fw: REFERENCE POINTS: Conference and Workshop Updates Added to the TATRA Website

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Wilbur Hawke wrote: Wilbur Hawkeco directorFamily Network on Disabilities of FloridaParent Education Network (PEN)1800-TALKPEN1 800 825-5736239 417-3636wilbur@... From: referencepoints@...Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 4:16 PMTo: tatra@...Subject: REFERENCE POINTS: Conference and Workshop Updates Added to the TATRA WebsiteREFERENCE POINTS is an activity of TATRA, a project of PACER CenterREFERENCE POINTS: Conference and Workshop Updates Added to the TATRA WebsiteREFERENCE POINTS is an activity of TATRA, a project of PACER CenterREFERENCE

POINTS Conference and workshop updates feature NEW additions to the listing of transition related national and regional conferences maintained on PACER Center's TATRA Project web site. To see our complete calendar of events, please visit us at http://www.pacer.org/tatra/calendar.asp.OCT 3 - 4, 2008 "REDEFINING THE LITERARY EXPRESSIONS OF DEAFHOOD"Sponsored by the NTID and held in Rochester, NY. For more information go to www.ntid.rit.edu/friends/lean_reg.php.OCT 7, 2008 "POSSIBILITIES: LEADERSHIP, COLLABORATION AND CHANGE FOR DISABILITY RIGHTS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: 2008 DC DISABILITY AWARENESS CONFERENCESponsored by Dept. of Mental Health, Office of Human Rights and others and held in Washington, DC. For more information go to http://newsroom.dc.gov/file.aspx/release/14504/ODR_DAC_Flier_landscape_08-20.doc OCT 15, 2008 "THE ROLE OF YOUTH IN MAKING HIGH SCHOOLS INCLUSIVE" WEBINAR, 3:30 - 5:00 P.M. ETSponsored by LRE Part B

Community of Practice and Family Voices. For more information contact Autin, Co-Director, Region 1 PTAC, at x 105 or email diana.autin@....OCT 15 - 18, 2008 "EXERCISE IS FOR EVERYBODY" INCLUSIVE FITNESS CONFERENCEHosted by Club Industry 2008 and held in Chicago, IL For more information go to http://national.clubindustryshow.com/National2008/Public/Calendar.aspx?TrackID=207 & ID=12455 OCT 17 - 18, 2008 "EMBRACING THE HOPE AND JOY OF AUTISM" AUTISM NATIONAL COMMITTEE ANNUAL CONFERENCESponsored by the Autism National Committee and held in Ann Arbor, MI. For more information go to http://www.autcom.org .OCT 22, 2008 "AT, AIM, NIMAS, UDL, AND MORE: MAKING IT ALL WORK FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES" WEBINAR, 2:00 - 3:00 PMSponsored by the Advocacy Institute. For more information go to http://www.advocacyinstitute.org/shop/102208.html OCT 24, 2008 "MAKING INCLUSION REALLY WORK FOR STUDENTS WITH ASD: FROM THE

CLASSROOM TO THE COMMUNITY" Hosted by ASCEND Group, the Asperger Syndrome Alliance for Greater Philadelphia, and held in Horsham, PA. For more information go to http://www.ascendgroup.org/events_regional.htmlOCT 27, 2008 "DISCOVERING DISABILITY AS DIVERSITY" Sponsored by COSD and held in San Francisco, CA. For more information go to http://www.cosdonline.org/conferences OCT 27 - 29, 2008 "BRIDGE TO THE FUTURE - IMAGINE THE POSSIBILITIIES" TRANSITION CONFERENCESponsored by DSCC and held in Peoria, IL. For more information go to http://internet.dscc.uic.edu/dsccroot/ros/peoria.asp NOV 10 - 11, 2008 OPENING DOORS: A STATE OF THE SCIENCE CONFERENCESponsored by the Opening Doors Project and held in Bethesda, MD. For more information go to http://www.openingdoorsforyouth.org/sos/ NOV 17 - 26, 2008 "TRANSFORMING RIGHTS INTO ACTION" GLOBAL FORUM FOR INCLUSIONSponsored by Inclusion International and held in Ottawa, Canada. For

more information go to http://www.inclusion2008.com/english/index.aspNOV 19 - 21, 2008 NATTAP CONFERENCESponsored by NATTAP and held in Columbus, OH. For more information go to http://www.nattapconference.org/ NOV 22, 2008 NORTH TOWNS FAMILY AGENCY FAIRSponsored by Ken-Ton SEPTSA and held in Kenmore, NY. For more information go to http://www.kentonseptsa.com JAN 13 - 15, 2009 NLTS2 DATABASE TRAINING SEMINARSponsored by IES and held in Washington, DC. For more information go to http://ies.ed.gov/ncser/whatsnew/conferences/nlts2_training.aspFEB 23 - 25, 2008 "CULTIVATING HEALTHY COMMUNITIES: 20TH NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROLHosted by the CDC and held in Baltimore, MD. For more information to go http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/conference/index.htmMAY 3 - 5, 2009 FAMILY VOICES NATIONAL CONFERENCESponsored by Family Voices and held in Washington, DC. For more information go to

http://www.familyvoices.org AUG 10 - 14, 2009 "CELEBRATING THE LEGACY, SHAPING THE FUTURE".Sponsored by Mental Health America and held in Washington, DC. For more information go to http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/go/conference * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *REFERENCE POINTS is administered by PACER Center http://www.PACER.org as a technical assistance activity of the TATRA Project. The TATRA Project is funded by the Rehabilitation Services Administration.To SUBSCRIBE to REFERENCE POINTS go to http://www.pacer.org/tatra/list/index.aspTo UNSUBSCRIBE, please go directly to http://www.pacer.org/tatra/list/maildel.aspReaders are invited to send information about new resources on secondary education, transition and vocational rehabilitation topics to tatra@....Reference Points received initial support from the National Center on Secondary Education and

Transition http://www.ncset.org/. Visit their web site for a wealth of information related to secondary education and transition for youth with disabilities.Note: There are no copyright restrictions on this document. However, please credit the source and support of federal funds when copying all or part of this material.