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Fabulous Opportunity to Learn More About WRAP
Please join us for the FREE webinar with Mary Ellen Copeland, PhD, on how people can live day to day using WRAP as their guide to recovery and wellness. She will talk about the importance of hope, personal responsibility, education, self advocacy, support and problem solving in using WRAP. In addition she will share ideas for enhancing each section of WRAP, from the Wellness Toolbox to the Post Crisis Plan, so that it becomes a truly powerful personal guide. Her presentation will include stories that she has gathered from people around the world who use WRAP, stories that illustrate the challenges of using WRAP and the power of WRAP in helping people in improve the quality of their daily lives and going on to meeting their own goals and dreams.
This webinar is open to anyone who is connected to WRAP. However, Dr. Copeland feels it is particularly important that Copeland Center certified WRAP facilitators and anyone who works with others, either in groups or as individuals, including veterans and people in the military attend this webinar.
Certificates of attendance will be available upon request.
Mary Ellen Copeland worked with a group of people who have a lived experience of mental health challenges to develop WRAP. She is the author of WRAP® (Wellness Recovery Action Plan), and many other recovery-oriented resources. For more information on her work go to http://www.mentalhealthrecovery.com.
This webinar is sponsored by the Copeland Center for Wellness and Recovery where you can get trained to be a certified WRAP Facilitator and Essential Learning, your resource for online WRAP and recovery courses.
The webinar requires both access to the Internet and a phone for joining the conference calls. Long distance charges do apply. The webinar is recorded and posted on mentalhealthrecovery.com after the broadcast.
To Register
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/691703217
Open Gym on Sunday November 15th at 3:00 - 4:00 has been cancelled.
Kathleen Feller, (the presenter) has been called to participate in a meeting in Washington DC and will be unable to present. The topic will be scheduled again sometime early in 2010.
The ASD Network is an amazing resource for our community. They have coordinators who represent across the state and put on some amazing training sessions. There is always a link on the bottom of our Newsletter to their web site showing their current training schedule. These are open to parents and professionals so please be sure and check them out!
Here are a few additions to their calendar that the ASD Network has coming up!
OMAHA: Autism and the Very Young Child
OMAHA: Sensory for Sensational Kids
KEARNEY: The Ziggurat Model: Planning Comprehensive Behavioral Interventions
These are just a few additions. Be sure and check out their web site for other trainings!
EXCITING NEWS FROM OUR NATIONAL ORGANIZATION!
Education.com, a leading web destination for parents of school-aged children, and the Autism Society have teamed up to launch the Special Edition on Asperger’s Syndrome, which will give readers access to the latest information on Asperger’s Syndrome along with original articles from world experts and educators.
By partnering with organizations such as the Autism Society, Education.com has increased its capacity to provide information, ideas and inspiration to help parents effectively address the unique educational and developmental needs of their children. Education.com’s CEO Dr. Ronald Fortune notes the importance of contributions from organizations, such as the Autism Society. “We believe all parents want to do what’s best for their children. We’re here to provide world-class information, resources, ideas and inspiration to help parents get involved, stay involved and be powerful advocates for their children’s education. No organization on its own could generate the volume of credible resources required to meet the incredibly diverse needs of parents, so we’re thrilled to partner with the leading experts in each topic who can help us get parents what they need.”
The Autism Society has been contributing articles to Education.com for some time, but agreed to serve as Guest Editor of the Special Edition on Asperger’s Syndrome. Dr. Brenda Smith Myles, the Autism Society’s Chief Program Officer, took the lead on the project by developing the topics and inviting numerous esteemed experts in the field to contribute, as well as submitting an article herself. More than 30 articles can be found under the following topics: What Is Asperger’s Syndrome, Social Life, School Performance, Interventions, Beyond High School and Personal Reflections. Access the issue here.
2nd Annual Fire Safety Day sponsored by the Bellevue Volunteer Fire Department
Let’s give a big cheer for the Bellevue Fire Department! They will be hosting their 2nd Annual Autism Fire Safety Day on October 25th.
Last year was an amazing event! The only major change this year is that instead of traveling through the stations in a group your family will be able to naviagate through the stations at your own speed and in your own time. The event runs from 2 to 5pm.
Come see a rollover car demo, friendly firefighter in full equipment, smoke trailer, learn about 911, bike safety, halloween safety tips and even some basics about first aid. Take a ride on a fire engine and visit with Conan the arson dog. (Conan is aware that some of us might be timid so he will just be hanging around for those who might want to meet him.)
Download a flyer here and help spread the word!
Developmental Play Group for Children with Special Needs & Their Families
Developmental Play Open House - Lincoln Parks & Recreation
Tuesday, August 25
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Ager Play Center
1300 South 27th St.
A developmental play group designed for very young children with special needs and their families. Contact Sara Masten at 402-416-7607 or smasten@lincoln.ne.gov
This program is a series of 9 week sessions for children ages 6 months - 5 years. It is a great opportunity for parents to play with their children. Siblings are welcome.
The Ollie Webb is offering a new workshop, “Powerful Tools for Caregivers”. This is a program directed at helping us caregivers take better care of ourselves, which is critical for our wellbeing. It is being offered to parents of children with disabilities.
Details:
• It is a six-week program, meeting one Tuesday evening per week
• Dates: June 9, 16, 23, 30 and July 7 and 14, 2009
• Dinner will be provided
• Each evening will run from 5:30 – 8:30 pm
• Held at: Ollie Webb Center, Inc., 1941 So. 42nd Street Suite 122
• Cost: $25/per person (covers workbook and other materials) Stipends will be available.
Download their flyer here.
