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The Connecting Point

Volume 3 Issue 2 May 17th, 2005
In This ISSUE:
1) MEDICARE: Outreach Toolkit for Medicare Drug Coverage Now Available
2) New Parent Briefs from the National Center on Secondary Education and Transition
3) Resource papers on health care quality
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1) MEDICARE: Outreach Toolkit for Medicare Drug Coverage Now Available. CMS has developed an Outreach Toolkit designed to equip community organizations with the materials needed to provide information and assistance to their clients on the Medicare prescription drug coverage. The toolkit - www.cms.hhs.gov/partnerships/tools/materials/medicaretraining/MPDCoutreachkit.asp   is developed with basic, straightforward information that can be easily conveyed to beneficiaries.
www.cms.hhs.gov/partnerships/tools/materials/medicaretraining/pdctoolkit/download.asp

Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner has many resources on line to help consumers understand insurance options for people with disabilities and prescription drug coverage changes. www.insurance.wa.gov/consumers/SHIBA_HelpLine/readonline_shiba.asp

Fact Sheet: Health insurance options for People with Disabilities www.insurance.wa.gov/publications/consumer/Disability_Options.pdf

Fact Sheet on Paying for Prescription Drugs www.insurance.wa.gov/publications/consumer/Paying_For_Prescription_Drugs.pdf

2) New Parent Briefs from the National Center on Secondary Education and Transition - National Center for Secondary Education and Transition (NCSET) Parent Briefs provide parents and families information on a wide range of topics addressing secondary education and transition. The following new Parent Briefs are produced by NCSET in collaboration with PACER Center.

Universal Design for Learning and the Transition to a More Challenging Academic Curriculum: Making it in Middle School and Beyond http://www.ncset.org/publications/viewdesc.asp?id=2165 (April 2005)  This brief describes universal design, a process for creating environments that support the learning of students with diverse abilities, styles, and needs. In universal design, versatility is built into the environment from the start. Further resources are also provided.

Spanish translations are now available for NCSET Parent Briefs entitled "Parenting Postsecondary Students with Disabilities, IDEA 1997 & the IEP for Transition Aged Students, and person centered planning.

Criando Estudiantes de Postsecundaria con Discapacidades: Convirtiéndose en el Mentor, Abogado y Guía que su Hijo Necesita http://www.ncset.org/publications/viewdesc.asp?id=2127    (March 2002)  This is the Spanish-language edition of the Parent Brief entitled "Parenting Postsecondary Students with Disabilities: Becoming the Mentor, Advocate, and Guide Your Young Adult Needs."

IDEA 1997 Temas de Transición http://www.ncset.org/publications/viewdesc.asp?id=2129    (July 2002)
This is the Spanish-language edition of the Parent Brief entitled "IDEA 1997 Transition Issues: The IEP for Transition Aged Students."

La Planificación Centrada en la Persona: Una Herramienta para la Transición http://www.ncset.org/publications/viewdesc.asp?id=2126   (February 2004) This is the Spanish-language edition of the Parent Brief entitled "Person-Centered Planning: A Tool for Transition."
 
All NCSET Parent Briefs  can be accessed from the NCSET web site www.ncset.org/publications/default.asp#parent or the PACER web site http://www.pacer.org/publications/transition.htm

3) Resource papers on health care quality The Agency of Health Care Research and Quality has a series of consumer-friendly papers on how to get and assess health care quality at http://www.ahrq.gov/consumer/index.html#plans .  The materials include "Quick Tips:  When Talking to Your Doctor," "Improving Health Care Quality:  A Guide for Patients and Families," and "Ways You Can Help Your Family Prevent Medical Errors."

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

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