Networker Express, October 2007
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Matrix Events
To register for any of these workshops (unless another phone number is provided) Please call 415-884-3535, toll free 1-800-578-2592, or email info@matrixparents.org with your name, number, email, and what workshop you would like to attend.
Open House for the New Solano Office-- flyer
10/11, 3-7 pm
1615 West Texas Street, Suite 4
Fairfield
Call (707) 423-2545 ext. 103 for information.
We’d like to know that you’re coming!
Accessing Services Through Regional Centers for Developmental Disabilities.
10/20, 10- noon
Napa Library.
Call 707-648-4073 to register.
Now What: How to Make Sense of and Organize Your IEP Papers.
10/20, TBA.
Fairfield.
Matrix on the Radio
Nora Thompson, Executive Director, and Lynne Wasley, Senior Parent Advisor and Resource and Referral Coordinator, will be featured on the West Marin community public radio station. They will be interviewed about Matrix and the services offered.
Oct. 29, 9:15 am – 10:00 am.
KWMR at 90.5 FM or 89.2 FM. If you can’t pick up the station on your radio, you can listen on your computer. It’s streamed on to www.kwmr.org
Sibshops are Back!
Sibshops are for any child from 7-12 years old who has a sibling of any age with special needs.
Nov. 10,9:30-2:30 pm
San Rafael
Please rsvp to Matrix 1-800-578-2592 and ask for the sibshop registration form.
IEP Basics: An overview of the special education process and building the IEP document.
11/3, 10 am - noon.
Matrix Fairfield.
IEP Basics: An overview of the special education process and building the IEP document.
11/7, 6:30-8:30 pm.
Petaluma Library.
Other Events
“The Key of G” is an award-winning one-hour documentary about disability, care giving, community integration and interdependence. The film follows Gannet, a charismatic 22-year-old with physical and developmental disabilities, as he leaves his mother's home to share an apartment with a close-knit group of artists and musicians who support him, not only as paid caregivers, but also as friends. Together they create a uniquely successful model of supported living, and a compelling alternative to institutionalized care.
10/21 at 6pm.
KQED (Channel 9 in most locations)
New Treatments — New Hope
Update for Parents and Professionals on Treating Depression, AD/HD, and Substance Abuse
Nov. 10, 9 am- 4 pm
Marin Center
Call Leslie Isaac at 415-459-5999 ext. 101.
Region 1 & 4 Nineteenth Annual Winter Institute
"Revitalize Through Instruction"
Jan 17, 18, & 19, 2007
Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park
www.mcoe.us
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NICHCY training module on special education law. Focuses on IDEA's discipline procedures.
http://www.nichcy.org/training/contents.asp
Distributed by: Matrix Parent Network and Resource Center, a non-profit organization helping families of children with special needs. As a clearinghouse of information and resources, it is our policy not to recommend or endorse any one specific diagnostic or therapeutic program or to engage in legal advocacy. Our website is located at: http://www.matrixparents.org/ or email: info@matrixparents.org Please email comments about this Newsletter to: jennifer@matrixparents.org