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Parent Training in North Phoenix
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Desert Winds Elementary School
19825 N. 15th Avenue, Phoenix AZ 85027
Hosted by Deer Valley Family Resource Center
- For Parents Birth to age 5 (located in the Family Resource Center):
9:00 - 10:00 am - Open House and Q&A about special education and your child's IEP with Raising Special Kids Family Support specialist
10:00 - 11:00 am - Preschool to Kindergarten Transition Workshop - For Parents/ Professionals all ages (located in the Media Center):
12:30 pm - 2:30 pm - Parent Professional Collaboration Workshop
Parking in school lot, sign in at the office
To RSVP or for questions contact Center Coordinator Sherie Steele sheryl.steele@dvusd.org
or Valarie Harris valarie.harris@dvusd.org or 623-445-3941
http://www.dvusd.org/dvfrc
Evidence-based Practice in Disability Disciplines Conference
To supply professionals who work with individuals with disabilities with the resources they need to effectively implement evidence-based practice in their respective disciplines.
Begins at 8:00 AM on June 10th and ends at 4:30 PM on June 11th.
High Country Conference Center, 201 West Butler Avenue, Flagstaff, Arizona 86001
928-523-9521
For information and to register visit http://nau.edu/SBS/IHD/Research/EBP-Conference/
My Fest
Sunday, March 24,
12:00 noon - 5:00 pm
Tempe Beach Park, Tempe, AZ
MY Fest is a FREE music, art, entertainment and youth involvement festival hosted by MY LIFE (Magellan Youth Leaders Inspiring Future Empowerment) to raise awareness about mental health, substance abuse, foster care and other issues facing youth and young adults. MY Fest will feature live music, a break dancing stage and crew competition, entertainers, artists, food, youth groups, and a variety of youth and family-based organizations offering information, resources and services.
Download MY Fest flyers - English flyer Spanish flyer
Interactive Community Workshop
Focused on community vision supporting a new Light Rail stop to increase access to the Disability Empowerment Center & SPOFIT at 5025 E. Washington Street in Phoenix.
Join in an interactive community workshop designed to build your ideal light rail stop. James Rojas, an artist and urban planner, will lead participants through an exercise that will build on the City of Phoenix's light rail feasibility study.
WHEN: Saturday, March 23, 2013 (Workshop at 4:00 pm, Potluck 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm)
WHERE: DEC Pulliam Conference Center at 5025 E. Washington Street, Phoenix, AZ 85034
Register online.
Questions and accommodations: contact David Carey at 602-443-0723 or davidc@abil.org.
Family Caregiver Day at the Capitol
For family caregivers, friends of caregivers, caregiver support professionals--share your experience as a caregiver with legislators and advocates.
Thursday, March 21, 2013 9:00 am - 2:00 pm
Arizona State Executive Tower, 1700 W. Washington Street, Phoenix, 2nd Floor Conference Room
Register by March 20th. If you have questions, call Elizabeth Harris at 888-737-7494.
Art Jam Social
Saturday, April 27TH
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
SEEDs for Autism, 1345 W. McKinley Road Phoenix. 85007
Encouraging families and educators touched by someone on the autism spectrum to join the fun.
$5.00 per person, $10.00 per family suggested entrance donation.
For more information visit them on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/SEEDSforAutism
Scientific and Training Symposium
The 2013 US Public Health Service's Scientific and Training Symposium
Renaissance Hotel in Glendale, Arizona
May 21 to 23, 2013.
The Symposium is affordable and presents a range of continuing education, training and networking opportunities for public health professionals at all levels as well as students and teachers interested in public health.
The theme for the Symposium is "Public Health Prevention and Care: Bridging the Gaps." The focus is on the use of the National Prevention Strategy to work with communities and stakeholders at the local, state, Tribal, national and international level to address health equity among border, cross cultural and at-risk populations. All of the living former US Surgeons General have been invited to attend, and several have accepted and will be participating in a panel discussion the following morning. Here's how to register.
Previously Listed in Monday Memo:
Project SEARCH
Thursday, March 21, 2013, 9:00 am − 10:30 am
RSA Training Center, 515 N. 51st Avenue, Suite 250, Phoenix 85043
This is a program that matches high school students or recent graduates with developmental disabilities to internships with large employers who offer a variety of work experiences. www.azdes.gov/ADDPC
http://www.projectsearch.us/
Scholarships for Camp
Eligible camps can identify qualified campers and offer scholarship funds for financially disadvantaged children with Autism Spectrum Disorder to attend a summer camp.
See camps in Arizona. Click here to learn more.
9th Annual American Indian Disability Summit
Monday, April 1, 2013
8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Embassy Suites Hotel - Paradise Valley, 4415 E Paradise Village Pkwy South, Phoenix, Arizona
Visit http://9thamericanindiandisabilitysummit.eventbrite.com/ for on-line registration.
6th Annual 4cABA Conference
April 6-7, 2013
High Country Conference Center, Drury Inn and Suites, Flagstaff, AZ
Website for more information and to register.
Disability Policy Seminar 2013
April 15 - 17, 2013
in Washington, D.C. Register online at http://www.thearc.org/page.aspx?pid=2173
UCP Annual Conference
April 25 to 27
in San Diego this year, from April 25 to 27.
Learn more about the conference and how to register.
Seminar on Autism and Bullying
Friday, April 26 - Saturday, April 27, 2013
Scottsdale Public Library Civic Center Auditorium, 3839 N. Drinkwater Blvd., Scottsdale, AZ 85251
Register online at www.rsvp.com/sarrcbullyautismconf
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