Partner with PACER to prevent bullying
The fourth annual National Bullying Prevention Awareness Week, Oct. 4 -10, 2009, encourages communities nationwide to work together to increase awareness of the prevalence and impact of bullying on all students. This Webinar will provide an overview of the free activities and materials to help reduce bullying communitywide. Parents and professionals will learn about innovative bullying prevention Web sites for kids and teens, contests, classroom toolkits, and more.
When: Tuesday, Sept. 29, from 1 to 2 p.m. (central)
Where: Online. (Participants will need a computer and a phone line.)
Cost: Free
Presenter: Julie Hertzog, PACER's Bullying Prevention Project director
Registration: Register at GoTo Webinar.
Registrants will receive a confirmation e-mail containing information about how to join the Webinar.
Agenda
• Introduction to PACER's new Teens Against Bullying Web site—a bullying prevention site for middle- and high-school students
• Highlights of PACER's Kids Against Bullying Web site—a bullying prevention site for elementary school students
• Overview of activities for schools and organizations—resources teens, professionals, and parents can use to engage, empower and educate others about bullying prevention.
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
First Hand Foundation - Help for Health Related Expenses
The First Hand Foundation helps pay for children's health related expenses that are not covered by insurance.
To be considered for funding, applicants must meet the following criteria:
1.The child must be 18 years of age or younger (a child 18 – 21 can be considered if under the care of a pediatrician and in a child-like state).
2.The child must be under the care of a pediatrician.
3.The case must involve a child with a specific need.
4.The request must be clinically relevant to the health of the child.
5.There must be no existing insurance coverage for the requested expenses.
6.An application for expenses already incurred will not be considered for First Hand Foundation funding.
If the child meets the above criteria, please review the types of expenses First Hand covers.
Expenses Covered:
•Treatment: Expenses associated with clinical procedures, medicine, therapy, prosthesis, etc.
•Equipment: Expenses associated with wheelchairs, assistive technology equipment, care devices, hearing aids, etc.
•Displacement: Expenses associated with families of seriously ill children who must travel away from their home during treatment—lodging, food, gas, parking and transportation
•Vehicle modifications: Expenses associated with lifts, ramps and transfer boards
Expenses NOT Covered:
•Home modification projects
•Any alternative and experimental drugs, treatment or therapy where there is controversy in the medical community with respect to specific treatment
•Wheelchair-accessible van purchases
•Any requests for research funding, mass population grants or other nonprofit organizational grants
•Any request for debt reduction / past medical bills
•Copays and deductibles
For more info visit the First Hand Foundation website or call the foundation at (816) 201-1569.
To be considered for funding, applicants must meet the following criteria:
1.The child must be 18 years of age or younger (a child 18 – 21 can be considered if under the care of a pediatrician and in a child-like state).
2.The child must be under the care of a pediatrician.
3.The case must involve a child with a specific need.
4.The request must be clinically relevant to the health of the child.
5.There must be no existing insurance coverage for the requested expenses.
6.An application for expenses already incurred will not be considered for First Hand Foundation funding.
If the child meets the above criteria, please review the types of expenses First Hand covers.
Expenses Covered:
•Treatment: Expenses associated with clinical procedures, medicine, therapy, prosthesis, etc.
•Equipment: Expenses associated with wheelchairs, assistive technology equipment, care devices, hearing aids, etc.
•Displacement: Expenses associated with families of seriously ill children who must travel away from their home during treatment—lodging, food, gas, parking and transportation
•Vehicle modifications: Expenses associated with lifts, ramps and transfer boards
Expenses NOT Covered:
•Home modification projects
•Any alternative and experimental drugs, treatment or therapy where there is controversy in the medical community with respect to specific treatment
•Wheelchair-accessible van purchases
•Any requests for research funding, mass population grants or other nonprofit organizational grants
•Any request for debt reduction / past medical bills
•Copays and deductibles
For more info visit the First Hand Foundation website or call the foundation at (816) 201-1569.
Norman Family Support Network
The Norman Family Support Network is ready to help you kick-off the school year by hosting a parent meeting on Thursday, September 10 at St. Joseph's Catholic Church Family Center.
Ms. Wright will be speaking on Advocating for your Child and Educating Them About His/her Disability. Barbara has a private counseling practice in Norman and is familiar with the challenges that children with disabilities face both in school and the community.
This meeting will give parent tools to assist their child(ren) while boosting their self esteem. A new component to meetings this year will be that after the speaker, parents will have an opportunity to ask general questions and obtain help from mentor parents and disability advocates.
You Are Not Alone!
The Norman Family Support Network is a support group and community resource for any parent, guardian, caregiver, provider, or educator that have or interact with children who have ANY disability.
We are not a disability specific group. A child does not need to have a diagnosis or an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) in place for you to join us at a meeting or contact us.
If you suspect a disability, are new to the world of Special Education, or a seasoned "pro", we would love to hear from you!
The primary focus of the Norman Family Support Network is education of the Federal Special Education laws (IDEA: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Section 504: Civil Rights Law, and similar). We want to help parents form a productive relationship with their child's school while understanding the correct process and procedures under the law. We want to see children obtain the most appropriate education, regardless of their disabilities or learning differences. Our goal is to provide families with the support that they need!
2009-10 Meeting Dates and Topics
Sept. 10, 2009
Topic: Advocating for your Child and Educating Your Child on his/her Disability
7 - 8:30 p.m.
Location: St. Joseph's Church Family Center, 421 E. Acres Street
Oct. 8, 2009
Topic: Parent's Rights
Speaker: Kayla Bower, JD; Oklahoma Disability Law Center
6:30-8 p.m.
Location: St. Joseph's Catholic Church Family Center, 421 E. Acres Street
Nov. 12, 2009
Topic: The IEP Process - Help me figure this all out!
6:30-8 p.m.
Location: St. Joseph's Catholic Church Family Center, 421 E. Acres Street
Jan. 14, 2009
Topic: Reading Intervention - My child is behind, what can I do?
Speaker: Dr. Carrie Brown, Payne Education Center
6:30-8 p.m.
Location: St. Joseph's Catholic Church Family Center, 421 E. Acres Street
March 4, 2009
Topic: Learning Disabilities Simulation (Sensitivity Training)
Hands on Workshop - Open to NPS staff, physicians, Police Officers, Siblings
6:30-8:30 p.m.
Location: To Be Announced
April 8, 2009
Topic: Positive Behavior Interventions
6:30-8 p.m.
Location: St. Joseph's Catholic Church Family Center, 421 E. Acres Street
See us on the web at: www.normanfamilysupportnetwork.blogspot.com, call us at 306-8558 or 820-6650, or email us at normanfsn@gmail.com. We look forward to seeing you on September 10th at 7:00 p.m.
Ms. Wright will be speaking on Advocating for your Child and Educating Them About His/her Disability. Barbara has a private counseling practice in Norman and is familiar with the challenges that children with disabilities face both in school and the community.
This meeting will give parent tools to assist their child(ren) while boosting their self esteem. A new component to meetings this year will be that after the speaker, parents will have an opportunity to ask general questions and obtain help from mentor parents and disability advocates.
You Are Not Alone!
The Norman Family Support Network is a support group and community resource for any parent, guardian, caregiver, provider, or educator that have or interact with children who have ANY disability.
We are not a disability specific group. A child does not need to have a diagnosis or an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) in place for you to join us at a meeting or contact us.
If you suspect a disability, are new to the world of Special Education, or a seasoned "pro", we would love to hear from you!
The primary focus of the Norman Family Support Network is education of the Federal Special Education laws (IDEA: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Section 504: Civil Rights Law, and similar). We want to help parents form a productive relationship with their child's school while understanding the correct process and procedures under the law. We want to see children obtain the most appropriate education, regardless of their disabilities or learning differences. Our goal is to provide families with the support that they need!
2009-10 Meeting Dates and Topics
Sept. 10, 2009
Topic: Advocating for your Child and Educating Your Child on his/her Disability
7 - 8:30 p.m.
Location: St. Joseph's Church Family Center, 421 E. Acres Street
Oct. 8, 2009
Topic: Parent's Rights
Speaker: Kayla Bower, JD; Oklahoma Disability Law Center
6:30-8 p.m.
Location: St. Joseph's Catholic Church Family Center, 421 E. Acres Street
Nov. 12, 2009
Topic: The IEP Process - Help me figure this all out!
6:30-8 p.m.
Location: St. Joseph's Catholic Church Family Center, 421 E. Acres Street
Jan. 14, 2009
Topic: Reading Intervention - My child is behind, what can I do?
Speaker: Dr. Carrie Brown, Payne Education Center
6:30-8 p.m.
Location: St. Joseph's Catholic Church Family Center, 421 E. Acres Street
March 4, 2009
Topic: Learning Disabilities Simulation (Sensitivity Training)
Hands on Workshop - Open to NPS staff, physicians, Police Officers, Siblings
6:30-8:30 p.m.
Location: To Be Announced
April 8, 2009
Topic: Positive Behavior Interventions
6:30-8 p.m.
Location: St. Joseph's Catholic Church Family Center, 421 E. Acres Street
See us on the web at: www.normanfamilysupportnetwork.blogspot.com, call us at 306-8558 or 820-6650, or email us at normanfsn@gmail.com. We look forward to seeing you on September 10th at 7:00 p.m.
Bookshare.org - free memberships for students & schools
BookShare, an online collection of digital books, textbooks, and newspapers for people with print disabilities, now offers free memberships for qualifying U.S. students and schools. Bookshare offers more than 50,000 digital books, textbooks, teacher-recommended reading, periodicals and assistive technology tools.
Friday, September 11, 2009
Help with phone bills & installation costs
Pioneer Telephone and Pioneer Cellular would like to advise customers and potential customers of programs available for those needing assistance in paying their local telephone or cellular bill.
Access to local emergency services and community resources is vital to low-income and elderly residents, and Pioneer would like to offer assistance in “staying connected”. During “Lifeline Awareness Week”, (Sept. 14th – 20th), Pioneer is reaching out to those in need of telephone service who cannot afford it. Lifeline and Link-Up Assistance Programs offer discounts to help customers obtain access to telephone service, either landline or cellular, (one per household).
Under the federal Lifeline program, telephone customers who participate in, or are eligible for, certain public assistance programs are entitled to receive a basic telephone service discount of at least $10 per month. The Federal Link-Up America Program provides a 50% reduction in the telephone service installation charge, up to a maximum of $30, for qualifying households who currently do not have telephone service.
For more information or to apply for benefits, please contact your local Pioneer Telephone Business Office at 1.888.782.2667 or by dialing 611 from your home phone. You may also call a Pioneer Cellular Business Office at 1.800.641.2732 or visit our Web site, www.WirelessPioneer.Com
Click here for the federal Lifeline Program Fact sheet -it gives all the guidelines to qualify.
Access to local emergency services and community resources is vital to low-income and elderly residents, and Pioneer would like to offer assistance in “staying connected”. During “Lifeline Awareness Week”, (Sept. 14th – 20th), Pioneer is reaching out to those in need of telephone service who cannot afford it. Lifeline and Link-Up Assistance Programs offer discounts to help customers obtain access to telephone service, either landline or cellular, (one per household).
Under the federal Lifeline program, telephone customers who participate in, or are eligible for, certain public assistance programs are entitled to receive a basic telephone service discount of at least $10 per month. The Federal Link-Up America Program provides a 50% reduction in the telephone service installation charge, up to a maximum of $30, for qualifying households who currently do not have telephone service.
For more information or to apply for benefits, please contact your local Pioneer Telephone Business Office at 1.888.782.2667 or by dialing 611 from your home phone. You may also call a Pioneer Cellular Business Office at 1.800.641.2732 or visit our Web site, www.WirelessPioneer.Com
Click here for the federal Lifeline Program Fact sheet -it gives all the guidelines to qualify.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Including Samuel Airing on PBS
Including Samuel, a nationally acclaimed documentary by Dan Habib of the Institute on Disability/UCEDD at the University of New Hampshire, will be broadcast nationwide on public television stations.
Before his son Samuel was diagnosed with cerebral palsy, photojournalist Dan Habib rarely thought about the inclusion of people with disabilities. Now he thinks about inclusion every day. Shot and produced over four years, Habib's award-winning documentary film, Including Samuel, honestly chronicles the Habib family's efforts to include Samuel in every facet of their lives. The film also features four other families with varied inclusion experiences, plus interviews with dozens of teachers, young people, parents and disability rights experts.
Including Samuel is a highly personal, passionately photographed film that captures the cultural and systemic barriers to inclusion.
Including Samuel has been featured on NPR’s All Things Considered, Good Morning American NOW and in the Washington Post and the Boston Globe. Exceptional Parent magazine said “Including Samuel is a must see film.” The film won the Positive Images in Media award from TASH, an international group committed to the full inclusion of people with disabilities. The film was also screened at the Sprout Film Festival at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (NYC) and named “Best Documentary” at the Somewhat North of Boston Film Festival. The global aid group Mercy Corps is using the film to support the Iraqi disability rights movement.
The film will air on PBS affiliates in September and October (Disability Awareness Month), 2009, with support from the National Inclusion Project and CVS Caremark All Kids Can. OETA will air Including Samuel on October 20, 2009.
To learn more, click here
Before his son Samuel was diagnosed with cerebral palsy, photojournalist Dan Habib rarely thought about the inclusion of people with disabilities. Now he thinks about inclusion every day. Shot and produced over four years, Habib's award-winning documentary film, Including Samuel, honestly chronicles the Habib family's efforts to include Samuel in every facet of their lives. The film also features four other families with varied inclusion experiences, plus interviews with dozens of teachers, young people, parents and disability rights experts.
Including Samuel is a highly personal, passionately photographed film that captures the cultural and systemic barriers to inclusion.
Including Samuel has been featured on NPR’s All Things Considered, Good Morning American NOW and in the Washington Post and the Boston Globe. Exceptional Parent magazine said “Including Samuel is a must see film.” The film won the Positive Images in Media award from TASH, an international group committed to the full inclusion of people with disabilities. The film was also screened at the Sprout Film Festival at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (NYC) and named “Best Documentary” at the Somewhat North of Boston Film Festival. The global aid group Mercy Corps is using the film to support the Iraqi disability rights movement.
The film will air on PBS affiliates in September and October (Disability Awareness Month), 2009, with support from the National Inclusion Project and CVS Caremark All Kids Can. OETA will air Including Samuel on October 20, 2009.
To learn more, click here
Let's get some books for Oklahoma!
It’s easy to do. Oklahoma’s libraries could use your votes in a contest to win 50,000 new books for our state.
Oklahoma was leading in the voting, but Kentucky has just recently taken the lead.
Voting is simple . . . click on http://booksforkids.firstbook.org/whatbook/
Select Oklahoma from the drop-down list in the field called "Where would you like to send 50,000 new books?" and click on Submit.
None of the other fields are required, so you can fill them out or skip them if you want. You can vote as many times as you like - once every 24 hours, and you can keep voting through September 30.
Please pass this along!
Oklahoma was leading in the voting, but Kentucky has just recently taken the lead.
Voting is simple . . . click on http://booksforkids.firstbook.org/whatbook/
Select Oklahoma from the drop-down list in the field called "Where would you like to send 50,000 new books?" and click on Submit.
None of the other fields are required, so you can fill them out or skip them if you want. You can vote as many times as you like - once every 24 hours, and you can keep voting through September 30.
Please pass this along!
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