Project CORE - Mailing List Archives

1) Updated booklet on Financial and Future Planning from ARC online
2) Does your child need assistive technology?
3)Safety Net of Tangled Web? A report of programs and services for Adults with disabilities from The Urban Institute
4) 2 New Tash Telephone Conferences Series

1) Updated booklet on Financial and Future Planning from ARC online
The Arc of the United States has updated their guide designed to provide insights to families on personal, financial, and legal protections for children with cognitive, intellectual, or developmental disabilities after the death of their parents or when they are no longer in a position to provide care or support. This excellent resource is available online. Visit www.thearc.org to view A Family Handbook on Future Planning .

2) Does your child need assistive technology?
Here is a list of valuable resources that you will want to check out. Washington Assistive Technology Alliance, http://www.wata.org , Funds, available to everyone. Special Education Technology Center, http://www.cwu.edu/~setc , State Needs Project through Superintendent of Public Instruction, focus on school-aged individuals/needs. Washington Assistive Technology Foundation, www.watf.org , funding for assistive technology, non-profit.

3) Safety Net of Tangled Web? A report of programs and services for Adults with disabilities from The Urban Institute - By David Wittenburg and Melissa Favreault
This report describes 15 major public programs serving low-income, non-elderly adults with disabilities. The authors conclude that the safety net for low-income adults with disabilities is more like a tangled web of conflicting goals and gaps in needed services. Opportunities for temporary cash, training, and rehabilitation support are especially limited for disabled adults with limited work histories and/or who experienced their disability outside of work. SSI, a permanent cash benefit program that could likely lead to a lifetime of program participation, is the primary option for these adults. The authors discuss promising policy options that take a more coordinated approach in serving the complex needs of adults with disabilities. www.urban.org/url.cfm?ID=900667

Effective Strategies to Access the General Ed Curriculum and Achieve Inclusive Outcomes for Children with Significant Disabilities.
The Future of Adult Services : Managing New Directions in Uncertain Times.

Please forward this information to any listserves or colleagues that you think may have an interest. These exciting sessions take place over the telephone! You can call in from home, work, or on the road! Only one telephone line may dial in per registrant. You can register as an individual or as a site. If you register as a site and have access to a speakerphone, or have the ability to do internal conferencing, you may have as many participants as you would like listening to the session, and you will also receive an audiotape of the session as well! If you are interested in a topic but cannot participate at the scheduled time, just register anyway and dial in to listen to a replay of the session at your convenience! The topics are listed below. For more complete information, including registration
rates, please visit : http://www.tash.org/teleconferences/index.htm

Series 1 - Effective Strategies to Access the General Ed Curriculum and
Achieve Inclusive Outcomes for Children with Significant Disabilities

The Effects of "Pull Out" on Community and Learning -Tuesday, April 27th.
If Everyone Agrees This is SO Important, Why Do So Few Kids Have
Friends? -Thursday, April 29th
Alternatives to Over-Reliance on Paraprofessionals - Wednesday, May 5th
Six and ½ Lessons for Inclusive Educational Outcomes - Wednesday, May 12th
Beyond Access: Students with Autism Learning General Ed Curriculum -Tuesday, May 18th
The Least Dangerous Assumption in Practice - Friday, May 21st
Communication Supports within General Education Classrooms, Monday, May 24th

Series 2 - The Future of Adult Services : Managing New Directions in
Uncertain Times

Creating High Energy Organizational Culture -Thursday, May 20th
Out-Maneuvering the System - Thursday, May 27th
Using Self-Determination Tools to Achieve Flexible Supports - Tuesday, June 1st
CMS's Independence Plus Initiative - Tuesday June 8th
Recapturing Person Center Plans Thursday, June 10th
Building Meaningful Daytimes - Tuesday, June 15th
The Real Challenges of Individualized Supports - Wednesday, June 16th
Paying Customers Are Not Enough - Tuesday, June 22nd

For additional information please contact us at :
TASH
29 W. Susquehanna Ave, Suite 210
Baltimore, MD 21204
410-828-8274 x 103
Fax: 410-828-6706
www.tash.org
The 2nd edition of "Foundations for Inclusive Education" is now available. Visit www.tash.org to order your copy today!

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 .
While The Connecting Point is not a discussion group, additional questions and discussions can be posted at 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
Fax 1-509-928-1522
Web site www.projectcore.org

CORE Project
PMB 175
1324 N. Liberty Lake Rd
Liberty Lake, WA 99019
(A Project of Washington PAVE)