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January 2010

Upcoming Events

• ALLIANCE Institutes

Parent Center Updates

• IN*SOURCE Staff & Daughter Featured in Newsletter

Announcements & News

• TA&D Center of the Month: The IRIS Center for Faculty Enhancements
• ALLIANCE Videos & Archived Webinar Page
• Office of Disability Employment Policy Listening Tour
• OSEP IDEA Part B & Part C Meetings
• Kennedy Foundation Public Policy Fellowship Program 2010-2011

Resources

• HealthyChildren.org
• New Project Forum Document
• Government Website Publishes Self-Advocacy Tips for Teens
• Best Practices in Homeless Education
• Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Resources
• CELL Practice Guide: Wired to Read

Technology

• School Communication through Social Networking
• Working with Technology Volunteers

Nonprofit Management

• Internal Controls for Small Nonprofits
• Resources for Evaluating Community Organizing
• Family Engagement Logic Model

Upcoming Events

ALLIANCE Institutes

The ALLIANCE National Parent Technical Assistance Center will be holding topical institutes for Parent Centers January 27-28, 2010 in Crystal City, VA. The two topics will be: 1) management and leadership and 2) children’s mental health and emotional behavior disorders. We look forward to seeing many of you soon!

Parent Center Updates

IN*SOURCE Staff & Daughter Featured in Newsletter

IN*SOURCE staff member Wilner Cusic recently wrote an article about the school staff that helped her daughter Amber succeed in her special education program and become an independent adult. The story was featured in the December edition of The Special Edition, a newsletter published by the South Bend schools’ special education department. More>>>

Announcements & News

TA&D Center of the Month:The IRIS Center for Faculty Enhancements

The IRIS Center develops free online interactive resources that translate research about the education of students with disabilities into practice. Professional development modules cover important topics such as Response to Intervention, progress monitoring, and differentiated instruction. The IRIS Center is a partnership of Vanderbilt and Claremont Graduate Universities. More>>>

ALLIANCE Videos & Archived Webinar Page

Be sure to visit the ALLIANCE Web site to watch recordings of webinars you may have missed and view other important information. Items most recently added include the Social Emotional Interventions Resources webinar presented by Lise Fox of the Technical Assistance Center on Social Emotional Intervention (TACSEI) and the Center for the Social Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL) and a video of Dixie Jordan, PACER staff, presenting 10 Tips for Parents of Children with ADD. More>>>

Office of Disability Employment Policy Listening Tour

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) Assistant Secretary Kathy Martinez is leading a listening tour across the United States. ODEP and other federal partners are seeking input from people with disabilities, employers, and other stakeholders on key issues related to the under-employment of people with disabilities. Listening tour locations include Dallas, Philadelphia, Chicago, San Francisco, Atlanta, and Boston and events will take place January 21-March 3, 2010.  More>>>

OSEP IDEA Part B & Part C Meetings

Save the Date! The IDEA Part B and Part C Data Meetings will be held June 22-24 in Washington, DC. Details will be posted on http://www.ideadata.org as they are available.

Kennedy Foundation Public Policy Fellowship Program 2010-2011

The Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation is seeking exemplary professionals and family members of persons with intellectual or developmental disabilities who are currently working or volunteering in the field of inclusive services and supports for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities for an intensive one-year Public Policy Fellowship in Washington, D.C. The Foundation anticipates up to three fellowships will be awarded for the period July, 2010-June 30, 2011. The Fellowship starting date will be negotiated with the successful applicant. The application deadline for 2010-2011 is March 5, 2010. More>>>

Resources

HealthyChildren.org

HealthyChildren.org is a new Web site from the American Academy of Pediatrics that provides up-to-date information on topics such as ages and stages, healthy living, safety and prevention, and health issues. More>>>

New Project Forum Document

Project Forum recently released a new publication, Early Childhood Mental Health Services: Four State Case Studies. This in-depth policy analysis provides a background of the early childhood mental health (ECMH) focus of many organizations and legal elements of why it is essential that children with disabilities be included in a comprehensive mental health system. Findings from interviews with four state early childhood staff (i.e., the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Part B section 619 and Part C staff) were conducted around select components of mental health More>>>

Government Website Publishes Self-Advocacy Tips for Teens

Disability.gov has published a variety of self-advocacy resources for teens that help them begin to express their needs and wants by participating in their Individualized Education Program (IEP) meetings. These resources assist teens in learning ways to talk about their disability to others, setting goals, and practicing other self-advocacy skills. More>>>

Best Practices in Homeless Education

The Legal Center for Foster Care and Education and the National Center for Homeless Education have developed a guide on two federal laws related to the education of homeless students: The McKinney-Vento Act and the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act. Clearing the Path to School Success for Students in Out-of-Home Care provides basic information about the two laws and practical strategies for their implementation. More>>>

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Resources

The Maternal & Child Health Library at Georgetown University has compiled a collection of Web sites and resources related to FASD into a Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Research Brief.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released a FASD “widget” which is a graphic organizations can place directly on their Web site to inform visitors about FASD and link them to current information.

CELL Practice Guide: Wired to Read

Wired to Read is a practice guide for parents that provides tips for how parents can use computers to help their preschool children learn language and literacy skills. The handout provides tips on selecting appropriate software programs and how parents can interact with their young children during the activity. More>>>

Technology

School Communication through Social Networking

Learn about ways schools in Oregon are communicating with families and the community through social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter. More>>>

Working with Technology Volunteers

This guide from TechSoup.org includes questions for organizations to consider when looking for technology help and sample worksheets and documents to help manage projects. More>>>

Nonprofit Management

Internal Controls for Small Nonprofits

Five Internal Controls for the Very Small Nonprofit, posted on the Blue Avocado Web site, includes financial management strategies that even organizations with very few staff can implement.  More>>>

Resources for Evaluating Community Organizing

The Alliance for Justice recently added several resources to their Evaluating Community Organizing Web page. The site includes summaries of each resource so users can determine which publication or tool will be most useful to them. More>>>

Family Engagement Logic Model

The Family Harvard Research Project created How to Develop a Logic Model for Districtwide Family Engagement Strategies, a step-by-step guide to help clarify how family engagement activities can lead to better educational outcomes for children and youth. More>>>

 

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