ScienceDaily (June 30, 2009) — Stimulant medications, such as Ritalin and Adderall, are the accepted treatment to stem hyperactivity in children with attention deficit-hyperactive disorder (ADHD) and improve their behavior.
Now a recent review of research by University at Buffalo pediatric psychologists suggests that such medication, or the assumption of medication, may produce a placebo effect -- not in the children, but in their teachers, parents or other adults who evaluate them.
A placebo effect is a positive change in symptoms or behavior after a patient receives a "fake" medication or procedure; in other words, the belief can become the medicine. In this case, the review suggested that when caregivers believed their ADHD patients were receiving ADHD medication, they tended to view those children more favorably and treat them more positively, whether or not medication was actually involved.
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Labels: ADHD, Article
Importance Of Developmental Screening Tool For Identifying Delays In Pre-term Children Shown
Ryerson University Professor Hollie Hix-Small (left) and Dr. Kevin Marks, PeaceHealth Medical Group.
(Credit: PeaceHealth Medical Group)
ScienceDaily (July 1, 2009) — A new study finds that U.S. pediatricians have plenty of room for improvement when it comes to using a screening questionnaire to flag developmental delays in premature children.
The study was a collaboration between physicians at PeaceHealth Medical Group, led by pediatrician Dr. Kevin Marks, lead author, and co-author Professor Hollie Hix-Small, of Ryerson University’s School of Child and Youth Care, formerly of the Early Intervention Program at the University of Oregon. The study was published in the June issue of Pediatrics.
In the study, a group of 1,427 caregivers and children in the U.S. attending their 12- or 24-month well-child visits (regular screening for developmental delays by pediatricians) completed the Ages & Stages Questionnaire® (ASQ), a child development screening tool.
The study examined the number of lower-risk, pre-term (most who were born between 34 and 37 weeks gestational age) children versus the number of term children who were referred to an early-intervention agency. Higher-risk premature infants already involved with an early-intervention agency or previously identified with a delay were excluded.
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Labels: Article, Disabilities
ScienceDaily (June 26, 2009) — In primates including ourselves, the ability to register where others are looking is key in social circles. And, according to a new report published online on June 25th in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, the way our brains process gaze-direction is much more sophisticated than a simple eyes-right versus eyes-left.
In fact, the way our brains code another's gaze-direction can hinge on what we already believe about that person's mental state, the new evidence shows.
"When we look at a face, it is not just a head or eyes pointing in some direction we see," said Greg Davis of the University of Cambridge. "Rather, our brain is coding another person's attention and intentions."
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Labels: Article, Autism
Credit: Image courtesy of Kingston University
ScienceDaily (June 29, 2009) — A Kingston University design student has turned his coursework into a budding business venture, launching a jigsaw puzzle ideal for people living with dementia.
Ben Atkinson-Willes, 22, who is completing a degree in product and furniture design at Kingston University in South West London this year, was inspired to use his skills to create a specially-designed activity puzzle after his granddad was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease.
“It’s important to keep people with Alzheimer’s as physically and mentally active for as long as possible, because it gives them a better quality of life in the long run,” Ben explained. “One thing my granddad loves doing is puzzles, but the products with fewer pieces were generally designed for very young children. I wanted to create something that would suit his need and respect his age.”
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Labels: Alzheimer's, Article
ScienceDaily (June 23, 2009) — A group of German investigators demonstrated that the early increase in phosphorylated CREB (pCREB) is related to treatment response and does not depend on pharmacological interventions or brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) plasma levels. For the first time, cellular biological markers could be associated with response to psychotherapy.
The cyclic adenosine monophosphate response element-binding proteins (CREB) and their interaction with brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) are essential elements in signal transduction pathways important for cellular resilience and neuroplasticity. They play a decisive role in the concept of altered neuroplasticity in major depression.
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ScienceDaily (June 24, 2009) — Dr. Jennifer C Palmer and colleagues at the University of Bristol have discovered that endothelin converting enzyme-2 (ECE-2) may cause the decrease in cerebral blood flow seen in Alzheimer's disease.
Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia. Aβ peptide, which accumulates in the brain of Alzheimer's disease patients, is thought to lead to tightening of the blood vessels and reduction of cerebral blood flood. ECE-2 may contribute to these symptoms by converting an inactive precursor to endothelin-1, which constricts blood vessels.
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ScienceDaily (June 23, 2009) — Depression in older adults too often goes unrecognized and untreated, resulting in untold misery, worsening of medical illness, and early death. A new study has identified one important remedy: Adding a trained depression care manager to primary care practices can increase the number of patients receiving treatment, lead to a higher remission rate of depression, and reduce suicidal thoughts.
The two-year outcomes of the multicenter Prevention of Suicide in Primary Care Elderly: Collaborative Trial (PROSPECT) study are published online in the American Journal of Psychiatry.
Lead author of the study is Dr. George S. Alexopoulos, director of the Institute of Geriatric Psychiatry at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Westchester Division and professor of psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College.
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Labels: Article, Depression
(Credit: iStockphoto/Artsem Martysiuk)
ScienceDaily (June 23, 2009) — We humans prefer to be addressed in our right ear and are more likely to perform a task when we receive the request in our right ear rather than our left. In a series of three studies, looking at ear preference in communication between humans, Dr. Luca Tommasi and Daniele Marzoli from the University "Gabriele d'Annunzio" in Chieti, Italy, show that a natural side bias, depending on hemispheric asymmetry in the brain, manifests itself in everyday human behavior.
One of the best known asymmetries in humans is the right ear dominance for listening to verbal stimuli, which is believed to reflect the brain's left hemisphere superiority for processing verbal information. However, until now, the majority of studies looking at ear preference in human communication have been controlled laboratory studies and there is very little published observational evidence of spontaneous ear dominance in everyday human behavior.
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Labels: Article, Hearing
ScienceDaily (June 23, 2009) — Pediatric researchers have identified hundreds of gene variations that occur more frequently in children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) than in children without ADHD. Many of those genes were already known to be important for learning, behavior, brain function and neurodevelopment, but had not been previously associated with ADHD.
"Because the gene alterations we found are involved in the development of the nervous system, they may eventually guide researchers to better targets in designing early intervention for children with ADHD," said lead author Josephine Elia, M.D., a psychiatrist and ADHD expert at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
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Labels: ADHD, Article
Individualized Education Program
(IEP Workshop)
For: Parents of children with Special Needs
Facility Provided By: Richland County Public Library
Presented By: Parents Reaching Out to Parents of South Carolina
PRO*Parents
Tanya M. Inabinet
Regional Education Coordinator
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Wednesday/July 22, 2009
1:00pm-3:00pm
Richland County Public Library
(Bank of America Conference Room)
1431 Assembly Street
Columbia SC 29201
Workshop Content:
IDEA Changes to the IEP
The Initial Evaluation
What is Special Education?
What is an IEP? What happens during the IEP meeting?
Seating is limited
Call 1-800-759-4776 or (803) 772-5688
FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
This meeting is open to the public and is neither sponsored nor endorsed by the Richland County Public Library. Views expressed are those of the program sponsors and do not necessarily reflect the policies or opinion of the library.
PRO-Parents of SC
652 Bush River Road Ste 203
Columbia SC 29210 803.772-5688 or
800 759 4776
803.772-5341 fax
proparents@proparents.org (email)
www.proparents.org (website)
To view the Pro Parents website, please click on the link above.
Labels: Article, Disabilities, Pro-Parents, Workshop
The SC School for the Deaf and the Blind is having Open Houses at its Outreach Centers next week. All of the open houses are scheduled 2:00-5:00. Here is the schedule:
Monday, June 22
Midlands Regional Outreach Center
101 Executive Center Drive Ÿ Suite 120 Ÿ Columbia, SC 29210
Tuesday, June 23
Low Country Regional Outreach Center
1064 Gardner Road Ÿ Suite 216 Ÿ Charleston, SC 29407
Wednesday, June 24
Coastal Regional Outreach Center
212 Main Street Ÿ Conway, SC 29526
Thursday, June 25
Piedmont Regional Outreach Center
355 Cedar Springs Road Ÿ Spartanburg, SC 29302
What you’ll see and hear at SCSDB’s open houses
For individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing or speech impaired:
-Equipment that enables communication by telephone
-Devices that alert users to a ringing phone/door bell or the sound of an alarm clock
-Sign language experts who facilitate communication in medical, legal, social service, higher - education and business settings.
For individuals who are blind or vision impaired:
-Bar code scanners and mobile readers for reading grocery store product labels, restaurant menus and more
-GPS units for independently moving around the community with confidence
-Maps and pictures that can be read by touch
-Braille and large print books and materials
-Experts, who are blind themselves, that travel the state to provide instruction in assistive technology
-Teachers who instruct students in orientation and mobility – how to travel safely and independently
-Vision simulators that allow you to experience various types of blindness
SCSDB will host a pre-event for mass media from 11 a.m. until 1:30 p.m.
Phone (864) 577-7506 for more information.
The addresses and phone numbers for the Outreach Centers are on this webpage:
http://www.scsdb.k12.sc.us/outreach/Outreach_Index.htm
Also, for more information, you can call 1-800-984-4357.
A brochure about the Open Houses can be found at http://www.scsdb.org/special/RoadShowEmailInvite0617.pdf
This is a good chance to see some of the equipment offered by the SCEDP:
http://www.scsdb.k12.sc.us/outreach/SCTEDP_2007.htm
To view the SCSDB website, please click on the link above.
Labels: Article, Calendar, Disabilities, Open House, SCSDB
ScienceDaily (June 16, 2009) — The idea that anti-inflammatory drugs might protect people struggling with dementia from Alzheimer's disease has received a blow with the online release of a study of human brain tissue in Acta Neuropathologica.
Researchers with the McKnight Brain Institute of the University of Florida, in collaboration with scientists at the University of Frankfurt, Germany, discovered that inflammation of microglia -- an abundant cell type that plays an important supporting role in the brain -- does not appear to be associated with dementia in Alzheimer's disease.
The finding supports recent clinical trial results that indicate anti-inflammatory drugs are not effective at fighting dementia in patients with Alzheimer's disease, which affects about 5.3 million Americans.
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ScienceDaily (June 17, 2009) — Autistics are up to 40 percent faster at problem-solving than non-autistics, according to a new Université de Montréal and Harvard University study published in the journal Human Brain Mapping. As part of the investigation, participants were asked to complete patterns in the Raven's Standard Progressive Matrices (RSPM) – test that measures hypothesis-testing, problem-solving and learning skills.
"While both groups performed RSPM test with equal accuracy, the autistic group responded more quickly and appeared to use perceptual regions of the brain to accelerate problem-solving," says lead author Isabelle Soulières, a post-doctoral fellow at Harvard University who completed the experiment at the Université de Montréal. "Some critics agued that autistics would be unable to complete the RSPM because of its complexity, yet our study shows autistics complete it as efficiently and have a more highly developed perception than non-autistics."
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Labels: Article, Autism
(Credit: Image courtesy of University of Montreal)
ScienceDaily (June 17, 2009) — A new diagnostic technique which may greatly simplify the detection of Alzheimer's disease has been discovered by researchers at McGill University and the affiliated Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research at Montreal's Jewish General Hospital (JGH).
There is currently no accepted blood test for Alzheimer's, and the diagnosis is usually based on expensive and labour-intensive neurological, neuropsychological and neuroimaging evaluations.
Dr. Hyman Schipper and colleagues at the Lady Davis Institute and McGill University utilized a new minimally-invasive technique called near-infrared (NIR) biospectroscopy to identify changes in the blood plasma of Alzheimer's patients, changes which can be detected very early after onset, and possibly in pre-clinical stages of the disease.
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Labels: Alzheimer's, Article
6/18/2009
6:30pm-8:30pm
*ADD/ADHD Workshop
Anderson County DSS
224 McGee Road
Anderson, SC
Kim Preston, PRO-Parents
South Carolina Special Kids
Project, Program Coordinator
1-866-863-1512
______________________________
6/19/2009
10:00am-12:00pm
Transitioning Into Special Education Workshop
Dorchester Co. DDSN
2717 W. 5th N. Street
Summerville, SC
Gayle Munn, PRO-Parents
Region 1 Education Coordinator
To register call 1-800-759-4776
Or 803-772-5688
___________________________________
6/20/2009
9:00am-1:00pm
*ADD/ADHD Workshop & ADD Question and Answer Session
Union DSS Office
200 S. Mountain St.
Union, SC
Heather Watson-Kelley
South Carolina Special Kids
Project Coordinator
To register call 1-800-759-4776
Or 803-772-5688
_____________________________________
6/20/2009
10:00am-4:00pm
Rights, Roles, & Responsibilities in Special Education
Outreach Family Fellowship
136 Pee Dee Church Rd.
Dillon, SC 29536
Gayle Munn, PRO-Parents
Region 1 Education Coordinator
To register call 1-800-759-4776
Or 803-772-5688
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6/23/2009
12:00pm-2:00pm Transitioning Into Special Education Workshop
(This workshop is presented via the internet and conference call)
Call PRO-Parents of SC to register
**Email address and phone required**
Tanya Inabinet, PRO-Parents
Region 2 Education Coordinator
To register, call 1-800-759-4776
___________________________________________
6/25/2009
6:00pm – 8:00pm
How to be an Effective Advocate
Hampton DDSN
294 Hampton Rd.
Hampton, SC
Redick Loring
Partners in Policymaking
To register call 1-800-759-4776
Or 803-772-5688
________________________________________________
6/25/2009
11:00 am- 12:00 pm
How to be a Self-Advocate (for people with disabilities)
Hampton DSN Board
294 Hampton Rd.
Hampton, SC
Redick Loring
Partners in Policymaking
To register call 1-800-759-4776
Or 803-772-5688
___________________________________________________
6/25/2009
3:00pm-4:30pm Transitioning Into Special Education Workshop
(This workshop is presented via the internet and conference call)
Call PRO-Parents of SC to register
**Email address and phone required**
Tanya Inabinet, PRO-Parents
Region 2 Education Coordinator
To register, call 1-800-759-4776
_______________________________________________________
6/27/2009
9:00am-3:00pm
*Is Your Child a Target of Bullying?, Communication & Positive Behavior Intervention Workshops
Marion County DSS Office
137 Airport Court
Mullins, SC
Kim Preston, PRO-Parents
South Carolina Special Kids
Project, Program Coordinator
1-866-863-1512
____________________________________________________________
6/30/2009
10:00am-12:00pm
Transitioning Into Special Education Workshop
Marion/Dillon DDSN
400 Martin Luther King Dr.
Marion, SC
Gayle Munn, PRO-Parents
Region 1 Education Coordinator
To register call 1-800-759-4776
Or 803-772-5688
_________________________________________________
6/30/2009
10:00 am-11:00 pm
or
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
How to Be a Self-Advocate (people with disabilities)
Newberry DSN Board
115 Nance Street
Newberry, SC
Redick Loring, PRO-Parents
Partners in Policymaking
To register call 1-800-759-4776
_____________________________________________________
7/15/2009
10:30am-1:30pm ADD/ADHD Workshop
Richland County Public Library
Baker & Baker Conference
1431 Assembly Street
Columbia SC 29201
Tanya Inabinet, PRO-Parents
Region 2 Education Coordinator
To register, call 1-800-759-4776
_______________________________________________________
7/16/2009
7:00pm-9:00pm
*Is Your Child a Target of Bullying? Workshop
Florence DSS Office
2685 Irby Street
Florence, SC
Kim Preston, PRO-Parents
South Carolina Special Kids
Education Coordinator
1-866-863-1512
___________________________________________________________
7/18/2009
9:00am-2:00pm
*Is Your Child a Target of Bullying?
& Positive Behavior Intervention Workshops
Florence IFCCS
2120 Jody Road, Suite A
Florence, SC
Kim Preston, PRO-Paren ts
South Carolina Special Kids
Education Coordinator
1-866-863-1512
____________________________________________________________
7/25/2009
10:30am-12:30pm
*Transitioning Into Special Education Workshop
Marathon Church
315 Roe Road
Greenville, SC
Heather Watson-Kelley,
PRO-Parents
South Carolina Special Kids Project Coordinator
1-800-759-4776
______________________________________________________________
7/28/2009
10:00am-12:00pm Section 504 Workshop
Oconee DDSN
116 S Cove Road
Seneca, SC
Susan Bruce, PRO-Parents
Region 3 Education Coordinator
To Register call 1-800-759-4776 or
803-772-5688
___________________________________________________________________
8/08/2009
10:00am-12:00pm
*Communicating with Your Child’s School Workshop
New Berkeley Restaurant
Highway 52
Moncks Corner, SC
Kim Preston, PRO-Parents
South Carolina Special Kids
Project, 1-866-863-1512
_____________________________________________________________________
8/08/2009
2:00pm-4:00pm
*ADD/ADHD Workshop
Grace Fellowship Church
2427 Midland Park Road
North Charleston, SC
Kim Preston, PRO-Parents
South Carolina Special Kids
Education Coordinator
1-866-863-1512
______________________________________________________________________
8/11/2009
6:30pm-8:30pm
*Is Your Child a Target of Bullying? Workshop
Horry DSS Office
1951 Industrial Park Road
Conway, SC
Kim Preston, PRO-Parents
South Carolina Special Kids
Project, Program Coordinator
1-866-863-1512
___________________________________________ ____________________________
8/13/2009
6:00pm-8:00pm
*Individualized Education Program Workshop
Chester DSS Office
115 Reedy Street
Chester, SC
Heather Watson-Kelley
South Carolina Special Kids
Project Coordinator
To register call 1-800-759-4776
Or 803-772-5688
_______________________________________________________________________
8/20/2009
7:00pm-8:00pm
*Transitioning Into Special Education Workshop
Saxe Gotha Presbyterian Church
5503 Sunset Blvd
Lexington, SC
Kim Preston, PRO-Parents
South Carolina Special Kids
Project, Program Coordinator
1-866-863-1512
_______________________________________________________________________
8/25/2009
5:00pm-7:00pm
*Communicating With Your Child’s School Workshop
(This workshop is presented via the internet and conference call)
Call PRO-Parents of SC to register
**Email address and phone required**
Kim Preston, PRO-Parents
South Carolina Special Kids
Project, 1-866-863-1512
________________________________________________________________________
8/25/2009
9:00am – 4:00pm Tourette Syndrome Conference( Fee to be announced)
S.C. State Museum
301 Gervais St.
Columbia, SC
Heather Watson-Kelley
South Carolina Special Kids
Project Coordinator
To register call 1-800-759-4776
Or 803-772-5688
____________________________________________________________________
8/27/2009
4:00pm-5:30pm
*Is Your Child a Target of Bullying? Workshop
Clarendon DSS Office
3 South Church Street
Manning, SC
Kim Preston, PRO-Parents
South Carolina Special Kids
Project, 1-866-863-1512
_____________________________________________________________________
8/31/2009
6:00pm-8:00pm
*ADD/ADHD Workshop
Child Enrichment Center
Lee & Bartdale Blvd
Spartanburg, SC
Kim Preston, PRO-Parents
South Carolina Special Kids
Project, Program Coordinator
1-866-863-1512
______________________________________________________________________
9/03/2009
9:00am-11:00am
Positive Behavioral Interventions Workshop
Beaufort Air Station
Bldg 807, Beaufort, SC
Gayle Munn, PRO-Parents
Region 1 Education Coordinator
To register call 1-800-759-4776
Or 803-772-5688
____________________________________________________________________
9/08/2009
6:00pm-7:30pm
*ADD/ADHD Workshop
Lancaster DSS Office
Highway 9 Bypass
Lancaster, SC
Heather Watson-Kelley
South Carolina Special Kids
Project Coordinator
To register call 1-800-759-4776
Or 803-772-5688
_______________________________________________________________________
09/10/2009
10:00am-12:00pm ADD/ADHD Workshop
Newberry DDSN
115 Nance Street
Newberry, SC
Susan Bruce, PRO-Parents
Region 3 Education Coordinator
To Register call 1-800-759-4776 or
803-772-5688
_____________________________________________________________________
9/10/2009
6:00pm-8:00pm
*Is Your Child a Target of Bullying? Workshop
Trinity United Methodist Church
2724 Whiskey Road
Aiken, SC
Heather Watson-Kelley
South Carolina Special Kids
Project Coordinator
To register call 1-800-759-4776
Or 803-772-5688
_______________________________________________________________________
9/10/2009
7:00pm-8:30pm
*Positive Behavioral Interventions Workshop
Colleton DSS
215 S. Lemacks St
Walterboro, SC
Kim Preston, PRO-Parents
South Carolina Special Kids
Project, Program Coordinator
1-866-863-1512
_____________________________________________________________________
9/14/2009
6:00pm-8:00pm
*Individualized Educational Program Workshop
1st Baptist Church
307 N. Main Street
Abbeville, SC
Heather Watson-Kelley
South Carolina Special Kids
Project Coordinator
To register call 1-800-759-4776
Or 803-772-5688
__________________________________________________________________
9/15/2009
6:00pm-8:00pm
*Individualized Education Program Workshop
Hartsville Chamber of Commerce Conference Room
212 N. 5th Street
Hartsville, SC
Kim Preston, PRO-Parents
South Carolina Special Kids
Education Coordinator
1-866-863-1512
_____________________________________________________________________
9/17/2009
6:00pm-8:00pm
*Is Your Child a Target of Bullying? Workshop
Lee County DSS Office
820 Brown Street
Bishopville, SC
Kim Preston, PRO-Parents
South Carolina Special Kids
Project, Program Coordinator
1-866-863-1512
_________________________________________________________________
9/19/2009
9:00am-2:00pm
*ADD/ADHD & Communication Workshops
Florence IFCCS
2120 Jody Road, Suite A
Florence, SC
Kim Preston, PRO-Parents
South Carolina Special Kids
Project, Program Coordinator
1-866-863-1512
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9/21/2009
6:30pm-8:00pm
*ADD/ADHD Workshop
Lighthouse Baptist Church
Highway 72 West
Abbeville, SC
Kim Preston, PRO-Parents
South Carolina Special Kids
Project, Program Coordinator
1-866-863-1512
_______________________________________________________________________
9/22/2009
6:30pm-8:00pm
*Communicating with Your Child’s School Workshop
Newberry DSS
2107 Wilson Road
Newberry, SC 29108
Kim Preston, PRO-Parents
South Carolina Special Kids
Project, Program Coordinator
1-866-863-1512
_____________________________________________________________________
9/28/2009
6:00pm-8:00pm
*Communicating with Your Child’s School Workshop
Beaufort DSS
1095 Duke Street
Beaufort, SC
Kim Preston, PRO-Parents
South Carolina Special Kids
Project, Program Coordinator
1-866-863-1512
___________________________________________________________________
10/05/2009
6:00pm-8:00pm
*ADD/ADHD Workshop
Hampton DSS Office
102 Ginn Altman Avenue, Suite A
Hampton, SC
Kim Preston, PRO-Parents
South Carolina Special Kids
Project, Program Coordinator
1-866-863-1512
_______________________________________________________________________
10/06/2009
9:00am – 4:00pm Matthew Cohen, Attorney (Fees will be announced)
Midlands Technical College
Airport Campus
Heather Watson-Kelley
South Carolina Special Kids
Project Coordinator
To register call 1-800-759-4776
Or 803-772-5688
________________________________________________________________________
10/13/200 9
6:00pm-8:00pm
*Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act Workshop
Fairfield Memorial Hospital
Highway 34 & 321
Winnsboro, SC
Kim Preston, PRO-Parents
South Carolina Special Kids
Project, Program Coordinator
1-866-863-1512
______________________________________________________________________
10/15/2009
6:30pm-8:30pm
*Is Your Child a Target of Bullying? Workshop
Anderson County DSS Office
224 McGee Road
Anderson, SC
Kim Preston, PRO-Parents
South Carolina Special Kids
Project, Program Coordinator
1-866-863-1512
______________________________________________________________________
10/15/2009
7:00pm-9:00pm
*Communicating with Your Child’s School Workshop
Florence DSS Office
2685 Irby Street
Florence, SC
Kim Preston, PRO-Parents
South Carolina Special Kids
Education Coordinator
1-866-863-1512
______________________________________________________________________
10/22/2009
10:00am-12:00pm Individualized Education Program (IEP) Workshop
Anderson DDSN
212 McGee Road
Anderson, SC
Susan Bruce, PRO-Parents
Region 3 Education Coordinator
To Register call 1-800-759-4776 or
803-772-5688
______________________________________________________________________
11/03/2009
6:30pm-8:30pm
*Communicating with Your Child’s School Workshop
Kershaw DSS
PO Box 39
Elgin, SC
Kim Preston, PRO-Parents
South Carolina Special Kids
Project, Program Coordinator
1-866-863-1512
________________________________________________________________________
11/10/2009
5:00pm- 7:00pm
*Communicating with Your Child’s School Workshop
Hope Center
901 Main Street
Sumter, SC
Kim Preston, PRO-Parents
South Carolina Special Kids
Project, Program Coordinator
1-866-863-1512
_____________________________________________________________________
11/10/2009
10:00am-12:00pm Individualized Education Program (IEP) Workshop
Greenville DDSN
12 Winchester Court
Mauldin, SC 29662
Susan Bruce, PRO-Parents
Region 3 Education Coordinator
To Register call 1-800-759-4776 or
803-772-5688
_______________________________________________________________________
11/23/2009
5:00pm-7:00pm
*Communicating with Your Child’s School Workshop
Marlboro DSS Office
713 Parsonage St
Bennettsville, SC
Kim Preston, PRO-Parents
SC Special Kids Project Education Coordinator
1-866-863-1512
*Are Workshops for Foster Parents and DSS Staff
PLEASE CALL PRO-Parents of SC to register for either day
803.772.5688 or 800.759.4776
FREE WORKSHOP & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
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Labels: Disabilities, Pro-Parents, Workshops
Attention Deficit Disorder Workshop
(ADD & ADHD)
For Parents & Other of Children with Special needs
Facility By: Richland County Public Library
Presented By: PRO-Parents of SC
Parents Reaching Out to Parents of South Carolina
Tanya M. Inabinet
Regional Education Coordinator
Wednesday
7/15/2009
10:30am-1:30pm
Richland County Public Library
(Baker & Baker Conference Room)
1431 Assembly Street
Columbia SC 29201
TOPICS:
*Understanding ADD/ADHD
*Functional Behavior Assessments
*Behavioral Intervention Plans (BIP)
*Teaching Strategies
*And much more
SEATING IS VERY LIMITED
Call to register 1-800-759-4776 or
(803)772-5688
This is a free Workshop
Open to the public
This meeting is open to the public and is neither sponsored nor endorsed by the Richland County Public Library. Views expressed are those of the program sponsors and do not necessarily reflect the policies or opinion of the library.
PRO-Parents of SC
652 Bush River Road Ste 203
Columbia SC 29210 803.772-5688 or
800 759 4776
803.772-5341 fax
proparents@proparents.org (email)
www.proparents.org (website)
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PRO-Parents of South Carolina
652 Bush RIver Road Ste 203
Columbia, South Carolina 29210
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Labels: ADHD, Pro-Parents, Workshop
Webinar: Understanding the Air Carrier Access Act for Flyers with Disabilities
Thursday, June 25th
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM (EST)
Hosted by the Association for Airline Passenger Rights
For additional information about the webinar or how to register, please contact Brandon M. Macsata at info@flyfriendlyskies.com
The purpose of the Air Carrier Access Act of 1986 (49 U.S.C. 41705) provides that no air carrier may discriminate against any otherwise qualified individual with a disability, by reason of such disability, in the provision of air transportation. ACAA prohibits domestic air carriers from discriminating against persons with disabilities in the provision of air transport. The law states that persons with disabilities will have access to all services, goods and information that they provide to any other passenger as part of their normal operating practices and forbids air carriers from treating passengers with disabilities any differently than other passengers except in making the necessary accommodations
Learn from industry experts about the following aspects of the law:
Airport Accessibility Aircraft Accessibility and Wheelchair Issues Requirements Concerning Services Accommodations for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Attendants and Service Animals
Speakers include:
Jacquie Brennan, Project Director, DBTAC: Southwest ADA Center Kleo J. King, Senior Vice President of Accessibility Services, United Spinal Association Mike Spollen, Consumer Aviation Specialist in the Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Transportation -- invited Brandon M. Macsata, Executive Director, Association for Airline Passenger Rights (moderator)
AAPR members can registration for FREE. Non-members can register for only $49.95; however, non-members can join APPR for only $10.00 and thereby avoid the registration fee and save $39.95. The on-line system that will be used for this program is fully accessible. Instructions for accessing the program will be sent to individuals once they are registered.
For additional information about the webinar or how to register, please contact Brandon M. Macsata at info@flyfriendlyskies.com
Sponsored by the Association for Airline Passenger Rights (AAPR) & National Network of ADA Centers.
To register for the webinar, please click on the link above.
Labels: Disabilities, SCATP, Webinar
Please join PRO-Parents of SC for a Webinar Workshop
Tuesday
June 25, 2009
3:00pm-4:30pm
For Parents and others of Children with Special Needs
Sponsored By: Kershaw County DDSN
Presented By: PRO-Parents of SC
Parents Reaching Out to Parents of SC
“Transitioning Into Special Education”
Moving from the IFSP to the IEP
WEBINAR
Tanya M. Inabinet
Regional Education Coordinator
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TOPICS
üWhat is Transition Services?
üWhen should Transition Services start?
ü Transition Services and Special Education
üWhat happens during the Transition Services meeting?
Access by Internet and conference call ONLY
Must have a valid email address and phone number
Please call PRO-Parents of SC to register
Call 1-800-759-4776
Or (803) 772-5688
PRO-Parents of SC 652 Bush River Road Ste 203
Columbia SC 29210
803.772-5688 or 800 759 4776
803.772-5341 fax
proparents@proparents.org (email)
www.proparents.org (website)
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PRO-Parents of South Carolina
652 Bush RIver Road Ste 203
Columbia, South Carolina 29210
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Labels: IEP, Pro-Parents, Special Education, Special Needs, Webinar
ScienceDaily (June 10, 2009) — A new parent questionnaire, developed at the University of Waterloo, will help health practitioners to more accurately gauge the acquisition of language skills in children with autism.
The pioneering Language Use Inventory (LUI) is among a set of measures for evaluating spoken language development in children with autism spectrum disorders, recommended by an expert panel.
The experts' report, Defining Spoken Language Benchmarks and Selecting Measures of Expressive Language Development for Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders, appears in the June 2009 issue of the Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research. The report was commissioned by the National Institute of Deafness and Other Communication Disorders.
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Labels: Article, Autism
ScienceDaily (June 15, 2009) — A new study connects abnormalities of the "stress" hormone cortisol with symptoms of depression in obese children, and confirms that obesity and depression often occur together, even in children. The results were presented at The Endocrine Society's 91st Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.
"There is evidence in adults that abnormal regulation of cortisol plays a role in both obesity and depression," said the study's lead author, Panagiota Pervanidou, MD, of Athens University Medical School in Athens, Greece. "Our study indicates that cortisol abnormalities may underlie obesity and depression starting in childhood."
Cortisol is a steroid hormone that helps the body respond to stress but also has other functions, including converting fat, protein and carbohydrates into energy. Normally, levels of this hormone peak in the early morning, start to drop in late morning and reach their low point at night.
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Labels: Article, Depression
ScienceDaily (June 30, 2009) — Stimulant medications, such as Ritalin and Adderall, are the accepted treatment to stem hyperactivity in children with attention deficit-hyperactive disorder (ADHD) and improve their behavior.
