - Self-Directed Supports Network Event
Thursday, July 15, 2010 from 9:00 a.m – 3:45 p.m. at the Kalahari Resort – Wisconsin Dells. The focus on this Network Forum is on Wisconsin’s first long-term care outcome, “I Choose Where and With Whom I Live.” There is no cost to attend this event, but space is limited. Please click the link below for more details and to register for this event.
http://guest.cvent.com/i.aspx?1Q,P1,FD381ECE-4D40-42CC-A56A-E2E4E1B0803F - Special Kids Resource Fair in Kenosha
Saturday, October 16th, 2010 from 9:00-2:00 at the Kenosha County Center, 19600 75th St., Bristol, WI, NE Corner of Highways 50 & 45.
Discover resources and information for students ages 0-21 & beyond who receive special education services in Kenosha, Racine, and Walworth Counties; Focusing on health, development, and well being. More details will be available this summer.
If you are a service provider or if you know of one you would like to see at the SKRF please contact Dannette Cates, Parent-Educator Liaison CESA #2, 8828 Antioch Rd. PO Box 364, Salem, WI 53168, 262-843-2343
DCates1@wi.rr.com - Beyond Diversity in Madison
August 18-19, 2010 (8:00-3:30 daily)
Concourse Hotel, Madison (1 West Dayton Street)
Beyond Diversity is a two-day workshop designed to help teachers, parents and administrators consider the implications of racism, exclusion and prejudice on student learning. During the seminar, participants will engage in a thoughtful, compassionate exploration of racism and how it manifests today in our culture and in our schools. A critical workshop outcome is an awareness of the degree to which racism and other diversity issues are part of educational failure. Participants will explore strategies of identifying and addressing policies and practices that negatively impact students’ ability to meet rigorous academic standards. On August 18, each participant will receive a binder with agendas and training materials included. The cost of the training and materials will be covered by the CREATE Wisconsin Initiative. If you are interested in participating in this training please reply to anita.heisig@dpi.wi.gov by June 11, 2010. We will accept participants on a first to respond basis until we reach our maximum capacity (80 participants). If you have questions or need additional information contact donna.hart-tervalon@dpi.wi.gov
Family Involvement Resources
- Chrome Faucet with Changing Colors for Water Temperature
If your special someone has trouble telling hot from cold this might be something you're interested in. They only cost about $20 and if they prevent a burn. Product Features:
• Shiny Chrome Colored
• Changes with water temperature
• Red for hot, Blue for cold is helpful for children and seniors especially.
• Comes with 2 universal adapters to fit most USA or American water faucets
• Installs easily, long lasting LED, enclosed battery pack included
Go to http://lifeontheexceptionalside.blogspot.com/2010/05/assistive-technology-faucets.html for more information. - Book on Sexuality, Safety and Disabilities
Teaching Children with Down Syndrome About Their Bodies, Boundaries and Sexuality (Topics in Down Syndrome) by Terri Couwenhoven. Go to http://www.amazon.com/Teaching-Children-Syndrome-Boundaries-Sexuality/dp/189062733X/ref=sr_1_1/189-2258298-4346033?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1275407277&sr=8-1 for more information on this book.
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.
