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Host a Dress Down for Down Syndrome Day
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We are looking for companies,
schools & individuals across Northeast Ohio to help celebrate Down Syndrome Awareness.
It is a fun, rewarding day that benefits individuals with Down syndrome and their families & community.
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Join Our List
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USOD
Board of Directors |
Casey
Atkinson
David J. Bruening
Allan Buzzelli
Renee Chappell
Denise Cirino
Sandy Donahoe
Scott Eitman
Sue Groszek
Debbie Marks
Katherine E. Schubert
Lisa G. Trifiletti
Ken Vinikoff
Brian J. Weiss, DPM
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What is Inclusion Solutions?
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Inclusion Solutions is a newsletter that will assist you in your efforts to support students with Down syndrome in their classrooms and at home. We hope to provide you with strategies you can implement with your child or student to help them achieve their unique potential. Each edition will feature ideas that have been effective in working with learners who have Down syndrome. Additionally, this newsletter will become an effective means of exchanging ideas between teachers, parents, paraprofessionals, therapists, and administrators.
The USOD welcomes your comments, suggestions, and input, so Inclusion Solutions continues to benefit all educators. Please send any ideas you would like to share with other teachers to
Gina Mitchner at gina@usod.org.
Click Here for Vol. 2 of the USOD Inclusion Solutions!
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Forward Inclusion Solutions Today
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1. Help Get The Word Out
2. Sign up for our Newsletter Today - USOD E-Newsletters
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USOD Spring Math Conference for Educators & Parents
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April 19th & 20th
Online Registration - click here
DeAnna Horstmeier, an experienced educator, was inspired to develop a
program (and consequently a book) for teaching math skills by
observing the difficulty her adult son with Down syndrome and his
roommates had in applying math skills to everyday life. Its success
lies in capitalizing on the visual learning strengths of these learners
and using manipulative, games and activities to teach and maintain
motivation for learning math. Topics will include:
*** Number Sense & Recognition *** Calculator Skills
Recognizing & Writing Numerals *** Counting
Time *** Measurements
Place Value *** Addition & Subtraction
Money *** Percents
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Monday, April 19, 2010 6:00 - 9:00pm Independence Civic
Center, 6363 Selig Dr, Independence - mapquest
Tuesday, April 20, 2010 9:00 am-12:00pm
$20 professionals, $5 USOD parents (CEU's Pending)
Her books will be available for pre-order at a $10 discount!
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SAVE THE DATES - Downs Ed Conference in Cleveland
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 November 3-5, 2010
USOD will be
hosting the internationally renowned conference from DownsEd
International & DownsEd USA. It will have a two day track for
Educators & Speech Pathologists, and one day for Parents. Go to
DownsEd International for lots of great information about their programming
& services.
So stay tuned
for more details & most of all
MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
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SpecialQuest Multimedia Training Library - FREE Resources
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 Order Your Free Videos & Materials Today
The SpecialQuest Multimedia Training Library supports the inclusion
of young children with disabilities birth-five and their families,
in early care and education settings. The SpecialQuest materials and
approach have been used with over 5,000 participants nationwide, refined
over the past ten years, and have been shown to create and sustain
change. SpecialQuest Birth-Five provides these materials at no cost with
funding from the Office of Head Start. SpecialQuest
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Free Teaching Kits & Handbooks
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 Teaching Tolerance
Teaching Tolerance's educational kits and subscriptions to its magazine
are FREE to classroom teachers, school librarians, school counselors,
school administrators, professors of education, leaders of homeschool
networks, youth directors at houses of worship and employees of
youth-serving nonprofit organizations.
These are wonderful resources that everyone should take advantage. Just fill out the short form and they will arrive in a few short weeks.
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USOD Mission
To provide support, education, and advocacy for people with Down syndrome, their families and communities.
Vision
The Up Side of Downs is committed to building a community where
people with Down syndrome are independent and have the opportunity to
reach their fullest potential.
History
In the early 1980's, a handful of parents whose children had Down
syndrome began to meet informally over coffee for socialization and
support. Nearly thirty years later, with the help of a lot of coffee
& caffeine, their vision and hard work has taken the Up Side of
Downs from a grassroots parent movement to a staffed nonprofit
organization joining over 800 families throughout Northeast Ohio.
We invite you to connect with our with our support community to join us at one of our many programs & services, do research in our comprehensive resource directory, join our on-line family support network, enjoy our scrapbook photo gallery and so much more.
Contact the Up Side of Downs of Greater Cleveland.
The Up Side of Downs of Greater Cleveland
23230 Chagrin Blvd., Suite 640
Cleveland, OH 44122
phone
216.464.USOD (8763)
fax 888.708.USOD (8763)
e-mail
info@usod.org
web www.usod.org
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