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To subscribe to the print version of Possibilities, mail Office of Community Education, Center for Disabilities and Development, 100 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City IA 52242-1011, fax 319-356-8284 or phone 319-353-6448.
Think Competence! is a two-year statewide project designed to create more inclusive communities in Iowa. The Center for Disabilities and Development coordinates the project, with funding from the Iowa Governor's Developmental Disabilities Council.
Grants of up to $5,000 were awarded to twelve teams in eleven
counties. Each team has now completed a community inclusion project. All
of the projects give people with disabilities more opportunities to
participate in the life of their communities.
One of the projects, 'Strengthening Community Leadership Through Diversity,' worked with United Way of Story County to help people become effective members of boards and committees. The project designed and prepared a curriculum for leadership training, in collaboration with 33 local service agencies. Seven self-advocates have received training in leadership skills and board membership, and were presented with graduation certicates by the Mayor of Ames.
Think Competence! projects have also been completed in:
For more information, call Janet Shoeman at the Governor's Developmental Disabilities Council, 515-281-9082, or the Center for Disability and Development, 319-353-6448.
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All Disability Resource Library services are free to people with disabilities and to members of their families. Other individuals and community service providers are asked to pay a per item fee to borrow materials, or they may purchase an annual subscription. There is no charge to anyone for assistance with finding information. To contact the Disability Resource Library at the Center for Disabilities and Development, phone 800-272-7713, email disability-library@uiowa.edu, or visit on the web at http://www.medicine.uiowa.edu/uhs/DRL/index.cfm
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Brain Injury and Assistive Technology:
An ICN Presentation sponsored by the Center for Disabilities and
Development
and the Iowa Department of Education
February 20, 2:00-3:30 p.m.
Types of equipment and software to consider for students who have
experienced residual cognitive and physical problems after a brain
injury;
information about InfoTech, a free information and referral services
on
assistive technology.
ICN locations: Bettendorf, Burlington, Cedar Falls, Cedar Rapids,
Council
Bluffs, Clear Lake, Creston, Cylinder, Dubuque, Elkader, Fort Dodge,
Iowa
City, Johnston, Marshalltown, Ottumwa Sioux Center, and Sioux City.
Registration Required. Call Sue Pearson, Consultant for Brain
Injury, Iowa
Department of Education, 319-356-1172, or e-mail
Suzanne-pearson@uiowa.edu.
Putting the Pieces Together: Funding Assistive Technology in Iowa:
An ICN Presentation sponsored by Iowa Program for Assistive
Technology (IPAT)
February 27, 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon
Overview of the funding of assistive technology in
Iowa, including types of assistive technology, funding streams for
assistive technology, avenues for advocacy, and methods for success.
Participants will be invited to submit questions before or during the
session. Instructor: Jennifer Britton, Funding Services Coordinator, Iowa Program for Assistive Technology, and John Werner,
Social Worker, Center for Disabilities and Development. ICN locations: Bettendorf, Cedar Rapids, Creston, Dubuque, Elkader, Clear Lake, Fort Dodge, Iowa City, Johnston,
Marshalltown, Ottumwa, and Sioux City. Registration required by February 21. E-mail
Brenda-j-johnson@uiowa.edu or call 319-356-3008 to give name, SS#, and desired location.
Second Annual American Association of People with Disabilities Leadership Gala
March 4, 2003 , Washington, D.C.
Visit www.aapd-dc.org/
Emerging Practices In Brain Injury Service Delivery: XI
March 13-14, 2003, Hotel Fort Des Moines, Des Moines
Call Brain Injury Association-Iowa at 319-272-2312
Disability is Natural and Other Revolutionary Common Sense
Friday, March 21, 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., Indian Hills Community College,
Ottumwa
Kathie Snow is an author and parent who challenges old ways of
thinking, and helps parents, people with disabilities, and professionals
acquire new perceptions and attitudes -- the first rung in the ladder of change.
Course Number: 03/yr REL 4646 701.
Fee: $25.00 (includes snack) Call 800-726-2585 Ext. 5281
Fifth National Conference on Children Who Are Medically Fragile or Technology Dependent
March 31 & April 1-2, Loews Philadelphia Hotel, Philadelphia, PA
This biennial event brings together more than 400 individuals from
healthcare, child welfare, education, law and government along with family
members. The 2003 theme -- Building Relationships, Respecting Diversity --
connects many topics. Visit www.kencrest.org/medfrag/conf.html or e-mail
kencrest@kencrest.org.
Third National Conference on Disability, Workforce Development, and
Self-Employment
April 7-9, 2003, Missoula, Montana
Call Barbara Kriskovich, Montana Job Training Partnership, Inc., at 406-444-1315 or visit
www.ruralinstitute.umt.edu/aprilconference.htm
Annual Wisconsin Conference on Augmentative Alternative
Communication and Assistive Technologies: Technology and Literacy for All
April 10-11, 2003, Holiday Inn Campus Area, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Registration: $135. Visit www.uwec.edu/ce/aacat.html
2003 Iowa Association of Community Providers Annual Convention and
Trade Show
April 15-17, Scheman Building, Iowa State Center, Ames
Visit www.iowaproviders.org
For more conference and training opportunities, see the Disability Training calendar.
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The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new lands but in seeing with new eyes.
--Marcel Proust, French author
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To subscribe to the print version of Possibilities, mail Office of Community Education, Center for Disabilities and Development, 100 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City IA 52242-1011, fax 319-356-8284 or phone 319-353-6448.
POSSIBILITIES is funded in part through a grant from the Iowa Department of Human Services to support the activities of the Iowa Training Consortium. Possibilities is designed by Loretta Popp.
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