Club 21 offers Tools for the Journey

Club 21 is having their annual Tools for the Journey Conference next week (Feb 4th). I have attended Tools for the Journey twice and found it extremely helpful, inspiring, and motivating.  The expertise offered is phenomenal and the support is wonderful.

This year they are offering TWO tracks: school age and early years/

Although registration says its closed I heard you can still register till Monday!

Track 1, Best Practices for Student Success:
Patti McVay has been a principal of a school and a Special Ed Director for a school district. She will be sharing her “Strategies for Student Success”.If your child is in school or you are a teacher and you have asked any of these questions, then you need to come to our Tools for the Journey conference.

  • How can I make an IEP a more effective tool to help my child/student?
  • How can I help build a collaborative team that helps my student/child?
  • What kind of behavior planning needs to happen so that my student/child is successful?
  • How do we build a community of peers for my child/student?
  • Para Educators/ Teachers?  How do they work together as a team?
  • And much, much more!
Track 2, Ready Set Go!  We have three great therapists (an OT, PT and a SLP), a Family support expert, former Regional Center Coordinator, Disability Rights Advocate, and a university professor specializing in early childhood education. Seven people with information you need.  For many of you with children who are nearing transition to Preschool… the information here will be invaluable as you take those important next steps.

Register Today 
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Members: $77 per person/$125 per couple
Non-members: $125 per person/$200 per couple
Teachers: $50.00Vendor Number: PD2655
Continental Breakfast and Lunch ProvidedDownload Flyer

Math Standards

I just came across a great resource for math standards by grade and subject. I think it would be a wonderful tool for putting together math goals for the IEP.

 

http://www.ixl.com/

~ Bronwyn

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I enjoyed this video very much!

“One year ago – On December 16th, 2010 my daughter Bethany was born into this world. To our surprise, she arrived with “something extra” that our family was not expecting. That something extra was attached to her DNA, and most of us know it as – Down Syndrome. This is my birthday gift to her – as I truly feel like my family “won the lottery” – because of her.”

Down Syndrome Awareness – Maddox Lucille

This video is designed bring about awareness and teach others about the hopes and dreams of those with Down syndrome as well as combat the use of old school words such as retarded. For more of Maddox’s stories, please check out www.mcclinticfamily.com

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Check out Julie and her brother.  If this doesn’t make you smile, I don’t know what will.

Playmusic offers classes for kids with special needs

PLAYmusicCompany
Offering affordable music classes for kids with special needs (ages 5-10 years approx): Starting this Friday. Weekly 45-minute music classes filled with fun and therapeutic-based activities targeting physical and cognitive development skills.

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