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Disability Access – The School Years
Date: March 26-27, 2007
Time: 11am-5pm
Location: Turtle Mountain Community College, Computer Classroom (2nd Floor)
Caring for Our People Training – Vocational Rehabilitation
Date: March 21-22, 2007
Time: 11am-5pm
Location: Lake Region State College, Rm. 128
If you are interested in attending, contact us at [email protected], or Erich Longie at (701) 351-2175
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TWO NEW RESOURCES TO ASSIST STAFF, INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES AND THEIR FAMILIES
A Workshop on Vocational Rehabilitation will be offered March 21-22 at Lake Region State College from 11- 5. Disability Access: The School Years will be at Turtle Mountain Community College, March 26-27, also from 11-5. If your job involves working with people with disabilities, or if you or a family member have a disability, these workshops are designed to make your life better.
"At first thought, many people mistakenly believe disability information only applies to Special Education, " says Spirit Lake vice-president, Dr. AnnMaria De Mars, "However, the people who have strongly supported these workshops are those, such as Head Start directors, or Boys and Girls Club directors who spend a lot of time reflecting on their programs and how to make their services better. Head Start is required to have children with disabilities as 10% of their enrollment. As the director of one recreation program said, children with emotional or learning disorders don't leave their disabilities in their desks at school. "
The vocational rehabilitation training would be useful for any employer, staff working with youth or adults with disabilities in any program, as well as individuals with disabilities, parents and yes, special education staff, too.
Some of it sounded okay. Some of it, I just couldn’t picture in my head. I spent most of the meeting nodding—like I understood—and agreeing with everything.
If your IEP meeting ever went like that described by the mother above, then Disability Access: The School Years, is the workshop for you. The School Years workshop is designed to inform students with disabilities and their families about modifications they could request to improve their success in school, legal rights and how to be effectively involved in the special education program. Offered on the Turtle Mountain Reservation in March, this workshop will also be available on the Spirit Lake Reservation in April.
For more information, please contact Dr. Erich Longie at (701) 351-2175 or [email protected]
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How did we miss mentioning this? There is a workshop going on right now in Spirit Lake April 11 -12 on the School Years.
Another workshop is coming up, on Vocational Rehabilitation, that will be at the Crow Hill Recreation Center this month.
For more information, please contact Dr. Erich Longie at (701) 351-2175 or [email protected]
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The workshop, Vocational Rehabilitation, will be held at Crow Hill Rec Center on April 25-26 from 10am-4pm, as part of SLC's Caring for our People Training project. Like AnnMaria said, please contact Erich if you are interested!!
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