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Strand J, Session 1: Creating Inclusive Adult Lives Through Online Resources for Families and Professionals
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This presentation will focus on sharing information with families and professionals interested in transition to adulthood. A microsite dedicated to providing families with resources, information, and tools necessary to create an inclusive and meaningful life in the community will be discussed. In addition, the presenters will share a comprehensive online resource on the topic of customized employment. Both products will provide participants with the best of what is known on these topics in the areas of research, experience-based knowledge, and policy. Participants will have the opportunity to interact with the Web site and to discuss the possibilities inherent in knowledge translation. (11788)
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April 4, 2009 / 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM
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4C-1
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Lecture
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Parent/Family/School Partnerships
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| Leaders: |
Ann Turnbull, University of Kansas, Beach Center on Disability, Lawrence
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| Presenters: |
Shea Obremski, Beach Center on Disability, Lawrence, KS
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Strand J, Session 2: Online Knowledge Guides Combining Research, Experience, and Policy: Enhancing Family-Professional Partnerships on Early Childhood Issues
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This presentation will center on the possibilities technology can provide in promoting family-professional partnerships at the early childhood level. Two different online products will be presented: one focuses on assessment in early childhood and the other focuses on communication choices for children that have cochlear implants. Both products were created to address the fact that families and educators need access to the best available research, most relevant experience-based knowledge, and most current policy in succinct, reader-friendly, multimedia formats. Although we will provide examples on these two specific topics, the overall concept and promise of technology for early family-professional partnerships will be the point of discussion. (11789)
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April 4, 2009 / 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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4C-1
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Lecture
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Parent/Family/School Partnerships
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| Leaders: |
Ann Turnbull, University of Kansas, Beach Center on Disability, Lawrence
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| Presenters: |
Kathleen Kyzar, Beach Center on Disability, Lawrence, KS
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Strand J, Session 3: Supporting Asian Families to Engage in Active Family-Professional Partnerships Through Culturally and Linguistically Relevant Online Resource
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Asian American families experience challenges in creating and sustaining meaningful family-professional partnerships. These challenges typically result from language barriers as well as cultural and value differences, particularly as they relate to education. In this presentation, two online resources that focus on supporting Asian American families both at the early childhood level and throughout the individualized education program process will be shared. These resources utilize Web 2.0 technologies and incorporate research, parents’ experiences, as well as policy. In addition to these online resources, a family advocate will discuss her experiences with families on this topic. Participants will walk away from this presentation with tips, strategies, and action steps to foster partnerships. (11790)
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April 4, 2009 / 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM
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4C-1
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| Format: |
Lecture
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Parent/Family/School Partnerships
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| Leaders: |
Ann Turnbull, University of Kansas, Beach Center on Disability, Lawrence
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| Presenters: |
Joo Young Hong, Beach Center on Disability, Lawrence, KS; Yvone Link, Parent to Parent Power, Tacoma, WA
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Strand J, Session 4: Online Family Support Community of Practice: Blogs, Wikis, and Social Networking to Enhance Family-Professional Partnerships
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Knowing is an ongoing social accomplishment that is constantly generated and regenerated as people interact with one another and the systems around them. A community of practice (CoP) is a group of people who gather to share what they know and generate new knowledge. Online CoPs, like the Family Support CoP we will share in this presentation, allow parents and professionals from diverse regions and backgrounds who have a common challenge or goal to partner in a variety of ways to increase the knowledge of the whole community. This presentation will focus on sharing what we have learned about CoPs and how this Web 2.0 tool can be used to promote family-professional partnerships. (11791)
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April 4, 2009 / 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
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| Room Number: |
4C-1
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| Format: |
Lecture
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Parent/Family/School Partnerships
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| Leaders: |
Ann Turnbull, University of Kansas, Beach Center on Disability, Lawrence
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TBD
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