Free!
Live and Learn...
1st
Annual Parent Conference and Resource Fair
Sponsored by PREP/Parent
Resource Center (www.prep-prc.org) and the Special Education Advisory Committees (SEAC) of Albemarle, Charlottesville,
Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa, and Madison
Saturday,
March 8, 2008
9:00 am –
1:00 pm
PREP/Parent
Resource Center (Ivy Creek
School Building)
225 Lambs Lane, Charlottesville
Join your
friends, neighbors, and colleagues for a day of learning, sharing, and fun. All free, with food and childcare*.
Two sessions
are devoted to transition issues, which are especially important to middle and high school parents and students as they transition
from school to the community.
Conference
Schedule:
9:00 –
9:30 – coffee and continental breakfast, registration, resource fair
9:30 –
11:00 – session one
11:00 –
11:30 – break, resource fair
11:30 –
1:00 – session two
1:00 –
1:30 – resource fair, networking
For more information and to register:
Sarah
Blech, Coordinator, PREP/Parent Resource Center
(434) 975-9400
ext. 2342 or sblech@k12albemarle.org
* Childcare is limited. Please
register early if you need childcare.
Morning Sessions
9:30 – 11:00
Part One
– Transition – Parent Education
Advocacy Center (PEATC)
Understanding
Educational Assessments* - Louise Cole, Educational Consultant
Parent Advocacy,
IEP, Regulations* - Judy Ritchie, Greene County
Public Schools
Carla
Manno, Educational Consultant
Family Dynamics*
- Frances Greenstein, Charlottesville League of Therapists
Assistive
Technology* - Andrea Johnson, OT/PREP
Sensory Strategies
– Helene Carlisle, OT/PREP
Virginia Assessments – Diane
Wolfe, PREP
*Repeated
session
Afternoon
Sessions 11:30 – 1:00
Part Two
– Transition - PEATC
Understanding
Educational Assessments – Louise Cole, Educational Consultant
Parent Advocacy,
IEP, Regulations – Judy Richie, GCPS,
Carla Manno, Educational Consultant
Family Dynamics
– Frances Greenstein, Charlottesville League of Therapists
Assistive
Technology – Andrea Johnson, OT/PREP
Visual Strategies
– Diane Talarico-Cavanaugh, PREP
Special Needs
Trusts/Waivers/Benefits – Joanne Marcus, Commonwealth Community Trust
Barbara
Talley and Marie Fraticielli, Region Ten
Cheryl
Ribando, Parent Advocate
