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Florida Atlantic University
Saturday, October 17, 2009
9am-5pm
Sponsored by Florida Developmental Disabilities Council, Inc.
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Schedule
8:00-9:00 Registration/Continental
Breakfast
9:00-10:15 Keynote Presentation
Ari Ne’eman-
Disability in Society: The Self-Advocacy Movement and Why We
Need It
10:30-11:20 Breakout Sessions
11:30-12:20 Breakout Sessions
12:20-1:20
Buffet Lunch
1:20-2:10
Breakout Sessions
2:20-3:10
Breakout Sessions
3:20-4:10
Breakout Sessions
4:10-5:00 Debriefing/ Q&A with
the Presenters
Pick up your survival kit
Participants Select 5 of 6 Breakout Sessions...
A. IEP…The
Ultimate Tribal Council Where Decisions are Made by Stacey
Hoaglund
Attend this training to become better versed on the power of
the IEP. Parents are often unaware of their rights and
power that they hold over their child’s education. The fact
is… the IEP has the potential to drive programming for your
child or student. Understanding your rights and how to
develop an appropriate IEP that truly represents the needs
of your child can guide what services, curriculum and
classroom set up and design are given. An informed parent
is their child's best advocate
B. Rights of
Passage: Transition to Adulthood by Dr. Herm Fishbein
For almost
30 years, the unemployment rate for youth with disabilities
who exit the school system has remained at over 70%. The
need for training youth with disabilities in Social
Pragmatics, Employability Skills, Lifeskills, and effective
Communication skills has never been greater. It takes a
partnership between parents, school personnel, and employers
to change these dismal statistics once and for all. This
presentation explores how it has been done effectively in
Broward County and how it is expanding to Palm Beach County,
and other parts of Florida.
Participants will learn the following:
1. The role of effective communication skills and
pragmatics in readying youth for the workforce
2. How to create Supportive Employment models in the
community that work.
3. How parents can develop Life-skills curricula at home.
4. The 10 most effective strategies for transitioning from
school to work or other Post-Secondary experience
5. The role of self-determination: When to share your
disability with others
6. Effective job coaching and employer support.
C. Challenging
Behavior and OCD by Dr. Jonathon Hoffman
Participants
will learn to identify Obsessive-Compulsive Behaviors,
understand the causes and functionality of
Obsessive-Compulsive Behaviors, and learn the basics of
interventions for Obsessive-Compulsive Behaviors.
D. Foraging the Pharmaceutical
Forest by Dr. Judith Ramos
This workshop will provide
parents with an overview of psychopharmacology in children
with special needs. The following main topics will be
covered
1.
Classes of medications and their
effects
2.
Clinical approaches to using
medication
3.
What parents need to know about
using medication and how to assess effects
4.
Commonly prescribed medications
their benefits, risks, and side effects.
5.
How to maximize the use and
effects of medication
E. How to Chart
Your Child’s Course: Medical Records Account Training by
Charlotte Fudge
Parents and professionals will
learn to:
1. Connect the child's professional team in one central place
for collaboration
2. Hold Provider's accountable for progress with access to
records 24/7
3. Solve behavioral and learning challenges with data
tracking and reporting tools
4. Lower therapy costs through remote consultation services
A donation has been made to provide each parent and
professional attending the conference a 1 year free
subscription to Butterfly Effects Pathways™
F. Everything you
didn’t want to know about sexuality and weren’t going to ask
by Ricky Siegel
Talking about sex. With
your kids. The very idea makes a lot of parents
anxious. How to begin? What and how much to say? The
truth is that
parents are the primary sexuality educators of their
kids, and most parents need help sharing
accurate information about puberty, sexuality, and
relationships.
Objectives:
Participants in this workshop will:
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examine the nature of
“typical” parent-teen communication,
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skills and strategies
to improve communication with teens, pre-teens, even
younger children, particularly around the sensitive
issues of sexuality,
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gain comfort in
addressing sexuality issues as normal and necessary
for the healthy development of their kids.
Registration fee $20 for
Unicorn members; $35 for non-members if registered by 10/7,
afterwards $50 per person
Continental Breakfast & Buffet lunch
are
included in the cost of admission.
6 CEUs available for educators
(additional $9)
Click
Here to
Become a Member
All participants will receive a Survival Kit
at the end of the day.
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