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Helpful Links
for Special Education
Upcoming
Events:
Don’t
miss this free event! Highly
recommended.
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Date:
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March
20, 2010 |
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Time:
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8:00
a.m. - 1:00p.m. |
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Location:
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Lee
High School
6540 Franconia Road, Springfield, VA 22150 Get
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Audience:
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Families
and educators of students who
receive special
education services
in Fairfax
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Registration
Information:
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can sign up online or by phone at 703-204-3941
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FCPS Educators can sign up through MyPLT. Registration for staff begins on
February
8, 2010.
If you need accommodations
or foreign language interpreters please contact
the Parent
Resource Center at
703-204-3941. Requests for accommodations
should be made by March 5,
2010.
Jonathan Mooney
In his keynote
presentation, Jonathan will
take you on his life journey: He grew up in
special
education,
having been labeled learning disabled with attention problems at the
end of third
grade. He
was one of those kids who grew up chilling out with janitors in the
hallways; one of
those
kids who were always on a first-name basis with Shirley, the
receptionist in
the
principal’s office; one of those kids who grew up hiding in
the bathroom
to escape
reading out
loud. Jonathan dropped out of school for a while in sixth grade and
had a plan for
suicide
by the time he was 12. A high school guidance counselor confided
that people like
him
ended up flipping burgers. That prediction did not come true;
Jonathan Mooney
eventually graduated from Brown University with a degree in
literature
with honors and
published two books, in part about his experiences. Jonathan has
found
that outside the
school environment, his “disabilities” have been a
driving force in his
success as an
author,
a consultant, and a public speaker.
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Friday
3/5/10
10
- noon
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Small
Lessons. Big Difference.
Download
the flier
Learn
strategies to build confidence and promote self-esteem with social
skills activities to model, shape and reinforce social understanding
The
Parent Resource
Center, 2334 Gallows Road, Room 224, Dunn Loring, VA 22027
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Friday
3/12/10
10
- noon
Register now!
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Positive
Discipline
Download
the flier
Dealing
with challenging behaviors is the topic for this workshop for parents
of secondary students. FCPS Behavior Intervention Specialists
will present proactive and preventive strategies to help with behavior
challenges in teens.
Burke
Centre Library -
5935 Freds Oak Road, Burke, VA
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Friday
4/9/10
10
- 3
Register now!
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Autism
Awareness Day at the PRC
Download
the flier
Resources
and information for parents and educators! Learn the signs, find a
resource, attend a workshop!
Free
autism resource CD, door prizes, refreshments
and
more!
The
Parent Resource
Center - 2334 Gallows Road, Room 224, Dunn Loring, VA 22027
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Friday
4/9/10
10
- noon
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Understanding
Autism - Strategies to Support Success
Download
the flier
Learn
strategies based on Applied Behavior Analysis to help your child with
behavior management, communication and social skills. Develop a better
understanding of the main features and characteristics of autism
spectrum disorders. Presented by specialists from FCPS'
Applied Behavior Analysis Program.
Dunn
Loring Center -
Entrance 2, Room 1, 2334 Gallows Road, Dunn Loring, VA 22027
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Thursday
4/15/10
10
- noon
Register
now!
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Autism
the Musical
Download
the flier
Join
us for a special screening of this uplifting documentary and discuss
the effective strategies used to support social skills development in
children with autism.
The
Parent Resource
Center - 2334 Gallows Road, Room 224, Dunn Loring, VA 22027
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Tuesday
4/27/10
7
- 9 pm
Register now!
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Better
Behavior Begins Now!
Download
the flier
A
free workshop for parents of elementary students! FCPS
Behavior Intervention Specialists will provide proactive and preventive
strategies to help with your greatest behavior challenges.
Woodson
High School - 9525
Main Street,
Cafeteria A, Fairfax, VA 22031
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CHADD
of Northern
Virginia
2009-2010 Meeting Schedule
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March
18
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Homework
& Coaching Strategies
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Ann
Dolin, M.Ed., and Jodi Sleeper-Triplett, MCC, SCAC
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May
19
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GAP
Year and Alternative Programs
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Ethna
Hopper, MA, IECA, CEP, and Peter Sturtevant, Jr., MA, IECA, NACAC
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Time:
Doors open at 7 pm. Program begins at 7:30 pm and goes until about
9:15.
Location: Madison
High School, 2500
James Madison Dr., Vienna, Virginia.
For a map and directions, click here.
Cost:
No charge
Go to http://www.fcps.edu/cco/prc/workshops.htm
for more workshops
Fairfax
County Public Schools
Applied Behavior Analysis Program for Preschool, Elementary and
Secondary Students with Autism
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PowerPoint Presentation of "Smart
Kids with Learning
Difficulties"
Special
Education Parent Handbook
The
revised (10/07) Special Education Handbook for Parents
is now
available
online in PDF format. (88
pages, 824k)
Translated
versions of the handbook available in: Arabic
| Chinese
| Spanish
The
Parent Resource Center:
http://www.fcps.edu/cco/prc/index.htm
Dunn
Loring Administrative Center
2334 Gallows Road
Dunn Loring, Virginia 22027
(703) 204-3941
The
library at
the PRC has a large selection of books, DVDs, and other resources.
PEATC
Parent
Educational Advocacy Training Center
703-923-0010
Glossary
of
Special Education Terms
http://www.fcps.edu/ss/SpecialEd/Definitions.htm
Groups:
ADHD
CHADD
of
Northern Virginia
http://www.novachadd.org/
Autism/Asperger's
Syndrome
Parents
of Autistic
Children (POAC-NOVA)
http://www.poac-nova.org
Deaf/Hard
of Hearing
Northern
Virginia
Resource Center
www.nvrc.org
Down
Syndrome
Downd
Syndrome
Association of Northern Virginia
www.dsanv.org
Dyslexia
International
Dyslexia
Society
www.interdys.org
Emotional
Disabilities
NAMI
of Northern
Virginia
http://www.naminova.org/SupportGroups.htm
Intellectual
and
Developmental Disabilities
http://www.thearcofnova.org/
Learning
Disabilities
National
Dissemination
Center for Children and Youth with
Disabilities
www.nich.org
Tourettes
Syndrome
Association of Greater
Washington
www.tsagw.org
Vision
National
Association
for Parents of the Visually Imparied
www.NAPVI.org
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