 Meetings & Training
Annual Conference
Advocacy
Health
For Families and Consumers
Training
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2011
Information will be posted shortly for next year's
conference
2010
Providing Quality Health Care for Individuals with Intellectual & Other
Developmental Disabilities
April 12, 2010 9:00am- 3:30 pm Howard University
Blackburn Center
Our Annual Conference was held this year is about
the latest information
about providing better health care access and services
for individuals with intellectual and other disabilties.This
includes discussion on disparities in access and services,
local initiatives to decrease disparities and health promotion
plans for individuals with disabilities.
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Advocacy
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Managed Care Community Forum
DC Department of Health Care Finance invites you
to a forum for Medicaid and Alliance members, Providers,
Community
Advocates, and DC Agencies to discuss your questions
and concerns. Monday July 26th 2-4 pm Providence Hospital. Click
here or call Cecil Doggette (202-580-6485) to
RSVP or more information
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Project ACTION!
Get involved in Project ACTION!, a self-advocacy
coalition for adults with
disabilities from DC and Maryland. They hold frequent meetings on current
issues effecting individuals with disabilities and their families. Most
recent issues include DDRA, the Evans Hearing, the Leadership Conference
they are planning for June 2010, services in DC, and more. For more information
contact: Phyllis Holton at (202) 448-1458 or Victor Robinson at (202) 459-4003
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Advocates for Justice and Education, Inc. is
the Parent Information and Training Center for the District
of Columbia which holds training events for
families and advocates
http://www.aje-dc.org/index.html
Current events include training family navigators. Click
here for the Training Calendar and for more
information about the Family
Navigator Program
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Health
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Save
the Date: Autism Spectrum Disorders CME course
November 12, 2010 8am-12:30 pm at the Washington Post Conference
Center
Sponsored by Health Services for Children with Special Needs,
Inc
Focuses on the early identification, assessment,
diagnosis
and proposed
classification
for
autism spectrum
disorders.
For more information, contact Angel Pride, CME Coordinator, at 202-974-4692 or apride@hscsn.org or
click here
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HSC
Health Services For Children with Special Needs Youth
Athletic Program
Annual soccer clinics for children 5 years of age and older are Saturdays
July 10th- August 14th. Click
here for more information or contact Cecil Doggette Director, Outreach
Services 2124 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave., S.E. Washington, D.C. 20020
p: 202-580-6485 email: cdoggette@hscsn.org or http://hscsn-net.org/node/34
New Flag Football
Clinics starting now!
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Information
on H1N1 from the DC Department of Health
Information and resources about how to keep healthy this flu season and
updates on the availability of the vaccine are now available on the DC
Department of Health website at http://doh.dc.gov/doh/cwp/view,a,1370,q,604320.asp
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Rehabilitation
and Recovery of African-Americans Experiencing Severe
Mental Illness
Archives
Available until 12/10/10
National Dissemination Center or the Dissemination of Disability Research held
a webcast Wednesday, February 10, 2010. Researchers Rob Whitley, PhD, and William
Lawson, MD, PhD discussed their research project.
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For Families and Consumers
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2nd Annual Moving Forward Together Secondary Transition
Community Forum
Saturday September 25, 2010 9:30 am- 4:00 pm at the Martin
Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library. Click
here for more
information.
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Vocational Rehabilitation
Orientation Program Workshop
Thursday, July
22, 2010 5-8 pm at the Anacostia Library
This workshop offered by the Rehabilitation Services
Administration is planned to assist you and your young
adult to prepare for life after high school. Click
here for more information
and registration
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Health Services for Children with Special Health Care
Needs, Inc. Male Caregivers Support Group is presenting
training on various topics:
Fatherhood Training Sessions
Fatherhood
Training Sessions including parenting, life skills,
and relationship enhancements. Sessions are held on
Wednesdays 6:30pm-8:30pm.
Contact Cecil Doggette at 202-835-2771 or click
here for the flyer.
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Faith & Friends
People with intellectual disabilities of all denominations are invited each Sunday12noon-1pm
to the First Trinity Lutheran Church for hymns and Gospel message that is
hosted by Lifeline Partnership. All are invited to attend the 10:30 am Worship
service before.
Details: Upbeat, easy-to-sing hymns & a Gospel message
for people with intellectual disabilities who have a variety of language
levels. We pass a basket for voluntary contributions. A light lunch
of sandwiches is served.
Cost: Basket passed for voluntary contributions.
Reservations: Please contact Marybeth Fox-Grimm
ahead so there are enough materials and sandwiches.
p 301.467-0798.
Location: First Trinity Lutheran Church, 501
Fourth Street NW, DC 20001-2711Gym in the lower level.
Enter at the glass doors or elevator at front of church,
facing Fourth St NW. Please ring doorbell at sidewalk!
Accessibility: Elevator at front of church;
accessible bathroom near gym.
Travel: The D-6 stops at the corner of 4th
St NW & "E" St NW.
By metro: from the elevators/escalator @ the Judiciary Square Metro exit.
Contact: Marybeth Fox-Grimm, Executive Director, Lifeline Partnership
309 "E" St NW, Wash DC 20001-2711Office: 202-628-4819; Cell: 301-467-0798
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DC Car Seat and Installation Workshops
Project Safe Child and the Safe Cribs Program sponsored by the The DC Police Department and the DC Department of Transportation are holding workshops on car seat installation every Tuesday from 10am- 3pm at Healthy Babies/Developing Families 801 17th St., NE.
Please see flyer for more information and contact information.
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Advice for Parents of Children with Special Needs
When: Wednesdays
Where:Peace Lutheran Church
15 49th Place, NE
Washington, D.C. 20019
(202) 398-5503
Click here for the flyer
Open Every Fourth Wednesday 5 pm to 7 pm |
Training
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Identifying Students Eligible for SSI PASS
Plans at Individualized Education Plan (IEP) Meeting Podcast
Many transition-aged students with disabilities
are receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI), which
is a financial
benefit available to families who meet income and resource
requirements and who have a child with a disability. SSI
has several Work Incentive programs that could provide
resources to eligible students to assist them in obtaining,
advancing, or maintaining employment. Plans for Achieving
Self Support (PASS plans) are one such work incentive program.
This podcast is available at http://ruralinstitute.umt.edu/training/publications/fact_sheets/student_eligibility.asp
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