Thank you to everyone who came, we had a good meeting this past Wednesday. For those who couldn’t make it, here’s a brief recap of the evening.
Lois Weber (Transition Coordinator at the CCISD, www.copperisd.org) gave a PowerPoint presentation on her work with Students Training On Mentoring Peers (S.T.O.M.P). It was a very insightful and inspiring presentation; it shed light on some of the ways our children can be empowered later in life, and how they can also mentor and empower their peers.
Lois gave me a DVD titled: Helping Young Adults with Disabilities Reach Their Hopes and Dreams. The running time for the video is 46:37. The video is also available online by clicking the above link, or by searching the video-on-demand archive at www.mistreamnet.com. If anyone has trouble viewing the video online, please contact me and I can loan you the DVD.
Heather Store also came and spoke briefly about the Great Start Collaborative (www.ccgreatstart.org.) She talked about upcoming/proposed budget cuts to early childhood education programs and how the collaborative needs more parent support to help fight against these cuts.
After Lois and Heather’s presentations we shared stories amongst ourselves about our adventures ‘after the diagnoses’, and exchanged recipes and books pertaining to special diets. Please feel free to add some of your favorite books in the comments section of this post.
Looking ahead, our next meeting is going to be on Wednesday, March 17th, 2010. We will be hearing a presentation from the Portage Health Pediatric Rehab Team, so save the date. A flier with more details will be forthcoming early next month, so keep an eye out for that!
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