Information+-+January+2014




 * Trainings **
 * January 2014: **
 * January 8, 2014 (9:00 am - 11:00 am) – ** COP Webinar ** - Labor Laws
 * January 8, 2014 (10:00 am – 11:00 am) – ** PYLN Webinar ** – What Can OVR Do For You?
 * January 22, 2014 (9:00 am – 11:00 am) – ** COP Webinar ** - Secondary Transition – Focus on students who are Deaf
 * January 25, 2014 (1:00 - 4:00) - ** Special Kids Summer Camp Expo ** - Valley Forge Educational Services Malvern, PA [[file:expo flyer_color.pdf]]
 * January 29, 2014 DEADLINE for proposals to present at the July 16 - 18, 2014 PA Community on Transition Conference at The Penn Stater www.secondarytransition.org and www.pattan.net [[file:2014_Transition_conferDatesaver.pdf]] [[file:2014_Transition_Call_for-Proposals.doc]]


 * February 2014: **


 * February 12, 2014 (10:00 am – 11:00 am) – ** PYLN Webinar ** – Employment Options

= March 2014: =
 * March 24, 2014 - ** EmployAbility Expo 2014 ****: Where **:The Reading Crowne Plaza, Wyomissing, PA: **When **: Monday, March 24, 2014, 9:00am - 1:30pm [[file:Save the Date- Expo 2014.docx]]

=July 2014:=


 * July 6 - 18, 2014 ** Transition Vocational Initiative (TVI) Career Awareness Summer Program ** for students who are blind or visually impaired [[file:TVI 2014 Flyer - latest.pdf]]


 * July 16 - 18, 2014 ** PA Community on Transition Conference ** ; Where: Penn Stater Center & Hotel State College, PA
 * Conference Overview [[file:2014_Transition confer_Overview.pdf]]
 * ** Call for proposals to present: ** www.secondarytransition.org and www.pattan.net ** Submission deadline is January 29, 2014. [[file:2014_Transition_conferDatesaver.pdf]] **

** Great Resources for Students w/Special Needs who are college bound! **

=Preparing for College: An Online Tutorial = @http://www.washington.edu/doit/Brochures/Academics/cprep.html

= Getting the Right Accommodations = @http://www.washington.edu/doit/Newsletters/Jan14/04.html

@http://www.wcupa.edu/ussss/ossd/documents/Differences_Between_HS_and_College_for_Students_with_Disabilities.pdf
 * Differences between High School and College Accommodations for Students with Disabilities **

Invisible Disabilities and Postsecondary Education (video)
@http://www.washington.edu/doit/Video/index.php?vid=36




 * Update on Leadership in Schools Grant and the I’m a Leader Contest **
 * A statewide campaign to promote leadership for all students [[file:Im a leader flyer - LVCIL.docx]]

We are asking youth from across Pennsylvania to create a video, write an essay or poem, create a visual art piece (photograph, painting, collage, etc.), or write a song based on one of the following options:
 * ** The 1st Annual "I'm a Leader!" Contest ** . Students can win a $100 Visa Gift Card, a school assembly in their honor, and their names in the local paper. [[file:I'm a leader contest Info-student form-PDF.pdf]] [[file:I'm a leader contest entry form.docx]] [[file:Im a leader flyer - LVCIL.docx]]
 * What is the Contest?

1. What does leadership mean to you?

OR

2. Pick a person in your school who you feel demonstrates leadership, and tell us why you feel that person is a great leader.

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 * Special Kids Network Program - Redesigned **
 * The Pennsylvania Department of Health has redesigned the Special Kids Network program to better serve families of children and youth with special health care needs. For those who require additional assistance in obtaining support services to enable them to make a smooth transition to adulthood, a call to the SKN helpline may help. The toll-free number is 800-986-4550. Staff with years of experience in service coordination answers the phone from 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.

** FUNDING ALERT ** ** THE RETURN OF OBRA WAIVER FUNDING FOR STUDENTS **  ** WILL PROVIDE ACCESS TO CRUCIAL SERVICES THAT FACILITATE POST-SCHOOL TRANSITION. STUDENTS CAN ACCESS SERVICES BEFORE OBTAINING THEIR DIPLOMA. **   The OBRA funding waiver is re-opening to individuals who have sustained a developmental physical disability The OBRA Waiver provides a variety of home and community based services that are designed to promote adult independence.

** Related News ** [|http://www.presstelegram.com/social-affairs/20140118/lausd-schools-for-special-needs-students-take-a-more-vocational-bent]
 * <span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.5pt;">Los Angeles school district boosts vocational training for students w/special needs **

= New Federal School Discipline Guidance Addresses Discrimination, Suspensions: = [|http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/rulesforengagement/2014/01/new_federal_school_discipline_guidance_addresses_discrimination_suspensions.html?intc=es]

= A helping hand: A look at Elk Grove Unified’s job training program for disabled students = []



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