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Hello,
November is National Family Caregiver Month and we want to acknowledge all this incredibly hard and unpaid labor! You will find a caregiver toolbox and information on resilience and mindfulness classes in the resources section at the bottom of the newsletter.
November is also a great month to begin gearing up for advocacy, no matter what level you advocate within. The Arc of Washington will release its annual Legislative Notebook this month. And the Washington Autism Alliance is holding special education legal clinic hours in November and December.
- Nikki Dyer
If you have events, opportunities, or resources to share with our readers, please send them my way at Nikki.Dyer@doh.wa.gov.
Special Education Legal Clinic Registration
Washington Autism Alliance presents a free special education legal clinic for low-income families to get help understanding their children's educational rights.
Appointments are available:
November: 14,17,21,28
December: 1,5,8,12,15
Clinic hours: 12:00 pm-1:00 pm
To schedule an appointment, go to Special Education Clinic Registration
Interpreter Services Available
The purpose of the clinic is to provide a 30-minute consultation (for those who qualify) with a special education attorney.
The clinic offers free, limited legal advice and referrals for special education issues. The clinic is not meant to be a comprehensive consultation, if you need a more in-depth meeting, please contact WAA for a full intake screening.
Special Education issues related to your student’s Individual Education Plan (IEP) and/or 504 Plan including but not limited to:
● Child Find
● Qualifying for services
● Accommodations and Modifications
● Behavior supports
● Discrimination
● Discipline
● Harassment, Intimidation, and Bullying
● Accessing interpretation services
Click here to register for a date on their calendar
Learning to Advocate for Children and Families
From strategies for organizing like-minded people to methods for communicating messages to a variety of issue stakeholders, this series will teach you everything you need to start making an impact on matters most important to you.
Webinars are one hour long and feature real-time Spanish translation.
Episode III - It Takes a Village
Tues., November 15 | 9-10 a.m.
Register Here
For more information about Learning to Advocate for Children and Families, click here.
Medically Complex Caregivers
Drop-in discussion group for foster and kinship caregivers of medically complex children. Stop by for connections, resources, and fostering support.
4th Tuesday of the month
Tuesday, November 22, 2022
7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Via Zoom: 8150 560 4085
Legislative Notebook
Each year in December, The Arc of Washington State releases their Legislative Notebook for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD). In this notebook you will find:
- One-page information sheets on the issues of importance
- Budget charts and other data charts
- Budget requests from Developmental Disabilities Administration (DDA)
- One-page Fact Sheets on each DDA service
- Summaries of Reports to the Legislature
- List of all Legislators and their contact info
- Who’s on which Committees
- Priorities Lists from various Community Organizations
- and so much more!
On the first Monday of each December, The Arc holds a virtual meeting for advocates to attend and learn more about the notebook pages. This is a time to gear up for the 2023 Legislative Session!
2022-2023 Legislative Notebook Meeting
Monday, December 5, 2022
@ 10AM to 2PM
Register here:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEldemhqTMsHtUi6z3td7fG24hkD4Vf8JmH
The Notebook Meeting will be in English and in Spanish!
Dads M. O. V. E. is Hiring
Like what Dads MOVE does? Would you like to get involved? See their listings here for details on each of the positions below.
- Peer Support Specialist (Paid)
- Peer Support Supervisor (Paid)
- Community Engagement Provider (Paid)
- Board of Directors (Volunteer)
- Social Media Administrator (Volunteer)
- Grant Researchers (Volunteer)
The Infant Brain Imaging Study Network
The Infant Brain Imaging Study Network recently received a $9.5 million grant from NIH to replicate our previous study of brain and behavior development in infants at risk for developing autism. The goal of our new study is to identify the symptoms of autism at an earlier age.
You and your infant will travel to one of our locations at 6-, 12-, and 24-months of age for developmental testing, an MRI during natural sleep, and a brief electroencephalogram (EEG). LENA language recordings will take place at 6-, 12-, and 18-months of age. Your family will be reimbursed for all travel related expenses and compensated for participating. Your family will also complete online questionnaires at 9- and 18-months of age with compensation.
IBIS is recruiting 250 new babies to help us replicate our research originally published in Nature, in which we believe we can identify kids at highest likelihood for autism in the first year of life (using MRI) … well before symptoms consolidate into a diagnosis.
It is extremely critical that we enroll these 250 infants with an older full sibling with autism to test this idea again. But… due to the complicated nature of this study and the delays in recruiting due to the pandemic, we have an urgent need to find these families and we could use your help.
- Perhaps you know young families with a newborn (or a baby on the way) who have an older sibling with autism?
- Perhaps you know advocates/organizations who can spread the word about our study?
Would you be willing to tell them about our study?
Have recruitment ideas or groups we should reach out to? E-mail us at ibisstudy@uw.edu.
Our website: https://ibis-network.com/infant/
2023 Infant and Early Childhood Conference (IECC)
May 1-5, 2023
Completely Virtual via Zoom
Call For Presenters
IECC is currently seeking proposals for its 2023 conference. The IECC Conference is well known within the State of Washington for providing high quality, evidence-based training for families and professionals working with young children (ages birth to eight) and their families.
- If you or someone you know may be interested in submitting a proposal - Our submission deadline for presenter proposals is January 6, 2023. To apply online click here.
- IECC will be evaluating session proposals using a Rubric developed by DEC - we encourage presenters review our selection criteria before submitting their proposal.
IECC Partnership Opportunity
IECC is so thankful for its many community partners. Due to their support IECC has been able to shift its platform and offer the conference registration complimentary for all attendees the past few years. If your organization would be willing to partner with us please email the conference coordinator, Amanda Cardwell directly at amandacardwell@frontier.com.
Please feel free to share this invitation with your colleagues. Let me know if I may provide additional information. I’ll look forward to connecting with you during our virtual conference in May!
Sincerely,
Amanda Cardwell
Conference Coordinator
Infant and Early Childhood Conference
www.ieccwa.org
*IECC plans to offer STARS Credit and Clock Hours for this event.
For general conference information please visit www.ieccwa.org.
The purpose of the IECC Conference is to provide opportunities for families and service providers to come together to learn, share and advocate on behalf of all young children, especially those with developmental delays, disabilities and/or other special health care needs.
Please note: iecccfp@uoregon.edu will no longer be an active email for communications.
Please direct all emails to ieccreg@uoregon.edu or amandacardwell@frontier.com.
November is Family Caregiver Month! Check out this Family Caregiver Toolbox from the Caregiver Action Network.
Finding Resilience in Community: Free Online Mindfulness Classes for Parents and Caregivers
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