Events

From Lisa Meyerson:

Holiday Lights & Train Ride at McCormick Stillman Railroad Park

Wednesday, December 12, 2007
6:30 to 8:00 PM

Lots of fun with free train rides to see the extensive light displays, games, visits with Santa, free hot chocolate and cookies, etc.

The park is open at night for the general public for the holiday lights displays starting on Friday and has a members only preview night on Thursday.

McCormick Stillman is always great about giving our kids a special night the Wednesday before the park opens to the public. Hope to see some of you there.

Laura Holgate provided this update for upcoming meetings and support groups that will assist parents of children in Special Education, some of whom are gifted.

Events:

CHADD meetings at Scottsdale Horizon Park Community Center, 15444 N. 100th St. Scottsdale, AZ 85260. Upcoming meeting on Tuesday December 11th. chaddvos@schwartzplace.com,  dana@ottaz.com,  www.chadd.org

Asperger Parent Network Monthly meetings on the third Thursday of every month except July and December. Contact Carolyn Warden at 480.759.6329 or visit website http://apn.150m.com.

SEPACS meeting: Special Education Update in the Scottsdale Unified School District. Wednesday, November 28th- 6:30- 8:30pm Mohave District Annex 8505 E. Valley View Rd. Scottsdale. Speakers include: SUSD superintendent Dr. Baracy, Lois Healey special ed administrator, etc. www.sepacs.org

Institute for Multi-sensory Education. February 25-29, 2008– – A training program developed to provide educators with the knowledge necessary to teach reading based on reliable research. It is a multi-sensory approach to reading, writing, and spelling. Imse@orton-Gillingham.com  or www.orton-gillingham.com

Class schedule at Melmed Center: Social Skills classes, handwriting classes, ADHD ask the experts (Meet with professionals who are experts in their fields, in a relaxed, comfortable setting to hear about strategies that work with children who have attention and learning challenges). Melmed Center $$$:

An overview of the IEP process and 504 plans (for parents and professionals). Thursday Nov. 29, 1:30-3:30pm  Also on Tue., Dec. 11, 1:30-3:30pm www.raisingspecialkids.org

Dad’s Network For men, by men. For fathers, grandfathers, uncles of children with special needs. Shiloh Community Church Activity Center 19021 N. 32nd St., Phoenix, AZ. Call Ray Morris 602-569-7011

Autism/Asperger’s Conference
All Ages and Abilities
Nov. 16-17, 2007 at ASU-West

For Parents, Teachers, SLPs, Other Professionals and Individuals
on the Spectrum. CEU’s for Speech-Language Pathologists and
Audiologists and Certificates of Attendance available

Featuring top national speakers:
Keynote: Cathy Pratt, Ph.D.
Keynote: Rick Clemens, M.A

Please See the November Conference Page for more information on Speakers and Conference agenda.

Several people have forwarded this announcment to me, asking that I share it:

Institute for Multi-Sensory Education
30-Hour Comprehensive Training
Orton-Gillingham.com

Phoenix, Arizona
February 25-29, 2008

The Institute for Multi-Sensory Education strives for excellence in reading instruction. The training programs developed by the Institute for Multi-Sensory Education provide educators with the knowledge necessary to teach reading based on reliable research and effective practices.

The Institute for Multi-Sensory Education’s training programs provide:

• A multisensory approach to teaching reading, writing and spelling across the curriculum.
• The skills necessary to teach phonemic awareness, the alphabetic principle, vocabulary, fluency and comprehension.
• Instructional use of ongoing assessment to monitor individual strengths and needs.
• Methods that support classroom and special education teachers, reading specialists and paraprofessionals in presenting language instruction through a process of introduction, discovery, learning, review, practice and evaluation.

For additional questions regarding training information please e-mail: IMSE@Orton-Gillingham.com