Please call ahead and make sure any of the below opportunities are still be held!!!
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* This is where we post workshops / activities / opportunities / resources that are not only local but regional & statewide.
Please go to our activity, agenda or interactive calendars if this page is too busy for you!
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Wisconsin FACETS Telephone and Webinar Trainings
All webinars 12:00—1:00 PM
https://wifacets.org/events Sandra: 877-374-0511
5/4 WSEMS: Mediation
5/5 Getting and Keeping Your First Job
5/6 Wi Transition app
An app that is available to schools, youth, families, and agencies to provide hands-on access to creating and having input into a
transition plan for a student.
5/13 Parent Rights in the IEP Process
5/19 Useful Resources in the IEP Process
5/19 Finding Your Passion: How to Become a Good Advocate in Your Community
5/20 Family Engagement through PBIS and RtI
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Northern Region for Children and Youth with Specials Healthcare Needs is hosting: Connect and Share:
Open conversation via Zoom to connect our families1 Drop-in, ask a question, or just take a quick break to say hi.!
Check our website for helpful information on YouTube.
Spring 2020 Virtual Options Wednesdays 1-2 PM
Saturdays 9:30-10:30 AM
Sundays 2-3 PM
To join via Video: https://zoom.us/j/204762094
Meeting ID: 204 762 094
Password: 027314
No RSVP needed.
Or by phone: 1-646-876-9923 or 1-669-900-6833 US
Enter the Meeting ID when prompted- 754 909 1421 and #(pound), then # again when prompted for passcode
To join by phone, dial one of these numbers: 1-312-626-6799, 1-646-876-9923 or 1-669-900-6833 (With many organizations using Zoom one of these numbers may be busy).Enter the Meeting ID when prompted: 204 762 094 and then hit pound (#), enter password and pound again.
Contact us for more information:
Northern Regional Center- Children & Youth with Special Health Care Needs
Phone: 715-261-1906 or Toll Free 1-66-640-4106
Email: specialneedsinfo@co.marathon.wi.us
Or go to the Contact Us page on our Website: www.northernregionalcenter.org
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Family Voices of Wisconsin, Training sessions are FREE via internet
Trainings are for family members, self-advocates, educators and professionals.
For registration information go to familyvoiceswi.org/learn.
What's After High School? This training is an overview of the transition to adult life for young adults with disabilities and/or special health care needs. It’s perfect for families with children ages 14-21 and the providers and school staff who work with them. Of course, youth are welcome! We’ll cover: Planning for the future; Your school’s role; Long-term supports; Vocational resources; Moving to adult health care; Supported decision making and guardianship; and, Self-Determination basics.
Medicaid Made Easy will give you a solid understanding of Medicaid programs for children and how they’re funded. Most importantly, it’s focused on how these programs work for Wisconsin families. We’ll cover: Doorways to Medicaid; Medicaid funded programs; Uses for the ForwardHealth card; and, Next steps with resources.
Did You Know? Now You Know! Learn about all the resources and services for children with disabilities and special health care needs from birth through young adulthood. Topics include private health insurance, Medicaid, long-term supports, how to coordinate services and so much more.
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4/16 -17 Moving from Power and Control to Collaboration and Problem Solving Challenges
(with Autism, ADHD, PDD-nos, Anxiety, Attention Deficits, Behavioral Issues & more)
This will be:“live” webinar/live-stream through ZOOM on April 16th and 17th! We are able to offer all of our accretions for this event (ASHA, AOTA, ASWB, even graduate credit (you can earn up to 3 professional development graduate credits for these two days)!
In this two-day intensive training, Dr. Ross Greene will instruct educators and mental health clinicians on how to foster a collaborative partnership between adults and kids in engaging kids in solving the problems that affect their lives. The CPS model is based on the premise that challenging behavior occurs when the expectations being placed on a kid exceed the kid's capacity to respond adaptively.
Register: https://aepconnections.com/product/wi-specific-location-to-be-determined/
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Online Adoptive Parent and Guardianship Educational Support Group
7:30-9:00 pm
April 30th - Parenting Neglected Kids
May 21st - Helping Children Heal from Trauma & Loss
June 18th - Overcoming Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
July 16th - Understanding the IEP Process
August 13th - Managing Expectations
September 17th - Co-Parenting
October 22nd - TBD.
Educational support group
New discussion topics to talk about each month.
https://www.eventbrite.com/o/wisconsin-adoption-amp-permanency-support-987835783
Contact Allison Kunkel with any questions or concerns at allison@wisapsp.org.
Catholic Charities
318 Fulton St
Eau Claire, WI 54703
833.WIS.APSP | info@wisapsp.org | https://wisapsp.org
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4/30 to 5/2 ~ 31st Annual Wisconsin Autism Conference offered on line!
http://www.autismgreaterwi.org/event-cal/31st-annual-conference/
Breakouts
Interoception, The Eighth Sense: Practical Solutions for
Promoting Self-Regulation, Positive Behavior, Language
Development and Social Participation
Using Video Modeling and High Tech Supports
Regulation and Disability Related-Needs: Developing College and Career Ready IEPs
Navigating the IEP Process
Comprehensive Evaluation for Special Education Eligibility
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5/ 6-12 Transform Challenging Behavior By signing up, you will receive links to 3 video’s (each about an hour long) and a daily workbook each day. To register, go to http://challengingbehaviorconference.com/
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5/7 Action on the Square! 9am-3pm
Action on the Square is a day to spread awareness about mental health, learn about current legislative issues, and tell your elected officials what people affected by mental illness need to thrive!
Who can attend?
Anyone who cares deeply about mental health can attend on Action on the Square! No previous advocacy experience is required.
What happens during the event?
- 9:00-10:00am Registration, Networking, & Brunch
- Meet and mingle with peers, family members, and community leaders from around the state who share your passion for mental health advocacy!
- Meet and mingle with peers, family members, and community leaders from around the state who share your passion for mental health advocacy!
- 10:00-12:00pm Issue Briefing and Brunch
- Learn what's most important to the Wisconsin mental health community and legislators. Prepare to meet with policy makers and practice telling your story!
- Learn what's most important to the Wisconsin mental health community and legislators. Prepare to meet with policy makers and practice telling your story!
- 12:00-1:00pm Rally on the Capitol Steps
- Make some noise and hear from incredible speakers who inspire us to act, raise awareness, promote recovery and advocate for mental health!
- Make some noise and hear from incredible speakers who inspire us to act, raise awareness, promote recovery and advocate for mental health!
- 1:00-3:00pm Meetings with your legislators
- When you pre-register for Action on the Square, NAMI Wisconsin will arrange meetings for you with your local representatives. Share your story or attend and just listen. Either way, you make a difference!
- 9:00-10:00am Registration, Networking, & Brunch
- Meet and mingle with peers, family members, and community leaders from around the state who share your passion for mental health advocacy!
- Meet and mingle with peers, family members, and community leaders from around the state who share your passion for mental health advocacy!
- 10:00-12:00pm Issue Briefing and Brunch
- Learn what's most important to the Wisconsin mental health community and legislators. Prepare to meet with policy makers and practice telling your story!
- Learn what's most important to the Wisconsin mental health community and legislators. Prepare to meet with policy makers and practice telling your story!
- 12:00-1:00pm Rally on the Capitol Steps
- Make some noise and hear from incredible speakers who inspire us to act, raise awareness, promote recovery and advocate for mental health!
- Make some noise and hear from incredible speakers who inspire us to act, raise awareness, promote recovery and advocate for mental health!
- 1:00-3:00pm Meetings with your legislators
- When you pre-register for Action on the Square, NAMI Wisconsin will arrange meetings for you with your local representatives. Share your story or attend and just listen. Either way, you make a difference!
- When is the deadline to register?
- The deadline to register for Action on the Square is Friday, April 10th, crystal@namiwisconsin.org or 608-268-6000. Thank you!
- 2020. https://secure.qgiv.com/for/namiwisconsin/event/810555/
5/14 &15 Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) training – DCF Wisconsin Trauma Project
Madison Marriott West (1313 John Q. Hammons Dr., Middleton
Additional trainings throughout the year in Eau Claire, Green Bay, and Racine
To register: https://milwaukee.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8eHq6oCF7zdZXpj
Questions: email kaitlinr.tolliver@wisconsin.gov
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5/19 Employment First Conference now virtual conference
An intensive, collaborative day of learning and problem solving for service providers, funders, families and self-advocates who want to transform services to support people with disabilities to build full lives in their communities that include employment, volunteering, recreational, social and other community activities.
https://wi-bpdd.org/index.php/2019/01/11/employment-first-conference-2019-save-the-date/
Employment First Conference is moving from a face-to-face conference to a virtual conference. Details on the virtual event will be coming in the next 2-3 weeks. Please continue to save the date – May 19th!
If you have already registered for the face-to-face conference, your registration fees will be fully refunded. UW Stevens Point, the organization that handles registration, will be contacting you directly and will process your refund.
If you have already reserved a hotel room, please contact the Kalahari directly to cancel your room. You can cancel your reservation online, if you know your confirmation number, by clicking here. Otherwise, please call the Kalahari directly at 877-525-2427. You may experience longer than usual wait times.
If you have any questions you can contact Molly Cooney at molly.cooney@wisconsin.gov.
Thanks, Wisconsin Board for People with Developmental Disabilities
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5/20 Positive Solutions for Families
This workshop session is for anyone who has:
1. a responsibility of providing parent education to families of preschoolers and
2. availability to facilitate parent groups.
Participants who attend this training will be able to train parents in evidence based practices to promote social emotional development and therefore decrease challenging behavior
8:30 - 4:00
HOTEL MARSHFIELD
$45/PERSON
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b6af3b236099ba883a28b1e/t/5e3308e8830893788b38f7ea/1580402921742/PSF+Registration+Information+May+2020+FINAL.pdf
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5/21 "Supported Decision-Making: What Health Professionals Need to Know"Wisconsin Youth Health Transition Learning Community,
The Wisconsin Youth Health Transition Learning Community will meet Thursday, May 21st, from noon-1:00pm. Go to https://go.wisc.edu/3695a7 to register.
Kristen Crabtree, BSN, RN; DNP Student; WI LEND Fellow,
University of Wisconsin – Madison will present about Supported Decision-Making for youth with special health care needs as a tool to encourage independence in decision-making. A Supported Decision-Making agreement can be used as an alternative to or as a tool under guardianship. Parent and attorney George Zaske will join Kristen as her guest.
If you would like background information on Supported Decision-Making, we encourage you to view last year's Learning Community on Supported Decision-Making presented by the Board for People with Developmental Disabilities at https://youtu.be/q9RNUvKVEbI
Learning Objectives:
Participants attending will be able to:
1. Describe the differences between Supported Decision-Making, shared decision making, and guardianship.
2. Recognize the role of the health professional in facilitating family decisions regarding tools to promote individual autonomy.
3. Discuss appropriate situations in which the health professional can use the different tools in supporting individuals with special healthcare needs.
4. Access resources that will support the use of Supported Decision-Making tools in their practice.
This session will be recorded and posted on the YHTI website, along with other archived Learning Community calls at https://healthtransitionwi.org/learningcommunity/
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5/28 Trauma and TIC in the Context of Gender and Sexuality – Wisconsin Hawthorn Project
9 am – 4 pm, Polk County Government Center (100 Polk County Plaza), Balsam Lake
To register: https://www.wihawthornproject.com/additional-trainings
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6/5 Healthy Students with Down Syndrome: All the Medical Updates that Parents & Educators Need to Know
DSAW Webinar Series: 12pm
In this presentation, Dr. Brian Skotko reviews all of the questions and concerns that educators most often have about their students with Down syndrome. He provides the answers and action steps, stemming from the latest clinical research on people with Down syndrome. Based on his clinical experience in the Down Syndrome Program at Massachusetts General Hospital, Dr. Skotko provides suggestions
on how educators can collaborate most effectively with parents and clinicians to maximize students' potential.
https://www.dsaw.org/events/skotkowebinar2020
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6/16-19th, 2020 International Respite (Short Break) Conference in Madison, Moving Respite Forward POSTPHONED
This conference will provide a space to advance knowledge and understanding of respite by learning from and with international leaders in the field of respite.
Intended Audience ~ everyone who provides, uses, or needs respite/short break services. It is also for policy makers and program administrators who want to understand or better support the respite/short break needs of family caregivers, and individuals who receive respite care across all ages.
We encourage presentations from family caregivers, individuals who receive respite care, researchers, and caregiving professionals. We are looking for 25 or 75-minute presentations related to the following topics.
Topics
- Innovative Service Delivery Options throughout the Lifespan
- Advances in Research and Evaluation
- Family Caregiver perspectives
- Building Capacity and Ensuring Sustainability
- Advocacy and Networking for Policy Change
- Lifespan Respite
- Practical applicability to the conference theme Moving Respite Forward
- Usefulness of the information, skills, and/or ideas for the intended audience
- Contributions to new or innovative practices
- Intent to stimulate active engagement of participants
- Presenter’s qualifications and experience
- Use of instructional aids
Visit our website for additional information www.isba.me
or contact us at isba2020@union.wisc.edu
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7/15 Advocacy in Wisconsin ~DSAW Webinar Series:
Do you want to get involved in advocating for people with Down syndrome and other special needs in Wisconsin and the national stage, but you don't know where to start? Join us for a presentation from Nicole Patton, Manager of Grassroots Advocacy at the National Down Syndrome Society, to help you learn how to get started!
12pm
https://www.dsaw.org/events/advocacywebinar2020
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7/19-24 Youth Leadership Forum 2020: Application Available! Do you know a high school student who is a leader or a budding advocate? Youth Leadership Forum is the perfect place to gain or refine leadership skills!
What will participants get out of the training?
- Leadership Skills
- Friends
- Tips for self-advocacy
- Practice for getting/keeping a job
- FUN!!
FREE*
Application: https://wi-bpdd.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/2020-YLFApplication-Printable.docx
Applications are due April 1st, 2020 and although it is April Fools Day, this is no joke!
Being selected to attend the Youth Leadership Forum is a distinct honor that you can be very proud of. Please take the time to apply – you’ll have the time of your life!
If you have questions or for more information about Youth Leadership Forum contact Jenny at Jennifer.neugart@wisconsin.gov or call 608-266-7707.
What should I do if I need help filling out the application?
Ask a friend, sibling, parent/guardian, teacher or contact Olivia Johnston, YLF Director at (920) 539-5640 or wisconsinylf@gmail.com.
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7/29-31 Wisconsin’s 26th Annual State Wide Institute on Best Practices in Inclusive Education
This Institute offers an exciting variety of topics, including:
CoTeaching; Universal Design for Learning;
Leadership for What Success Looks Like in Action; Assistive & Inclusive Technologies;
Equity in Literacy Instruction; Strategies for Developing and Implementing Inclusive Practices;
Supporting Students with Mental Health Needs in Inclusive Classrooms;
Paraprofessionals as Partners; High Quality Inclusion for Young Children;
Teaching & Supporting Social & Emotional Competence & more.
The Pre-Conference on July 29th offers a variety of presentations that focus on teaching students with significant supports needs.
Westwood Conference Center, Wausau, WI
https://beloinandbrandl.com/
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8/1&2 Endless Possibilities Conference: A Closer Look at Invisible Disabilities
Topics to include: Supporting Neurodiversity, Compassion Resilience, Mental Health, Section 504, Autism and more.
Whitewater https://wifacets.org/training/endless-possibilities
8/2/19 Keynote: Impossible to Possible— My Journey from Special Education to Ph.D. Shawn Anthony Robinson Ph.D. is a Senior Research Associate in the Wisconsin’s Equity and Inclusion Laboratory (Wei LAB) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, an author, a dyslexia consultant, and serves on the Board of Directors with the International Dyslexia Association. Dr. Robinson is the author of Dr. Dyslexia Dude. Registered attendees on 8/2 will receive a copy of this book.
Other Topics Include:
• Compassion Resilience • Reading Drives Achievement • Building Supports for Students with Learning Disabilities
• Orton-Gillingham Approach to Reading and Spelling • Preventing the School to Prison Pipeline • Visual Resumes • Individualized Education Programs
• Building the Foundations for Literacy through Music, Movement and Play
8/1/19 (Free) Pre-conference options: Youth Mental Health First Aid and a Serving on Groups Training of Trainers
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9/12 Families Like Mine is a statewide conference for relative caregivers who are caring for children both through child welfare and informally. The all-day conference will feature keynote speakers and workshop presentations, as well as a resource room. Attendees will have the opportunity to connect with other relative caregivers and collect resources for ongoing support.
414-475-1246 Coalition for Children, Youth and Families
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9/29th & 30th Growing Stronger Together -Nami Wisconsin Conference
Breakouts:
- Ask the Expert: Alcohol Use Disorder: Updates on Treatment, Public Health and Stigma
- From Police Crisis to Recovery: Navigating Wisconsin’s Mental Health Labyrinth
- Understanding the Complexities of Eating Disorders and the Importance of a Multidisciplinary Team
- Rethinking Coercion: Legal and Scientific Perspectives on Alternatives to Involuntary Commitment
- Supporting and Enhancing the Role of Family in Mental Illness Recovery: what providers, consumers, and family members need to know
https://secure.qgiv.com/for/namiwisconsin/event/806788/
nami@namiwisconsin.org https://namiwisconsin.org/nami-wisconsin-events/annual-conference/
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10/27 Turning Vision into Reality
Help people with disabilities lead more Self-Determined lives.
Now seeking proposals and sponsors:
Download the Application: https://wi-bpdd.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/SDC-Presenter-Form-2020.pdf
All proposals are due by 12 p.m. on April 2, 2020.
Please submit your completed proposal form to:
Fil Clissa at Fil.Clissa@wisconsin.gov or mail to BPDD's office located at 101 E. Wilson St., Room 219, Madison, WI 53703
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11/9&10 "What the World Needs Now" 31st Annual Children Come First Conference
Kalahari Conference Center, Wisconsin Dells
www.ccfconference.org
Keynote Speaker: Hector R. Matascastillo
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Wisconsin Alliance for Mental Health programs:
- 11/17 Parents Interacting with Infants (PIWI):
- 11/18 Positive Solutions for Families:
thogle@wiaimh.org https://wiaimh.org/ ((608) 442-0360
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