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Connecting with Kids
Since December 2002, over 1,200 Iowa elementary School students from College Springs to Nora Springs have spent an hour learning about blindness. They have learned to dial a telephone and distinguish money by touch, and have asked questions on topics ranging from the Braille alphabet to recreation.
"The training session on blindness was a wonderful way of becoming familiar with some of the tools and methods blind persons use every day," said South Page Elementary third grade teacher, Kathleen Davison. "I hope this enlightens these students and prepares them for meeting and working with visually impaired people in their lives."
This excellent outreach opportunity is made possible through K12 Connections, a program of Iowa Public Television. The program utilizes the Iowa Communications Network (ICN) to link volunteer presenters with students across Iowa. According to K12 Coordinator, Trista Peitzman, K12 Connections reached approximately 69,000 students during the 2002-03 school year.
"K12 Connections offers unique, highly interactive opportunities which would otherwise be unavailable to students," says Peitzman. "We supplement the training by providing useful learning resources to teachers."
Presently, blindness is the only disability-related topic offered through K12 Connections. Peitzman hopes that will change.
"We would like to offer more sessions on disability," she stated. "It's great when people can approach us with prepared presentations, but we are willing to help organize a session if necessary."
Peitzman was quick to point out that K12 Connections has an inclusive philosophy. She encourages teachers of students with disabilities to sign up for sessions. Nearly all staff have an education background, and will work to meet accommodation needs.
To view a session calendar, go to http://www.k12connections.iptv.org. To schedule a session or to learn more about the program, contact Rista Peitzman by phone at 800-532-1290 or via email: trista@iptv.org.
What's New? From the DRL
- Job Coaching Strategies: A Video Guide and Handbook for
Supported Employment
Tenpas, Steve. Attainment Company, Inc., c2003. [DVD video, closed captioned] 1 hr. - Cassilly: How I Got to College
Center on Disability Studies, University of Hawaii at Manoa, c2002. [videocassette] 20 min. - The Collector of Bedford Street: Living and Fiving in the Big City
Elliott, Alice. Welcome Change Productions, distributed by New day Films, c2001. [videocassette, closed captioned] 34 min. - Pooled Trust Programs for People with Disabilities: A Guide for Families
The Arc and The RRTC on Aging with Developmental Disabilities, 2002. [book] 16 p. - Wrightslaw: No Child Left Behind
Wright, Peter W., Pamela Darr Wright and Suzanne Whitney Heath. Harbor House Law Press, c2004. [book + CD-Rom] 339 p. - In Our Own Words: Teens with Bipolar Disorder
The Josselyn Center, c2001. [videocassette] 30 min. - American Sign Language Learning System
Multimedia 2000, Inc., c2003. [DVD learning system] ca. 90 min.
All Disability Resource Library services are free to people with disabilities and to members of their families. Other individuals and community service providers are asked to pay a per item fee to borrow materials, or they may purchase an annual subscription. There is no charge to anyone for assistance with finding information. To contact the Disability Resource Library at the Center for Disabilities and Development, phone 800-272-7713, email disability-library@uiowa.edu, or visit on the web at http://www.medicine.uiowa.edu/uhs/DRL/index.cfm
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Education & Training Events
Behavior Strategies
May 3 and 17, Ankeny, Iowa
Medical Update: Medications
May 5, Grant Wood AEA, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
National ADA Symposium and Expo
May 11-13, Kansas City, Missouri
Iowa's 2004 Conference on Community Inclusion
for People with Disabilities and Assistive Technology Expo
May 25, Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Autism One 2004
May 27-30, Chicago, Illinois
The Explosive Child
June 7, Scheman Conference Center, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
Very Special Arts Iowa: The Arts of Discovery
Green Valley AEA, Creston, Iowa
The Arc of Iowa 2004 Convention
June 11 and 12, Cedar Falls, Iowa
For more conference and training opportunities, see the Disability Training calendar.
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Please send any content suggestions, comments, or information about upcoming conferences to Mike Hoenig, Possibilities Editor, at michael-hoenig@uiowa.edu.
To subscribe to the print version of Possibilities, mail Office of Community Education, Center for Disabilities and Development, 100 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City IA 52242-1011, fax 319-356-8284 or phone 319-353-6448.
POSSIBILITIES is funded in part through a grant from the Iowa Department of Human Services to support the activities of the Iowa Training Consortium. Possibilities is designed by Loretta Popp.
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Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1011