by Tammy
4. March 2011 11:32
Children's Week
Children's Week will take place in Tallahassee April 3 - April 9. Go to http://www.childrensweek.org/index.php?page=events&menu=2009schedule to see a complete Schedule of Events.
Family Network on Disabilities will be hosting a FREE local event at The Dunedin Community Center on Saturday, March 26 from 11:00am - 2:00pm. Storytime will be conducted by The Dunedin Public Library, Art from the Heart Café will be there for pottery painting, and Phinley of the Clearwater Threshers will make a special appearance at 11:00 am. There will be a free bounce house, free food, and much more! Please join us!
Agencies all across Florida will be hosting local events leading up to Children's Week. Go to http://www.childrensweek.org/index.php?page=local&menu=eventsbycounty to find an event in your area.
Children can decorate paper cut-outs of their hands for FND staff to take to Tallahassee to hang in the Capitol Rotunda on Sunday, April 3. This artwork will remain hanging in the Rotunda all of Children's Week as a visual reminder to legislators to remember our children.
Read a Book, Give a Book Campaign
In addition to participating in local Children's Week events (and maybe even traveling to Tallahassee), you can help get 5,000 free books into the hands of children by participating in the Pearson Foundation's We Give Books initiative. Visit www.wegivebooks.org/campaigns/united-way-of-florida with a child and read some of your favorite children's books online for free. With each digital book you read to a child, the Pearson Foundation will give a brand new book to a local Children's Week partner to give to children in their community.
FREE Wrightslaw Conference
Save the Date! Registration opens Friday, March 4 at 9:00am! Call 800-825-5736 or visit http://fndfl.org/Wrights-Law/ to register!
FND is proud to be hosting a FREE Special Education Law & Advocacy Training Program with Peter Wright, Esq. on Saturday, June 4, 2011, from 9:00am until 4:30pm at the Campus Activity Center at USF St. Petersburg, in collaboration with the USF St. Petersburg College of Education. The Wrightslaw special education law and advocacy training program will focus on four areas:
- Special education law, rights and responsibilities
- Tests and measurements to measure progress and regression
- SMART IEP's
- Introduction to tactics and strategies for effective advocacy
Wrightslaw programs are designed to meet the needs of parents, educators, health care providers, advocates and attorneys who represent children with disabilities regarding special education. Registration is required and will be open to 200 participants. All 200 participants will receive FREE Wrightslaw materials pertaining to the training! Additional Wrightslaw materials will be available at a discounted rate. Box lunches will be available on site for $5.00 per person. Cash only!
We will be offering 0.6 CEU's for attending this training! A fee of $9.00 will be payable the day of the conference to receive the certificate. CLE's are pending.
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