TATRA_Project’s_Conf erence_Listings

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REFERENCE_POINTS:__Additions_to_the_TATRA_Project’s_Conf erence_Listings

> Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 10:56:56 -0700

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> The Coalition for Community Schools, a program of

> the Institute for Educational Leadership, is holding

> its third national forum, Community Schools Work!,

> June 23-25 in Washington, DC. This national meeting

> will bring together practitioners, policy makers,

> parents, youth and leaders of national, state and

> local organizations who are committed to advancing

> the community school movement. All conference

> information -- the agenda, workshop information, and

> registration -- is available at

> www.communityschools.org/conference.html. If you

> have questions, please feel free to email Will

> Blackwell at blackwellw@....

>

>

>

> The Rehabilitation Services Administration in

> collaboration with the Council of State

> Administrators of Vocational Rehabilitation and

> several other partners announce:

>

> The National Employment Conference, Disability and

> Employment, 2002, Where Partners Create Careers.

> August 18 – 21, 2002 at the J.W. Marriott Hotel in

> Washington, D.C. The application deadline for the

> call for papers is June 14, 2002.

>

> The purpose of the conference is to share effective

> employment strategies used by State Vocational

> Rehabilitation Agencies and their network of

> community rehabilitation programs and other partners

> in order to increase and improve the employment of

> individuals with disabilities.

>

> For more information:

>

http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/RSA/New/02NECNomweb.html

>

>

> National Summit on Postsecondary Education and

> Employment; July 8, 2002, Washington, D.C.

> Preparation for and Support of Youth with

> Disabilities in Postseconday Education and

> Employment: Implications for Policy, Priorities and

> Practice.

>

> The purpose of the National Summit is to share

> synthesis of findings and make recommendations based

> on data and information from a National Network of

> individuals, programs, and research centers, with

> implications for disability-focused federal policy,

> priorities and practice.

>

> For more info: Velina Sugiyama, Center on

> Disability Studies, University of Hawaii at Manoa,

> (808)956-6588, email: velina@...

>

> For more conference information listings on

> transition related topics please visit:

> http://www.pacer.org/tatra/tatracon.htm

>

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Reference Points:

> Transition updates from the TATRA Project is

> administered by PACER Center www.pacer.org as a

> joint technical assistance activity of the TATRA

> Project and the National Center on Secondary

> Education and Transition http://ici.umn.edu/ncset/ .

> Reference Points features resources and updates to

> help parent organizations, advocates and

> professionals better serve adolescents and young

> adults with disabilities, and their families. You

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Readers are invited to

> send information about new resources on secondary

> education, transition and vocational rehabilitation

> topics to tatra@.... Approved items will be

> posted. Please note that Reference Points is not a

> discussion group. Questions about Reference Points

> should be directed to Deborah Leuchovius, National

> Coordinator of Technical Assistance on Transition

> and Vocational Rehabilitation, PACER Center at

> tatra@....

The National Center on Secondary

> Education and Transition is funded by and is a

> partner with the U.S. Department of Education,

> Office of Special Education Programs, cooperative

> agreement # H326J000005. The TATRA Project is funded

> by the Rehabilitation Services Administration

> http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/RSA/index.html.

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