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The Children's Trust Miami Heart Gallery
The Children's Trust Miami Heart Gallery to Relaunch Friday, June 4. For the third consecutive year, The Children's Trust is spearheading an initiaive promoting the adoption of foster children in Miami-Dade County called the The Children's Trust Miami Heart Gallery. This groundbreaking work seeks adoptive parents for dozens of children, many of whom have special needs. Following a national model of other Heart Galleries across the nation, this museum-quality exhibit features portraits of those available for adoption, photographed by some of the world's top photographers. Join The Children's Trust on Friday, June 4 at 6 PM at History Museum (formerly known as the Historical Museum of South Florida) for an exciting relaunch event inspired by the Miami Beach Art Deco district where this year's portraits were taken. For more information about his ongoing initiative, visit www.miamiheartgallery.org
La Galería Miami Heart del Children's Trust se Lanza Nuevamente el Viernes, 4 de Junio. Por tercer año consecutivo, el Children's Trust encabeza una iniciativa para promover la adopción de niños en la custodia del estado, en el Condado Miami-Dade, llamada La Galería Miami Heart del Children's Trust. Este innovador proyecto busca padres adoptivos para docenas de niños, muchos de ellos con necesidades especiales. Esta exhibición con calidad de museo, la cual está basada en un modelo nacional de otras galerías similares, destaca portadas fotográficas de los niños que están disponibles para ser adoptados, efectuadas por algunos de los fotógrafos más prominentes del mundo. Acompañen al Children's Trust el viernes, 4 de junio a las 6 de la tarde en HistoryMiami (el antiguo Museo Histórico del Sur de la Florida) para el evento del nuevo lanzamiento, inspirado por el Distrito Art Deco de Miami Beach, donde fueron tomadas las fotografías de los niños este año. Para más información sobre esta iniciativa en curso, visite www.miamiheartgallery.org. |
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The 2010 Joshua O'Neil and Zeshan Tabani Enrichment Fund Application is Now Available
The Joshua O'Neil and Zeshan Tabani Enrichment Fund offers financial assistance to young adults (18+) with Down Syndrome who wish to continue to enrich their lives by enrolling in postsecondary programs or taking enrichment classes that will help them to enrich life through employment, independent living skills, life skills or another way. To date, over thirty students have received grants from NDSS to help cover the costs of pursuing their postsecondary education and enrichment goals.
Visit www.ndss.org to download the application (you can the pdf HERE) or contact Vanessa Quick at vquick@ndss.org or 800-211-4602 with any questions.
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Responsiveness to Intervention: Questions PARENTS Must Ask
IDEA 04 offers states and localities the option of using "a process that determines if the child responds to scientific, research-based intervention as part of the evaluation process ..., " but it does not require that states or districts use Responsiveness-to-Intervention, often shortened to RTI. Although RTI is similar to the old pre-referral or problem-solving model first suggested by Dr. James Chalfant in the mid-70's as Teacher Assistance Teams (TAT), parents have begun to hear a lot about RTI as a "new" way to help students with learning disabilities.
For more information on Responsiveness-to-Intervention, parents are encouraged to review and share the following materials available on the LDA website, www.LDAamerica.org.
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Dental Care for Children with Disabilities
From MyChildWithouLimits.org
Proper oral hygiene, the daily care of your teeth and gums and frequent monitoring by a dentist, is a vital part of every child's overall health and well-being, but is especially essential for many children with developmental disabilities, who are at greater risk for serious health problems resulting from poor oral hygiene. Find out more. |
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Resources for Homeschoolers
An estimated 1.5 million students are homeschooled in the United States according to the National Household Education Surveys Program. The number of children hosmeschooled has increased since 1999, and there are a number of reasons that influence this decision. For 4 percent of these parents (or guardians) who choose this method, it is because a child has special needs.
It is a challenge to get resources. Parents have shared with us that it is very difficult to get accessile books and reading tools for children with disabilities. This can be true for homeschoolers who do not have everyday access to special education teachers and public school resources. Furthermore, processes for special needs testing and for getting accommoations vary from state to state.
Bookshare can help. Bookshare's online library is available worldwide and can be accessed 24 hours a day. Its collection has over 68,000 digital books and tools that make reading possible for students who previously found it difficult or impossible to read print. Bookshar's books are downloaded to computers and acccessed with software or devices that allow students to listen to books, hear and see wordds at the same time(multi-modal) and use advanced study tools.
Visit Bookshare's website to learn more! |
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Cri-du-Chat Annual Conference in Orlando
The 5p- Society will be celebrating its 25th Annual Conference and Get Together. What started out as a small informal meeting of about five families has turned out to be a large conference of over 80 families. They expect record breaking numbers for the 25th Annual Conference and Get Together. Destination: Orlando, Florida . . . home of Walt Disney World Resort that includes, Magic Kingdom, Epcot Center, Disney's Hollywood Studios and Disney's Animal Kingdom, as well as Universal Orlando Resort, SeaWorld and Busch Gardens. Click HERE for more information. |
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A New Guide for DeafBlindness
Deafblindness: Educational Service Guidelines offers state and local education agencies a framework from which meaningful, appropriate programming for students who are deafblind can be developed. These guidelines identify the knowledge and skills educators need to assist their students, who are deafblind reach their full potential and become successful, contributing members of our society. To download the guidelines or for more information go to
http://www.perkins.org/resources/educational-publications/deafblindness-educational-service-guidelines/
To view a pdf version of the flyer click HERE. |
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National Center for Learning Disabilities Legislative Update
by Laura Kaloi
The Keeping All Students Safe Act (H.R. 4247) passed the House by a vote of 262 to 153. H.R. 4247 is now the first bill to address the use of abusive and deadly seclusion and restraint in our nation's public schools. The passage of this bill will help to ensure the safety of both students and school staff, and will create a minimum level of protection for school children (public or private), that all states must meet or exceed.
Specifically, it will prohibit the restraint or locked-seclusion of students unless there is an imminent risk of physical injury that less restrictive interventions would not stop. Research has shown that there are numerous alternatives to restraint and seclusion, including positive behavioral interventions and supports and other techniques. After months of hard work by parents and advocates, and the support of people like you, this important legislation has cleared the House and will now need to be acted upon by the Senate. |
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The Playground Theatre Presents: The Love of Three Oranges
by Carlo Gozzi - Adapted and Directed by Stephanie Ansin
The PlayGround Theatre, in conjunction with the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and VSAarts of Florida is proud to present, for the first time in Florida, Shadow Interpreted Theatre for Children & Families. Join them for a very special presentation of The Love of Three Oranges with shadow interpretation. During the show, specially trained ASL interpreters perform as "shadow" alongside The PlayGround Theatre company members. The shadow actors are integrated into the performance by mirroring the voiced actors on stage, interpreting characters in American Sign Language.
Shows are Thursday, May 20th at 10:30 AM and Friday, May 21st at 10:30 AM and 7:30 PM. Tickets are $15.
For more information, visit www.theplaygroundtheatre.com or call 305-751-9550. |
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Don't Miss the Next Sensory Friendly Film!
Shrek Forever After
May 22, 2010
10 a.m. local time
Find a theatre
In order to provide a more accepting and comfortable setting for this unique audience, the movie auditoriums will have their lights brought up and the sound turned down, families will be able to bring in their own gluten-free, casein-free snacks, and no previews or advertisements will be shown before the movie. Additionally, audience members are welcome to get up and dance, walk, shout or sing - in other words, AMC's "Silence is Golden®" policy will not be enforced unless the safety of the audience is questioned.
Tickets are $4-6 depending on location and can be purchased on the day of the event. |
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