[BroadusWood] FW: Free Conference for Parents of Special Needs Students

[Broadus Wood News Online]

Please continue to publicize in your March newsletters or online
communications!  Thanks in advance for your help.

Sarah

 

1st Annual Parent Conference and Resource Fair 

 

Sponsored by PREP/Parent Resource Center (www.prep-prc.org
<http://www.prep-prc.org/> ) and the Albemarle County Special Education
Advisory Committee (SEAC)

 

Saturday, March 8, 2008

9:00 am - 1:00 pm

PREP/Parent Resource Center (Ivy Creek School Building)

225 Lambs Lane, Charlottesville

Join your friends, neighbors, and colleagues for a day of learning,
sharing, and fun.  All free, with food and childcare*

Conference Schedule:

9:00 - 9:30 - coffee and continental breakfast, registration, resource
fair

9:30 - 11:00 - session one

11:00 - 11:30 - break, resource fair

11:30 - 1:00 - session two

1:00 - 1:30 - resource fair, networking

For more information and to register:
Sarah Blech, Coordinator, PREP/Parent Resource Center 

(434) 975-9400 ext. 2342 or sblech at k12albemarle.org

* Childcare is limited.  Please register early if you need childcare. 

Morning Sessions 9:30 - 11:00

Part One - Transition - Parent Education Advocacy Center (PEATC)

Understanding Educational Assessments* - Louise Cole, Educational
Consultant

Parent Advocacy, IEP, Regulations* - Judy Ritchie, Greene County Public
Schools

                                                           Carla Manno,
Educational Consultant

Family Dynamics* - Frances Greenstein, Charlottesville League of
Therapists

Assistive Technology* - Andrea Johnson, OT/PREP

Sensory Strategies - Helene Carlisle, OT/PREP

Virginia Assessments - Diane Wolfe, PREP

*Repeated session

Afternoon Sessions 11:30 - 1:00

Part Two - Transition - PEATC

Understanding Educational Assessments - Louise Cole, Educational
Consultant

Parent Advocacy, IEP, Regulations - Judy Richie, GCPS, 

                                                         Carla Manno,
Educational Consultant

Family Dynamics - Frances Greenstein, Charlottesville League of
Therapists

Assistive Technology - Andrea Johnson, OT/PREP

Visual Strategies - Diane Talarico-Cavanaugh, PREP

Special Needs Trusts/Waivers/Benefits - Joanne Marcus, Commonwealth
Community Trust

 
Barbara Talley and Marie Fraticielli, Region Ten

 
Cheryl Ribando, Parent Advocate

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Special Education Advisory Committee 
(SEAC) 
Parents, Educators, and Community Agencies: Partners in the Education of
All Children
<http://www.createsurvey.com/c/52478-Pbx7tk/> The Special Education
Parent Advisory Committee is composed of parents of students who require
special education services, other interested persons from the community,
and educators in the field who have an interest in special education.
This committee provides advice concerning unmet needs in the education
of children with disabilities and assists in the formulation and
development of long-range plans for these children. Any parent who is
interested is encouraged to attend the Special Education Parent Advisory
Committee meetings.  For more information contact your Director of
Special Education.

 

 

 

 

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