"One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well."
- Virginia Woolf
British Writer
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Welcome to Spring,
(I hope)
Thanks to all of you who helped the P2P Programs and families advocate with legislators and the Governor for continued DDD funding of programs. She signed the budget yesterday
and we received the same amount of funding as last year. YAHOOOOO!!! no cuts.
Thank you for your support. Also, thank you to Department of Health/CSHCN for their continued
funding this next year. We really value your commitment to the family voice, access and coordinated care.
And Thank You to all the P2P Coordinators and Peer Mentor "Helping Parents" who again this year have done a fantastic job assisting families in our state. I hear about your great work everywhere I travel and I am currently at the Infant and Early Childhood Conference and many people - professionals and parents - have stopped to tell me to thank you for "being there to help"! You are all wonderful.
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NEW RESOURCES:
Washington State Hands and Voices has a new website! For more information, contact our very own P2P Coordinator (Whatcom County) Christine Griffin or click above to go to the website and check it out.
eFedLink.org - This website is "...designed to support all federal managers and human resources personnel, to advance the hiring and advancement of persons with disabilities in the federal government."
New website resource from Washington Sensory Disabilities Services: Infants & Toddlers With Visual Impairment: Loving, Learning and Moving - videos that feature birth-to-three year olds with visual impairment who are learning to interact with others and explore their environment.
May 2012
(TBA): Balance Disorders: Diagnosis & Treatment - A free Childhood Communication Center Family Information Series from Seattle Children's. Call (206) 987-4209 for more info.
5-2 to 5/4: Infant and Early Childhood Conference. Click here for more info.
5/17: Understanding the Law: Special Education & 504 Services in the Public Schools - Lecture in Seattle presented by the WA State Branch of the International Dyslexia Association. Click here for more info.
June 2012
6/4: Giving Care, Taking Care - a conference for family and paid caregivers in Seattle. Pre-registration required: click here to receive a conference brochure and registration form. Reduced fee for early registration available until May 15, 2012.
July 2012
7/7: Annual Asperger Picnic sponsored by the Asperger Support Network - Seattle. Bring a potluck dish to share & lawn chairs; everyone is welcome! Click here for more information.
7/30 - 8/2: Combined Institute on Special Education - Wenatchee. Click here for more info. |
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Resource Links |
Resource Links now on the Arc website in the Resource Library.
Click here to access the links.
Click here to find a local P2P Coordinator. |
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"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace."
- Jimi Hendrix
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