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The Connecting Point
Volume 1 Issue 24    Date February 16, 2004



In This ISSUE:    
1) ADA Basic Building Blocks Web Course
2) Wa. State Adolescent Transition Resource Notebook is now on line
3) On line Class Making Distance Learning Accessible
4) Making Your Case a self-study course on Advocacy

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1) ADA Basic Building Blocks Web Course -
The Great Lakes ADA and Accessible IT Center announces the availability of an online course developed through a collaboration with the 10 Regional Disability and Business Technical Assistance Centers (DBTACs) and hosted by  the Southeast DBTAC about the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Source: Listmaster: Housing and Disability Issues The ADA Basic Building Blocks is an introductory web course that explores the legal requirements and the spirit of the ADA.  The course content is self-paced and organized into 12 topics that have been designed to be studied in order.  It covers the basic principles and core concepts contained in the ADA.  For more information and to register for the course go to www.adabasics.org

2) Wa. State Adolescent Transition Resource Notebook is now on Line -
The notebook is a valuable resource on transition for schools, communities families, students and providers in Washington State. It contains individual documents, handouts and resources that are available that are available to copy. They documents are now available on line and may be downloaded by individual document or the entire section.   http://depts.washington.edu/healthtr

3) Free Online Class- Making  Distance Education Accessible for Individuals with Disabilities Access E-Learning (AEL) is a ten-module tutorial  on instruction in making the following elements accessible: Powerpoint Slides, Video, Flash, Word Documents, Excel Documents, PDF Documents, Common HTML Elements and Advanced HTML Elements. Registration is free and will give you unlimited access.     www.accesselearning.net
Source:   Listmaster: Housing and Disability Issues

4) "Making Your Case"
is a self-study course designed to help people with Developmental disabilities and their families create positive change through advocacy. This course seeks to enhance an individual's advocacy skills and was created by the Minnesota Governor's Council on Developmental Disabilities. For more information go to http://www.partnersinpolicymaking.com/makingyourcase  
Source:   Reference Points

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Readers are invited to send information about new resources on secondary education, transition from school, services and supports for adults with disabilities to connectingpoint@projectcore.org . Approved information will then be posted.  Additional questions or comments can be sent to the Project Coordinator at coordinator@projectcore.org .
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bulletinboard@projectcore.org .
The CORE Project is funded by the Department of Education Rehabilitation Services Administration.
The CORE Project (In Washington State)
Phone- 1-800-5-PARENT
Phone- 1-509-928-1522
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Web site www.projectcore.org

CORE Project
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1324 N. Liberty Lake Rd
Liberty Lake, WA 99019
(A Project of Washington PAVE)

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