The Division on Career Development and Transition
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SPECIAL CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT
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SEPTEMBER 2009 |
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EARLY BIRD Deadline Extended to October 8th!!
We know that everyone's budgets are tight and it is getter harder and harder to make plans early. So we have extended the early bird registration deadline to October 8th!
Register Today and download the conference flyer to share with your colleagues. For more information, visit www.dcdt.org.
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Sneak a PEEK at the 2009 DCDT Conference Sessions
The 2009 DCDT Conference Program is now available online. Take a look at the great presentations and posters by clicking on DCDT Conference Program or by visiting www.dcdt.org.
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SPECIAL INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE IN ROUNDTABLE NATIONAL DIALOGUE ON
TRANSPORTATION NEEDS IN YOUTH TRANSITION AT THE DCDT CONFERENCE
Enhancing Youth Mobility: A Partnership Between the Division of Career Development and Transition and Easter Seals Project ACTION (Accessible Transportation in our Nation)
Experts Needed to Participate in Roundtable on Youth Transition Transportation on Wednesday, 10-28-09 from 8:30AM - 5:00PM
Hotel Scholarships Available for Invited Participants!!
On Wednesday, 10-28-09, in Savannah, GA, please join a group of peers in an invitation only roundtable on youth transition and transportation to identify barriers and solutions to address this critical need. This roundtable is being held by Easter Seals Project ACTION in partnership with the CEC DCDT conference. The roundtable will begin with a reception featuring artwork created by students with disabilities led by VSA Arts' artists that highlight what accessible transportation means to them. Attendees will participate in the development of an action plan to address barriers and find solutions that expand youth transition transportation.
If needed, we can defray costs for participants for up to two nights of lodging (Tuesday and Wednesday evening). We can accommodate up to 50 people and, in some cases, we may be able to provide full travel scholarships that would include airfare.
We are looking for participants from the following areas:
· Special education teachers/administrators
· Mobility managers who work with youth with disabilities
· Orienting and mobility specialists
· Travel trainers
· Parents of students with disabilities
· Students with disabilities
· School transit managers
· Career transition leaders
· Community college professors involved in youth transition
· Researchers involved in youth transition systems change.
If you are interested in joining us for this important event please email Julia Kim, Easter Seals Project Coordinator at jkim@easterseals.com the following information:
Name:
Title:
Role:
Organization
City:
State:
Email address and mailing address.
Please feel free to also share a bit about your background in transportation and youth transition.
Additionally, even if you cannot attend, if you have any questions or suggestions as well for our work in this area, please do not hesitate to contact Julia or Mary Leary, Senior Director of Easter Seals Project ACTION: mleary@easterseals.com. |
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WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU: A Panel on Youth Transition Transportation Initiatives and
Listening Session on Using Online Technologies for Federal Initiatives
Engagement
Please join Judy Shanley, PhD from the US
Department of Education and Mary Leary, PhD from Easter Seals Project
ACTION from 11 am till 12pm on Saturday, October 31, 2009 for a panel discussion on youth transition, transportation and
mobility initiatives. During the one-hour session, participants will hear about promising approaches
to expanding accessible transportation for youth transition and will
participate in a special listening session on the implementation of a
Federal national dialogue capability using social networking tools. All
participants will be given an anonymous survey and have the opportunity
to join the discussion on the use of social networking to expand
outreach and civic engagement to further accessible transportation
efforts around the nation. Please pre-register for the event so we can
be sure we have the right amount of materials and information for all
attendees. We will hold a drawing at the event for a special $ 1,000
scholarship to further youth transition through transportation.
Attendees will learn about current social networking efforts at the
national level, transportation resources and become eligible to
participate in the drawing for the scholarship. If interested, please
send an email to Julia Kim at jkim@easterseals.com.
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Hurry, only 15 spaces remain for our PreConference Summary of Preformance Workshop!!!
Making Summary of Performance Meaningful & Managable
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
1pm - 4pm,
The Westin Savannah
Join Audrey Trainor, Gary Clark, and James Patton at a preconference workshop on The Summary of
Performance System (SOPS), a software program designed to help
educators, families, and young adults develop summaries of performance. A copy of the SOPS program will be provided to each registered participant at no additional cost.
To register email Dr. Cindi Nixon at cnixon@fmarion.edu
Include your name, address, contact telephone number so that your
attendance at this pre-conference session can be confirmed.
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| DCDT values every member and is continually trying to determine additional activities and resources that can benefit our membership. Please let us know if you have suggestions for activities, publications, or member support strategies by emailing us at dcdtmembership@yahoo.com.
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Warm Regards,
Meg Grigal, Marketing Chair
DCDT
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