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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.
Twelve community inclusion projects have been awarded grants by the Governor's Developmental Disabilities and the Center for Disabilities and Development. The projects will be administered by 'community strategy teams' in eleven counties in Iowa.
All of the teams participated in a "Think Competence" workshop last spring where they developed strategies for creating positive changes in their communities by defining needs, enlisting the support of key leaders, and identifying local resources. The teams, awarded up to $5,000, will complete their projects in 2002. Other teams who participated in the workshop may also receive technical assistance from the Center for Disabilities and Development in the next fiscal year.
Teams receiving grants this year are from Ames, Anamosa, Council Bluffs, Decorah, Estherville, Latimer, New Hampton, Sheldon, Spencer, Waterloo (2), and Waukon.
The Iowa Training Consortium has completed its second year of Community Living Transition grants. Grant money was earmarked by the Iowa Department of Human Services to support specific individuals to live in their communities, rather than in institutional settings. The funding is a result of the 1994 Conner Decree that settled a lawsuit challenging the state of Iowa to develop more services and supports that would allow people with disabilities to live in their own communities.
In FY 2002, a grant was awarded to Mercy Medical Center Case Management in Chickasaw County. The grantee worked with Glenwood Resource Center, local providers, the Center for Disabilities and Development, and community support systems to help an individual move to and live in a group home in Cresco. Grant money was used for staff training, training materials, furniture and personal items, one-on-one staffing, vocational services, and transportation.
For more information about "Think Competence" or community living transition grants, call 319-353-6448.
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Summer Shorts from the DRLAll 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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ABLLS Protocol for Children with Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities
July 8-12, 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Ames AEA Office, Ames, Iowa
Class will cover the background of ABLLS and using its assessment components and teaching strategies to develop language and other skill deficits in children with language and learning delays. Cost: $95. Call 515-270-9030.
Project CHOICES Summer Institute
July 10-11, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Springfield, Illinois
$130; $30 per parent or $50 per family. Call 630-778-4508.
Business Horizons Summer Camp
July 14 -19, (Drake University, Des Moines); also offered July 28-Aug 2
(St. Ambrose University, Davenport)
High school students from across the state of Iowa, and parts of Illinois, will learn to run their own mock business. Students interact with business leaders to learn about the free enterprise system and to work in teams. High school students with disabilities are eligible to receive a full scholarship. Scholarships are sponsored by the Employment Policy Group/Center for Disabilities and Development. Call 515-283-2310 or 800-383-4224 or email arathbun@iowaabi.org.
The Future Impact of Technology on Employment for People with Disabilities
July 15, 1:00 - 1:30 p.m. live webcast, followed by online chat 1:30 to 2:00 p.m.
Presented by Lex Freiden, Senior Vice President at The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research in Houston, Texas. Part of a series sponsored by Virginia Commonwealth University's Rehabilitation Research & Training Center on Workplace Supports. CRC/CEU credits may be received for participating in the web cast series. Email Teri Blankenship at tcblanke@saturn.vcu.edu.
Direct Instruction: Corrective Reading Decoding
July 15-16, 8:00 a.m. -4:30 p.m., Johnston Senior High School, Johnston, Iowa
Class provides an overview of Direct Instruction techniques and the Corrective Reading Decoding programs. Corrective Reading is for students in grades 3-12 and adult education classes who have not learned to read with other programs. This program has multiple levels and may be used in regular or special needs programs. Cost: $65. Call 515-270-9030.
Empower 2002
July 15-17, Iowa Valley Community College, Marshalltown, Iowa
Workshop topics include research and new medications, legislation issues, peer to peer training, adolescent to adult transition, fighting stigma, and employment issues. Cost: $200 for registration, meals, lodging; $125 for registration, meals, no lodging; $75 for registration and a meal for one day only. Call Connie Hadden at 515-294-4416 or email chadden@dhs.state.ia.us.
Association for Persons in Supported Employment: 13th Annual Conference
July 24-27, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Conference will highlight best practices and innovations in the field, focusing on improving quality of service and making employment supports and technology available to all. APSE is again offering the Supported Employment 101 Institute, an orientation to the essential elements of supported employment. See www.apse.org/mnconfernce/main.html.
ADA Anniversary Celebrations
Business Horizons Summer Camp
July 28-August 2, 2002 (Quad Cities area only--Scott, Henry & Rock Island Counties)
High school students from across the state of Iowa, and parts of Illinois will learn to run their own mock business. Students interact with business leaders to learn about the free enterprise system and to work in teams. High school students with disabilities are eligible to receive a full scholarship. Scholarships are sponsored by the Employment Policy Group/Center for Disabilities and Development. Call 515-283-2310.
Youth Leadership Forum for Students with Disabilities
July 28-August 2, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
Approximately 30 high school juniors and seniors with disabilities will be selected to attend this leadership training program. Call 888-219-0471 (V/TTY) or 515-242-6172 (V/TTY).
ABLLS Protocol for Children With Autism & Other Developmental Disabilities
July 29-August 2, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Ames AEA Office, Ames, Iowa
Class will cover the background of ABLLS and using its assessment components and teaching strategies to develop language and other skill deficits in children with language and learning delays. Cost: $135. Call 515-270-9030 or 800-255-0405, or email Carol Naylor at cnaylor@aea11.k12.ia.us
Creating and Maintaining Caring Climates for Students with Significant Emotional, Behavioral, and Social Needs: Success4 Summer Institute
July 31-August 2, Hotel at Gateway Center, Ames, Iowa
Sessions include Positive Behavioral Supports, Remediation and Prevention of Aggression, and Advocating for Students with Behavioral Needs in a Time of Budget Crises. Cost: $90. Call 515-271-4164 or email lisa.wright@drake.edu
Twenty-Third Annual Summer School For Helping Professionals
August 5-8, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Two- and four-day basic and advanced classes, for one and two hours of University credit and/or CEUs. Classes include Individual and Group Counseling, Ethics and Moral Decision Making, Family Issues in Substance Abuse, Benefits Counseling, Brief Counseling, Motivational Interviewing, and Clinical Supervision. Email jo-dickens@uiowa.edu or call 1-800-551-9029.
Jump Start: Special Educators New to the Heartland Area
August 6-7, 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Ames AEA Office, Ames, Iowa
Class designed for special education teachers new to the Heartland AEA area. Participants will learn the components of quality IEPs as required by Heartland AEA 11 and IDEA 97. Experienced teachers also are welcome. Registration: $45. Staff Development credit available. Call 515-270-9030 or 800-255-0405 or see prodev.aea11.k12.ia.us
Share the Spirit: 6th National Self-Advocacy Conference
September 19-22, Buffalo, New York
Biennial conference of Self-Advocates Becoming Empowered (SABE). Workshops on national issues, self-advocacy, housing, employment, self-determination, and community. Call 518-382-1454, email sanys@capital.net, or see www.sanys.org.
For more conference and training opportunities, see the Disability Training calendar.
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There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storms.
----Willa Cather, midwestern novelist, 1873-1947
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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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