[NFB_of_Georgia] Fwd: Article from Atlanta Journal-Constitution Metro Section 2019 06 11

[Dorothy Griffin]

For Gwinnett County Parents of Blind Children
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Justin Heard <braillemasterjustin at gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Jun 11, 2019 at 3:09 PM
Subject: Fwd: Article from Atlanta Journal-Constitution Metro Section 2019
06 11
To: Dorothy Griffin <dgriffin at nfbga.org>




Sent from my iPhone

Begin forwarded message:

*From:* NFB-NEWSLINE Online <publications at nfbnewsline.net>
*Date:* June 11, 2019 at 2:10:28 PM EDT
*To:* Justin Heard <braillemasterjustin at gmail.com>
*Subject:* *Article from Atlanta Journal-Constitution Metro Section 2019 06
11*

GWINNETT SNELLVILLE Parent Mentors team slates IEP 'summer crash course'
Session aims to help parents, guardians of special needs students. BY:
Arlinda Smith Broady Staff The Gwinnett County Parent Mentors series isn't
taking a summer break. Parents of students receiving special education
services in Gwinnett are invited to attend an upcoming evening session.
This special summer session will be held 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at OneStop
Centerville, 3025 Bethany Church Road in Snellville. Gwinnett County Parent
Mentors Dawn Albanese and Jackie McNair will present "The Individual
Education Plan Process: Summer Crash Course on IEP Basics. This session is
designed to help parents and guardians better understand the IEP process
and how they can become a more effective team member. Topics will include
the parent's role in the IEP process, information included in the IEP, the
purpose of the IEP in guiding support and services for a student with a
disability, service delivery, transition planning, and tips for navigating
the IEP process. Parent Mentors are parents who work within GCPS' Special
Education Department, providing information and support to other families
who have children served in special education. Albanese and McNair have
first-hand knowledge of raising a child with special needs as they each
have a child who has been served or is being served in GCPS' Special
Education programs. This learning series -- presented monthly during the
school year -- is designed for families of children with disabilities, and
presented by the parent mentors in collaboration with GCPS' Special
Education Department staff and community leaders and organizations. To
register for the meeting, contact McNair at (678) 301-7149 or
Jackie_McNair at gwinnett.k12.ga.us by today. For additional information on
the session, go to www.parentmentors.org. ME: TY: KW:

This article is provided to you as a courtesy of NFB-NEWSLINE? Online for
your sole use. The content of this E-mail is protected under copyright law,
and is not to be distributed in any manner to others; infringement of our
non-dissemination agreement is strictly prohibited. Allowing someone to
have access to this material is in violation of the Terms of Use agreement
that you electronically signed when you signed up for NFB-NEWSLINE? Online.
Please do not forward this E-mail or its attachments to any other person or
disseminate it in any manner. Thank you. The NFB-NEWSLINE? Team.



-- 
Dorothy Griffin - President
National Federation of the Blind of Georgia
dgriffin at nfbga.org
770-374-4832

The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the
characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the
expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles
between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want;
blindness is not what holds you back.