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Youth Service America Announces New Round of Service-Learning Grants to Fight Childhood Obesity
The Heroes program is a service-learning, health literacy initiative designed to encourage young people to partner with schools and nonprofits to create and implement local hands-on programs to fight childhood obesity. Grants of up to $1,000 will be awarded to youth in all fifty states and the District of Columbia working to address childhood obesity in their communities. Deadline: October 22, 2010. For more information, please refer to http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/rfp_item.jhtml?id=305000027.
Braitmayer Foundation Grants
The Braitmayer Foundation provides support for organizations and programs from across the United States which enhance the education of K-12 children. Of particular interest are: curricular and school reform initiatives; and preparation of and professional development opportunities for teachers, particularly those which encourage people of high ability and diverse background to enter and remain in K-12 teaching. In addition, the Foundation provides modest support of activities in Marion, Massachusetts and surrounding communities which will improve the quality of life for residents in the area. Grants are offered in fall and summer cycles. Award amount for fall cycle: $10,000. Grant requests of up to $35,000 will be accepted for the summer grant cycle. Deadline for fall cycle: November 15, 2010. Applications for the summer grant cycle must be received by June 1, 2011. For more information, please refer to http://www.braitmayerfoundation.org/guid.htm.
CHADD of Lee County Meeting “AD/HD Goes to School”
The September meeting of Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD) will focus on AD/HD Goes to School. Topics and discussion will include: self regulation, working memory and executive functioning as well as teaching skills & approaches that allow independence. One (1) CEU for Lee County Teacher Inservice Credits are available.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
7:00 – 9:00 pm
Med Room 2-3
Lee Memorial Hospital
2776 Cleveland Avenue
Fort Myers, Florida
CHADD Meetings are free and open to the public. These meetings are monthly and occur on the first Tuesday of each month. For more information please contact Lynne Lampila, Chapter President, by phone at (239) 466-1167.
Communicating and Communication Skills
This course from the Agency for Persons with Disabilities is designed to assist the participant in communicating with the individuals you support, specifically those individuals that use alternative means to communicate and express themselves. Touch cues, visual aids and guides are some of the topics and suggested tools offered in this training. Facilitators include Robert Steinhauer and Todd Ryan from APD.
September 10, 2010
9:30 am – 5:00 pm
Joseph P. D’alessandro Office Complex, Room 165 A
2295 Victoria Avenue, Ft. Myers, FL 33901
Registration is required as this training is limited to 25 participants. Please contact Robert Steinhauer at (239)338-1352 or e-mail Robert_Steinhauer@apd.state.fl.us or to register.
APD Positive Behavior Support Training
The agency for Persons with Disabilities is offering a training on Positive Behavior Support, facilitated by Leigh Anna Nowak, MSW from Center for Autism and Related Disabilities (CARD).
Positive Behavior Support is a proactive approach that blends values about the rights of people with disabilities with a practical science about how learning and behavior change occur. The overriding goal of Positive Behavior Support is to enhance quality of life for individuals and their support providers in home, work and community settings. Positive Behavior Support involves the assessment and reengineering of environments so people with challenging behaviors experience reductions in their challenging behaviors and increase social, personal and professional quality in their lives. This problem solving process involves goal identification, information gathering, hypothesis development, individualized support plan design, implementation and monitoring.
September 22, 2010
9:30 am – 5:00 pm
Joseph P. D’alessandro Office Complex, Room 165 A
2295 Victoria Avenue, Ft. Myers, FL 33901
Registration is required as this training is limited to 25 participants. Please contact Robert Steinhauer at (239)338-1352 or e-mail Robert_Steinhauer@apd.state.fl.us or to register.
Innovations in Autism Spectrum Disorders
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ASDnet at the University of South Florida is hosting a one-day conference – “Innovations in Autism Spectrum Disorders.” This one-day conference for professionals and families will showcase the work of the ASDnet faculty across the USF system.
The USF ASDNet was organized to provide a forum to bring together USF-based researchers and practitioners with interests in understanding the causes, natural history and outcomes of autistic spectrum disorders, and in developing and evaluating effective treatments and interventions to improve educational outcomes, behaviors and adaptation for persons with ASD. ASDNet members bring a wide array of disciplinary perspectives to bear on the subject, as well as myriad methodologies, study designs and intellectual traditions.
It is our hope that the ASDNet conference in September 2010 will provide opportunities for sharing cutting-edge knowledge concerning epidemiology, screening and diagnosis, co-occurring conditions, therapies and interventions, and that out of the dialogues that begin at this forum, research collaborations will evolve to advance knowledge, improve programs and services in our clinics and centers, and put USF on the map as an innovative center for research and treatment of ASD in Florida and nationally.
September 24, 2010
8:00am – 5:00pm
Registration and Breakfast will begin at 7:00am
Wyndham Tampa Westshore
700 N. Westshore Blvd.
Tampa Fl, 33609
For more information please refer to the conference website at http://card-usf.fmhi.usf.edu/ASDnet/ASDnet.asp. The full conference agenda is available at http://card-usf.fmhi.usf.edu/ASDnet/agenda.asp. CEUs are available for the following disciplines from Children’s Medical Services (Early Steps) IF you register at the CEU table and you complete the required paperwork.
- Psychologists
- LSCWs
- LMHCs
- RNs
- OTs
- PTs
- SLPs
- ITDSs
- Early Steps Service Coordinators
CHADD of Collier County “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly; the Many Faces of ADHD”
The September meeting of Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD) will focus on the different sides of ADHD and will be presented by Janet Hoffman. Bring a teacher, so they can understand ADHD better!
September 27, 2010
7:00-9:00 PM
Dining Room
Physician’s Regional Hospital
Pine Ridge Road.
For more information or questions, call Janet Hoffman at (239) 352-7223. The meetings are free and open to the public. Donations accepted. Teachers receive 2 MIP points for speaker meetings. The chapter’s e-mail is collier-county@chadd.net.
Florida Online Reading Professional Development (FOR-PD) and North East Florida Education Consortium (NEFEC) Free Online Courses
The Department of Education has issued the following memorandum regarding the Florida Online Reading Professional Development (FOR-PD) and North East Florida Education Consortium (NEFEC). The memorandum may be viewed at http://info.fldoe.org/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-5844/dps-2010-143.pdf.
New Brochure titled “Evaluations for Special Education Services:” Information for Parents
District program contacts expressed concerns regarding potential miscommunications between school personnel and parents when parents request an evaluation for special education services for their child. Therefore, BEESS has provided a brochure designed to answer the following questions for parents:
- My child needs help in school. Does my child have a disability?
- What is RtI?
- I have requested an evaluation for my child. Now what?
- What is the evaluation going to include?
- How will I know the results?
The direct link to the brochure is http://www.florida-rti.org/EvaluationsSpecialEd.pdf or you may access the brochure at Florida’s Response to Instruction/Intervention Web site at http://www.florida-rti.org/ under the RtI News section.
New draft Model Core Teaching Standards: A Resource for State Dialog
The Interstate Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (InTASC) released last week for public comment its new draft Model Core Teaching Standards: A Resource for State Dialog. The public comment period will run until October 15, 2010, to seek broad input from the education community and the public at large.
The Model Core Teaching Standards document, the companion paper State Policy Implications of the Model Core Teaching Standards, and the link to the public comment survey all can be found at http://www.ccsso.org/Resources/Programs/Interstate_Teacher_Assessment_Consortium_(InTASC).html.
If you have communication outlets such as e-newsletters, listservs, blogs, or print publications, please consider using those outlets to let people know about the public comment period. Also, contact Kathleen Paliokas at (202) 336-7058, or by e-mail at kathleenp@ccsso.org of upcoming meetings or conferences for opportunities to present on the standards and collect feedback via focus groups.
