From the Chair...
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Happy New Year!
Another year has come and gone, and with it
changes, updates and exciting happenings!
Our first meeting of the year is next Thursday,
January 18th at the ARC with a chew and chat
from 9:30-10Am and meeting from 10-12pm.
Our focus will be on budgets, how to understand
funds at your child's school, how finance affect
education and services. John Owens from the
School District and Michael Churchill from the
Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia will
be joining us.
We will also give updates on Task Force
activities: our advocacy movements have really
taken off, and we're happy to announce that our
efforts with school district budget cuts had an impact!
And, you'll want to keep your eye out for our
annual Awards for a teacher of cognitive
disabilities and for Autistic support, and mark your
calendars for 2/15 when attorneys Michael Basch
and Kim Caputo will be returning for Dispute
Resolution.
Hope to see you all there!
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Trainings
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IDEA 2004 & NCLB: What You Don't Know CAN Hurt You!
with Peter Wright, Esq. and Pamela Darr Wright
Wilmington, Delaware, February 13, 2007
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Reading strategies that improve students' comprehension!
When: Monday, February 5, 2007
Location: PaTTAN King of Prussia
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
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2007 PASA Training Update with Dr. Naomi Zigmond
Title: 2007 PASA Training Update with Dr. Naomi Zigmond
When: January 17, 2007
Location: Downlinks throughout the state of Pennsylvania
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 12: 30 p.m.
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Be Specific about Specific Skills - Monitoring Progress of Students with Low Incidence Disabilities
Title: Be Specific about Specific Skills - Monitoring Progress of Students with
Low Incidence Disabilities
When: February 8, 2007
Location: Downlinks throughout the state of Pennsylvania
Time: 8:45 AM - 3:15 PM
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Response to Intervention (RtI):
Response to Intervention (RtI):
Strategies for Reading and Math
When: March 14, 2007
1:00 pm T0 3:00 pm
Where: A complete list of downlink sites is available at the online
registration site on www.pattan.net
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Support Groups
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WEST PHILA. P.A.C.S
Speakers: Janet Longsdale from Parent Involved Network
and
Michael Andrews, Surragte parents and discipline for special education students
1/24/07: 6:15-7:30PM
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Autism Sharing and Parenting January Meetings!
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
6:15pm-8pm
CBH
8th & Market, 7th floor
Light Meal Provided
TOPIC: How does your Engine Run?
The Alert Program
or
Saturday, January 20, 2007
1pm-3pm
Finley Recreation Center
7701 Mansfield Ave
Lunch Provided
FREE TAKE FIVE stay alert at Home and School books will be available
while supplies last!
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Legislative issues
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'No Child Left Behind'
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), renamed the "No Child Left Behind" (NCLB) Act of 2001, established laudable goals -- high standards and accountability for the learning of all children, regardless of their background or ability.
However, the law must be fundamentally improved and federal lawmakers need to provide adequate funding if NCLB is to achieve its goal. Congress has to reauthorize the legislation in 2007, offering an opportunity to make it more workable and more responsive to the real needs of children.
NEA is in the forefront of the effort to improve the federal education law. We have developed a comprehensive "Positive Agenda for the ESEA Reauthorization" that spells out detailed recommendations to make the law better.(Read more.)
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Miscellaneous
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Opportunity for family input
My name is Meghan McCullough. I am a twenty-seven-year-old playwright
looking for primary care givers and siblings of adults, adolescents
and children with Autism as part of a documentary theater piece on the
same subject. This play will be my thesis for my B.A. in playwrighting
at The New School University in NYC.
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The American Association on Mental Retardation
Please make a note! Starting January 1, 2007, the American Association on Mental Retardation (AAMR) will change its name to the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD). Below is our contact information.
The American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
444 North Capitol Street, NW, Suite 846
Washington, DC 20001-1512
Tel: 202-387-1968
Fax: 202-387-2193
Web: www.aaidd.org
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Para Transit
LogistiCare has taken over the contract. Read full article for information about potential concerns and other information
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