Family Network on Disabilities is proud to announce that one of our employees, Rebecca Harty-Allen, of the FND POPIN project was appointed to the Area 3 Family Care Council. Rebecca L. Harty-Allen, 42, of Gainesville, is a parent resource specialist at Family Network on Disabilities. She is appointed for a term beginning January 30, 2013, and ending January 30, 2016. Click here to read more about the appointments made by Governor Rick Scott. |
VSA Florida Tenth Annual Exemplary Participant Recognition Program
Education professionals throughout the State of Florida are asked to nominate students in one of two categories:
1.) A student with a disability that has shown exemplary work in the Arts or
2.) A student with a disability that has shown dramatic
personal growth or leadership through participation
in the Arts.
This year's nominations must be received no later than March 1, 2013. For more information, please visit: http://www.vsafl.org/content/vsa-florida-tenth-annual-exemplary-participant-recognition-program.
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Youth Arts in the Parks
an "All Kids Included" - Accessible Arts Experience for Kids
Join the Spring 2013 Art or Creative Movement Club!
WHO: Children and youth with and without disabilities, ages
6-17* youth with disabilities welcome up to age 22
WHAT: Have fun, make friends, make art or dance!
WHERE: THREE LOCATIONS
VISUAL ARTS: Camp Matecumbe
13841 SW 120 Street
Miami, FL
VISUAL ARTS: Highland Oaks Park
20300 NE 24 Avenue
Miami, FL
CREATIVE MOVEMENT: Miller Drive Park
5510 SW 94 Court
Miami, FL
WHEN: 9am - 11 am, Saturdays, February 2 - May 18, 2013
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University of West Florida
Student Disability Resource Center
will host its Eighth Annual Student Transition Conference on February 14th, 2013
Registration Deadline: February 07, 2013
Refunds will not be available. The conference is for professionals, teachers, agency representatives and administrators who work with persons with disabilities. This year's conference will focus on transitioning into the world of work. With discussion on building community partnerships and establishing networks to increase the number of persons with disabilities in the work force and initiatives from the state perspective as well as information regarding the Florida Consortium on Post-secondary Education for Students with Intellectual Disabilities. Join us for this informative conference. Don't miss the opportunity to build networks and collaborate with other disability professionals. !!! FREE !!!
Massage Therapy and Paraffin Hand Wrap Massage For additional information, please contact us at (850) 474-2387.
For special accommodation request, please contact the ADA Compliance Office
at least 72 hours prior at (850) 474-2518 or TTY (850) 857-6114. |
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Sarasota Parks & Recreation presents
Brown Bag
Concert Series
February and March, 2013
Thursdays, 12 noon - 1:00 p.m.
PHILLIPPI ESTATE PARK GAZEBO
5500 South Tamiami Trail, Sarasota Feb. 7 Easy Street with Lisa Brande and Mark Trichka Feb. 14 Jerry White Big Band Orchestra Feb. 21 The Connie Dillon Band Feb. 28 Kitt Moran and Trio March 7 Venetian Harmony Chorus March 14 My Three Sons of the Ditchfield Family Singers March 21 Tommy Barrett's Sophisticated Dixieland Festival March 28 SOPHISTICATED SWING ORCHESTRA * Bring your lunch and lawn chair *
Click here for more info:
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Tampa Day School invites you to save the date for a special presentation by Dr. Peg Dawson
on
Thursday, February 21, 2013Community Symposium on Executive Functioning Skills
Click for more parent info
Click for more professional info
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The T-REC Coalition
of Sarasota County presents
National Therapeutic Recreation Month
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Twin Lakes Park pavilion
6700 Clark Rd., Sarasota
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Top 10 Things You Should Not Share on Social Networks
Unless you've been living under a rock in 2009, you know that social networking Web sites are the latest and greatest way to interact with other users on the Internet. Thirty-five percent of adults on the Internet now have a profile on at least one social networking site, and 51 percent have more than one. Three-quarters of users between the ages of 18 and 24 have an online profile [source:
USA Today]. The Pew Research Center found that 89 percent of these people use the sites to keep up with friends, 57 percent to make plans with friends and 49 percent to make new friends. Click here to read more:
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The T-REC Coalition of Sarasota County
in partnership with
the City
of
North Port
invites you to the
Saturday, February 23, 2013
1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
George Mullen Activity Center
1602 Kramer Way, North Port
(near City Hall, off of Sumter Blvd.,
between Price Blvd. and I-75) |
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