Spirit Lake Consulting Forum

By popular request, we have a new page on the Virtual Library on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

http://www.spiritlakeconsulting.com/SLC … shelf.html

Also added this week -
Links to the Autism Virtual Field Trip on stress in the family and to the Autism Society of America
http://www.spiritlakeconsulting.com/SLC … utism.html

Who gets special education - PowerPoint presentation added to special education page in the Virtual Library
http://www.spiritlakeconsulting.com/SLC … shelf.html

Disability Definitions PowerPoint was added to the reference section of the Virtual Library
This is more of a reference document on causes, definitions, life skills and resources for each of the 13 categories, plus developmental disability and developmental delay.
http://www.spiritlakeconsulting.com/SLC … shelf.html

Also, Jessica will be working on a Virtual Field Trip on Women and Disability. I will upload that as soon as it is done.

New today - Virtual Field Trip on Women with Disabilities

http://www.spiritlakeconsulting.com/SLC … women.html

Check out the best websites on women with disabilities, courtesy of SLC Research Associate Jessica Holmes

MAJOR improvements have been made in the Caring for Our People site Introduction to Disability & Culture.

http://www.spiritlakeconsulting.com/COP … index.html

It is a bit discouraging that every time I do something that takes days and days I immediately think of a whole lot more improvements I would like to make. Over the next few weeks, Jessica and Breeanne are going to be going through our whole site and coming up with an extensive list of suggestions, including deleting some pages they think are not useful, making others more readable and generally trying to improve the site in any way they can think up. Please feel free to post your own suggestions here. We really do want to serve you better.

Also, we have been getting some interesting and unexpected findings from our RUSH project on how people on the reservations obtain their information on disability. Anyone who wants to see what is happening on the RUSH grant can find it now added under "REPORTS" on our documents page on the company  Intranet

http://www.spiritlakeconsulting.com/int … ments.html

I added a BUNCH of new things to our website but you can't see any of them, ha ha ha.
No, truly, I did, but I am making some major huge changes and in the middle of it working on the Oyate evaluation and an evaluation for the UCR Title III Project. I have the changes on a testing site but I won't be uploading them until I check everything out.

If you are interested, there are a few more details on what is in progress on my blog

http://www.spiritlakeconsulting.com/int … _blog.html

I also did add a frequently asked questions (FAQ) page

http://www.spiritlakeconsulting.com/SLC/faq.html

Staff members - this may be a convenient place for you to refer clients with questions.

Well, there is lots of cleaning  that needs to be done, that's for sure!

Hey, everyone, I am considering changing the website in a major way. Please take a look at this

http://www.spiritlakeconsulting.com/new_index.html

And give me your opinion on the new format. We have hundreds of pages and thousands of documents so I don't want to undertake a massive change if it is not an improvement. Compare the one above to the old home page and check out some of the new pages I added at the top. Let me know what you think.

Thanks.

Ella found a program that automatically checks for broken links. We have thousands of documents on our site and many thousands of links. The program found 421 broken links the first run through. I have fixed 260 of those. Of the remaining 160 probably 100 are links to this forum - people's links from weeks ago to some article or site that is no longer up. So, I have another 60 to fix.

Other than that, we have a new press release on the latest grant from the USDA, to develop a resource to help tribal leaders, managers and employees make better ethical decisions

http://www.spiritlakeconsulting.com/SLC/new.html

and a couple of more entries on my blog

http://www.spiritlakeconsulting.com/int … _blog.html

Other than that, most of what we have been doing is in bits and pieces and not up for public consumption yet. I am finishing up the final report on the Caring for Our People Training Project and Erich is working on data collection for RUSH. We are also finishing the IEP module which will be first used at White Earth in less than two weeks.

Stay tuned.

Also, my blog has been updated with the current entry concluding that I am insane. Actually, it starts with the assertion that I am insane, so conclusion is, technically, grammatically incorrect.
http://www.spiritlakeconsulting.com/int … _blog.html

ADDED TO THE VIRTUAL LIBRARY

Strengthening the community system of care for children and youth with special health care needs. By: Suzanne Bronheim, Thomas Tonniges, funded through the Communities Can! Project

Do health care professionals and community members in your community work together? This workbook discusses the necessity for health care officials to concentrate on promoting health and eliminating illness, in addition to caring for patients. Keeping an entire community informed and providing them with sufficient care can be a challenge anywhere. Workbook objectives include educating yourself on the different cultures and health care approaches that exist, collaborating with others who work in the system, sharing leadership with others, going that extra mile to make your system work.

Added five pages on IFSP today.

We have a new issue of our Miniwakan News newsletter available, a special issue on Tribal Ethics.

http://www.spiritlakeconsulting.com/SLC … rs_co.html

My blog, of which I actually DO have one, was updated.

http://www.spiritlakeconsulting.com/int … _blog.html

Currently, I am busy working on the quarterly report for the RUSH project. Kelly just finished entering 50 more information use surveys this morning. If you were one of those people who filled one out, thank you very much!

Why are we putting up web pages before they are completely done?

Read the answer here

http://www.spiritlakeconsulting.com/int … _blog.html