[Mdpobc] MDPOBC Parents Workshop Absence Weiver

[Trudy Pickrel]

Parents
 
Please see attached the Teen/Tween Agenda and a Sample letter you can use to get your childs absents excused for their time out of school.  This has worked in our county for many years.  
 
Please remember this is a weekend of mentoring that they can not get anywhere in their everyday living.  
 
Can not wait to see you all their.  The final Parents workshop agenda should be out tomorrow.  Here is just a taste of what you don't want to miss out on.
 



WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS


IEP
YOUR RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITY-Question and Answers- Instructor: Carlton Cook Walker attorney and TVI, NOPOBC President,


USING THE IEP FOR
INDEPENDENCE GOAL/SKILLS GOALS ON THE IEP-Goals you can add to
your IEP to assure Independent
and preparedness for Future.  Instructor:
Carlton Cook Walker attorney and TVI, NOPOBC President, & Susan Polansky
Parent & 1st Vice President MDPOBC


LIVING LIFE OUT LOUD: Strategies
to prepare blind children for the real world- In this interactive workshop, participants will learn
about and discuss strategies that encourage learning, exploration and
problem-solving activities for blind children. The presenters will share their
observations and experiences working in a summer program for blind teenagers
and suggest fun and insightful activities that will encourage blind children to
take on age-appropriate responsibilities and learn from mistakes. The goals of
this workshop is to have parents leave with a list of relevant projects and
activities that challenge blind children to become active participants at
school and in their homes and communities and to have them know that they do
not need to have the perfect training or background to train blind children who
will become successful blind adults-
Instructor: Melody Roane, director, Virginia Rehabilitation Center
for the Blind and Vision Impaired, Richmond, Virginia; president, National
Association of Blind Rehabilitation Professionals & Mellisa Riccabono


YOUR
CHILDS INDEPENDENCE STARTS WITH YOU- Degree is NOT Required- A Continuation from LIVING LIFE Out LOUD- Instructor: Amy Phelps, CRC, NOMC,
assistant Director for instruction, Virginia Rehabilitation Center for the
Blind and Vision Impaired 


USING THE IEP FOR
INDEPENDENCE GOAL/SKILLS GOALS ON THE IEP-.  Instructor: Carlton Cook Walker attorney and
TVI, NOPOBC President,


Tactile Graphics: Do
your own thing! New capabilities and more opportunities for blind persons-
Learn how to use E.A.S.Y. LLC’s inTACT™ sketchpad to do your own STEM diagrams
and freehand art. Correct and edit with our inTACT™ thermal eraser. Transmit
digital copies of your drawings over the internet for distance learning and
collaboration with colleagues. Come one, come all! Presenters: Dr. Al Maneki, Chairman, Board of Advisors, E.A.S.Y. LLC;
Senior STEM Advisor, NFB Jernigan Institute, Columbia, MD




Trudy L. Pickrel
President
Maryland Parents of Blind Children 
www.mdparentsofblindchildren.org
TLC by the Lake's Standard Poodle's
www.tlcbythelake.com
301-501-1818
 
 



 		 	   		  
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