Kitsap County Parent Coalition

DDA Services and Application Assistance
2023-02-08 16:00 - 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Learn about the services DDA offers. At the end of the training, applicants can meet individually with a DDA Case Resource Manager to fill out their applications and ask questions.
Register: https://forms.gle/YbNiHeyZ1SdEmweX6

Building Trust and Relationships
2023-02-10 13:00 - 15:00 | Olympic Educational Service District OESD 114, 105 National Ave N, Bremerton, WA, 98312, United States
Clock hours and attendance certificates are available.
A light lunch is served. Please let us know if you have dietary considerations.
IF YOU WANT TO CREATE “LACK OF MOTIVATION” FOR SOMEONE WITH AUTISM…Make trust, love, and acceptance contingent on their “Good Behavior.” In this training, we will talk about how relationships begin with trust, respect, understanding, communication, choice, and patience. These are important health and safety conditions we need to stand firm on. Trusting relationships help our sons and daughters feel safe to communicate their wants and needs whether they are verbal or not. Building a foundation of respect needs to be on the terms of the individual we support.
If you are not able to come in person, join us on Zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8599141421
RSVP is requested but not necessary to attend. You can RSVP on the Facebook event, by email at mhughes@wa.easterseals.com, or calling 360-373-2502*100

Special Education Series: Bullying & Harrassment
2023-02-15 11:00 - 13:00 | Olympic Educational Service District OESD 114, 105 National Ave N, Bremerton, WA, 98312, United States
ESD 114 SERIES OF WORKSHOPS AND IEP CLINICS
Special Education 2022-2023 School Year
These trainings are opportunities for parents, caregivers, and professionals to learn how students receive their special education services.
The first hour will be the training topic. The IEP clinic will begin in the second hour allowing individuals to bring their student’s IEP, Evaluation, or 504 plan to the clinic and ask questions.
QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT VANESSA LEWIS
253-720-1583 or Vlewis@wapave.org
Register by going to: https://www.tfaforms.com/5012314

Autism 101
2023-04-11 18:00 - 20:00
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Autism 101
This training will provide an overview of Autism including its genesis, the unique characteristics of autism and how each person may be affected, relationship development, and technology. This training is valuable to parents, guardians, teachers, community service providers, etc.
Attendance certificates and clock hours available
Please join us on Zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8599141421

Special Education Series: High School Transition
2023-04-19 11:00 - 13:00 | Olympic Educational Service District OESD 114, 105 National Ave N, Bremerton, WA, 98312, United States
ESD 114 SERIES OF WORKSHOPS AND IEP CLINICS (Download Schedule)
Special Education 2022-2023 School Year
These trainings are opportunities for parents, caregivers, and professionals to learn how students receive their special education services.
The first hour will be the training topic. The IEP clinic will begin in the second hour allowing individuals to bring their student’s IEP, Evaluation, or 504 plan to the clinic and ask questions.
QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT VANESSA LEWIS
253-720-1583 or Vlewis@wapave.org
Register by going to: https://www.tfaforms.com/5012314

Parenting Across the Lifespan
2023-05-23 18:00 - 20:00
Join us online at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8599141421
Caring for a child with autism at any age can demand a lot of energy and time. There may be days when we feel overwhelmed, stressed, or discouraged, while other days we are vitalized, hopeful, and encouraged. Parenting isn’t an easy role for a neurotypical child and raising a neurodivergent child across the lifespan can prove to be even more challenging. In order to be the best parent you can be, it’s essential that you take care of yourself, plan, and surround yourself with people who are knowledgeable and caring.
I hope you will join me for an informative and frank webinar about parenting across the lifespan from a Mom, Advocate, and Activist for People with Autism and Intellectual Disabilities.
~ Monica
RSVP is requested but not necessary to attend. You can RSVP by email at kcpc@wa.easterseals.com, or calling (360) 347-6412.

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Special Education Series: Questions & Answers & IEP Clinic
2023-06-07 11:00 - 13:00 | Olympic Educational Service District OESD 114, 105 National Ave N, Bremerton, WA, 98312, United States

Autism Therapies and Best Practices Supports
2023-06-20 18:00 - 20:00 | Online
Many interventions exist for autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Yet, scientific research has found only some of these interventions effective. The interventions that researchers have shown to be effective are called evidence-based practices (EBPs). One reason for using EBPs is that, by law, teaching practices must be based on evidence of effectiveness.
We will learn

about ASD-EBPs
at what age and stage they are used and implemented
at what cognitive levels they can be effective
how they provide socially competent instruction
sensory processing
and more.

We will also touch upon the history and controversy of ABA. To learn more about ABA, read Understanding ABA for Parents & Caregivers.
Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8599141421

Special Education Series: Back to School Workshop
2023-08-16 11:00 - 13:00 | Olympic Educational Service District OESD 114, 105 National Ave N, Bremerton, WA, 98312, United States
Special Education 2022-2023 School Year
These trainings are opportunities for parents, caregivers, and professionals to learn how students receive their special education services.
The first hour will be the training topic. The IEP clinic will begin in the second hour allowing individuals to bring their student’s IEP, Evaluation, or 504 plan to the clinic and ask questions.
QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT VANESSA LEWIS
253-720-1583 or Vlewis@wapave.org
Register by going to: https://www.tfaforms.com/5012314

Autism Training: Foster Independence and Autonomy at Home, School, and Work
2023-10-17 17:30 - 20:30 | Online
Individuals with autism can experience challenges in executive functioning that dramatically affect their ability to perform tasks independently to completion. As a result, an autistic person often relies heavily on the support of family, teachers, job coaches, and caregivers to complete daily, academic, or work tasks. Join us in this training to learn about executive function, critical thinking, learning styles, and how it impacts independence. This training will also provide information, strategies, and tools that provide support, based on learning styles that encourage independence.
Training participants will learn:

Overview of Autism characteristics,
Understand learning styles, executive function, and critical thinking and its impact on independence and self-esteem.
Learn strategies that encourage independence and autonomy; building on strengths, interests, and motivations.

RSVP is requested but not required in order to share information beforehand. There are three teacher clock hours available.
Questions/RSVP: Melia Hughes, kcpc@wa.easterseals.com, (360) 347-6412
Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8599141421

KCPC Meeting: Advocacy & Leadership Workshop Part 1
2023-11-09 18:00 - 20:00 | Online
Join us for the first part of this two-day workshop with amazing advocate, Jeremy Kredlo.
Telling Your Story Workshop – Whether you’re fine-tuning your ask, or you want to learn to advocate for change. At the end of this session, you will know how to define an issue and advocate for policy and/or system change by drawing from personal experiences to make your point effectively and memorably.
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KCPC Meeting: Advocacy & Leadership Workshop Part 2
2023-11-13 18:00 - 20:00 | Online
Join us for the second part of this two-day workshop with amazing advocate, Jeremy Kredlo.
Practicing Your Pitch – Finally! This is the time to practice telling your story in front of other advocates. You will receive the best feedback to help you refine your talking points to get your message across effectively and create change in your community.
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Special Ed Training: Mediation and Facilitated IEP
2023-11-29 16:00 - 17:30 | Online
What happens if you don’t feel like your concerns are being heard by the school? Attend online to learn about the mediation process, a free offering by the OSPI. This event is hosted by Washington PAVE and presented by Sound Options Group.
Register to sign up for all or some of the trainings below:

November 29 – 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm – Mediation / Facilitated IEP
January 31 – 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm – Extended School Year
April 10 – 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm – High School Transition
May 8 – 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm – Preparing for the 2024-2025 School Year

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Autism & I/DD Training: The Importance of Planning
2024-01-16 17:30 - 20:30 | Online
Don’t Let Fate Be in Control of Your Loved One’s Destiny
Families and care providers of loved ones with Autism and Intellectual Disabilities need to stay engaged in the disability community because it takes a village. We know that life after the entitled school years is often scattered with challenges and setbacks; we as parents and self-advocates need to be persistent, hopeful, and planful. The reality we face is that we cannot rely on the social service system to meet the needs of our loved ones, there isn’t enough money or expertise to do that. What we can do as parents for our children is to dream, innovate, and activate a plan for the lifespan. This training will provide you with an overview of lifespan supports and services, planning tools, who to involve, and how to activate and sustain a plan.
Training participants will learn:

The importance of knowing the social service system.
When to plan and how to revise the plan.
Developing a plan is a helpful outcome that will benefit the guardianship annual reporting.
When to ask for services, how to ask for services, and be planful of the future for you and your loved one so no one gets surprised, uprooted, or traumatized by unforeseen life circumstances.

Register to get the Zoom link. There are three teacher clock hours available.
This class is provided free by Kitsap County Developmental Disabilities and Monica Meyer Consulting.

Special Ed Parent Training: Extended School Year
2024-01-31 16:00 - 17:30 | Online
Learn about the Extended School Year, who qualifies, and how to ask for it.
Register to sign up for all or some of the trainings below:

January 31 – 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm – Extended School Year
April 10 – 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm – High School Transition
May 8 – 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm – Preparing for the 2024-2025 School Year

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DDA Information Night and Application Assistance
2024-02-07 18:00 - 19:30 | Online
Learn about the types of services DDA offers, application timeline, roadmap, and conditions for eligibility. There will be lots of time for questions and answers. After the short training, there will be time to meet with an eligibility specialist from DDA in a private breakout room.
Email us for the Zoom link.
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Info & Solicitud de DDA
2024-02-07 18:00 - 19:30
¡Únase a South Sound Parent to Parent y a nuestros amigos de la Colición de Padres del Condado de Kitsap para hablar sobre DDA con la especialista en admisión de DDA, Doreen Vandervort, para este seminario web informativo.
Este evento GRATUITO es virtual. Para obtener más información o para solicitar alojamiento, comuníquese con Angie Godinez. Coordinador de Padres Auxiliares del Condado de Mason
agodinez@ssp2p.org, 360.352.1126
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Autism and I/DD Training: Value of Assistive Technology
2024-03-19 17:30 - 20:30 | Online
Assistive technology (AT) is defined as any product, equipment, software program, and/or system that enhances learning, working, and daily living for a person with autism and intellectual disability. The goal of assistive technology is to increase, maintain, or improve the functional capabilities of people with disabilities. Assistive technology has made considerable advances in a short period that can be of value for your loved one by helping with independence, autonomy, safety, and aids in activities of daily living. Assistive technology has made a difference in our lives; it is no different for our loved ones with autism and intellectual disability. This training will provide you with examples of low to advanced technology that enhances the life, safety, learning, and well-being of our loved ones with autism and an intellectual disability.
Training participants will learn:

The importance of assistive technology (AT) in the lives of our adult children with autism and intellectual disabilities
How technology can advance a person’s capacity for learning, independence, safety, and well-being
Examples and applications of AT
Purchasing and implementing AT

This class is provided free by Kitsap County Developmental Disabilities and Monica Meyer Consulting.
Register: http://tinyurl.com/y7cwpcx4
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Special Ed Training: High School Transitions
2024-04-10 16:00 - 17:30 | Online
Some students qualify for high school transition education, extending time in school until their 21st birthday. Find out more and learn about concurrent services such as School to Work and Job Foundations.
Register to sign up for all or some of the trainings below:

April 10 – 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm – High School Transition
May 8 – 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm – Preparing for the 2024-2025 School Year

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Special Ed Training: Preparing for the 2024-2025 School Year
2024-05-08 16:00 - 17:30 | Online
How can the IEP team, including parents, craft an IEP to support the student in their next year? What can parents do to prepare their students during the summer for the next school? Learn answers to these questions and more. Time for Q&A.
Register to sign up for this training.
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RESCHEDULED Autism Training: Advocacy for Appropriate Service Supports
2024-06-18 17:30 - 20:30 | Online
This training will be rescheduled.
If you are interested in dropping in for a casual discussion, please join us at this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8599141421?omn=84159516064
We will be there until 7:30 PM
To be an autism advocate means standing up for the rights of people with autism and amplifying the voices of the community when they are faced with obstacles. This can be done in many ways, such as educating others, volunteering, or donating to autism advocacy organizations, and defending their right at local, state, and federal levels of services. Self-advocacy should be taught explicitly, and practiced at school, out in the community, and at home. In this training, you will learn the importance of self-advocate voices, the value of your loved one’s voice, and their ability to communicate their choice and interests. Come explore with us what advocacy is on all levels of advocacy.
Training participants will learn:

How communication supports and choice opportunities foster self-advocacy, specifically for non-verbal individuals.
Self-advocacy is especially important for students with autism and is necessary to achieve a higher level of independence, confidence, and a sense of identity.
Learn that advocacy from parents and guardians has been the trailblazing efforts that have made and changed policies on a local, state, and federal level.

There are three teacher clock hours available. This free class is provided by Kitsap County Developmental Disabilities and Monica Meyer Consulting.
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Understanding the Special Education Process
2024-09-25 16:00 - 17:30 | Online
This training will bring understanding to the Special Education Process and how it works to ensure students with disabilities receive a Free Appropriate Public Education. It will also clarify the rights and responsibilities under IDEA. Participants will become knowledgeable in navigating the Special Education process from eligibility, evaluation, and the development of IEPs and their implementation. After the training, an IEP Clinic is available to participants to share their questions and concerns regarding their students, evaluations, IEPs, or meetings.
Register for one or all classes

September 25th, 2024: Understanding the Special Education Process
January 29th, 2025: Washington State Governors Office of the Education Ombuds overview
April 9th, 2025: School To Adulthood: Planning The Path
May 7th, 2025: Assistive Technology (AT): Does my student qualify for Assistive Technology

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KCPC Meeting - Applying For Guardianship in Kitsap County
2024-09-26 18:00 - 19:30 | Online
Did you know planning for guardianship starts at age 17 and local rules now require that an attorney or the Courthouse Facilitator review reports before submitting them to ensure proper forms are used and they are fully completed? Learn more about the Lay Guardianship process from Court Facilitators, Becky Turbyfill and Shauna Johnson.
We will learn:

What’s new in Guardianship law?
At what age should we start planning?
Learn about what adult guardianship is and some alternatives to guardianship.
Meet Kitsap County court facilitators and learn how they can help you seamlessly apply for guardianship.
Time for questions at the end

RSVP is not required but is appreciated. We send an after-meeting email with links to resources.
Zoom meeting link
Meeting ID: 931 4753 3593
Passcode: 614
Questions/RSVP: Melia Hughes at kcpc@wa.easterseals.com or (206) 486-0300.
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Washington State Governors Office of the Education Ombuds
2025-01-29 16:00 - 17:30 | Online
Description: Overview of the OEO’s work and how the office supports families, communities, and schools addressing the concerns that impact all students’ education. There will be an IEP clinic to address individual questions and concerns.
Register for any or all classes

January 29th, 2025: Washington State Governors Office of the Education Ombuds overview
April 9th, 2025: School To Adulthood: Planning The Path
May 7th, 2025: Assistive Technology (AT): Does my student qualify for Assistive Technology

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Autism and Inclusion Training for Families, Teachers, and Community Partners
2025-02-19 17:30 - 20:30 | Online
Unlock the Power of Inclusion
In this session, we will:

Examine the transition from the traditional medical model of disability to the empowering social model, which emphasizes inclusion, self-determination, and societal support rather than focusing solely on deficits or impairments of a person.
Embrace a collaborative approach with community partners and neurodivergent individuals to create inclusive environments that enhance social communication and understanding.
Explore strategies to help neurodivergent individuals navigate social norms, recognize the consequences of their actions, and make positive, informed choices, ultimately supporting their successful participation in society.

Strategies learned in this class can also be employed to support people with FAS, TBI, and others facing barriers to social inclusion in our community.
This training is for families, teachers, and community partners.
Presenter: Monica Meyer, M Meyer Consulting, Inc.
Questions: Melia at kcpc@wa.easterseals.com
Three teacher clock hours available
Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_VA38jUHdRzOqjQ9Cr9Lkcw
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KCPC Meeting: Transition Services for High Schoolers with Disabilities
2025-03-27 18:00 - 19:30 | Online
Learn about services for students transitioning to adulthood from the Division of Vocational Rehab (DVR), Kitsap County Developmental Disabilities, and Trillium Employment Services.

Career planning
Services Roadmap
Working with Supported Employment

RSVP is not required to attend but helps us plan. RSVP at kcpc@wa.easterseals.com to receive updates and reminders.
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School to Adulthood: Planning the Path
2025-04-09 16:00 - 17:30 | Online
This training will provide information to parents, guardians, and professionals who assist students with disabilities in planning a path for their future. It’s never too soon to begin planning to ensure a smooth transition from school to adulthood.
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Does my student qualify for Assistive Technology (AT)?
2025-05-07 16:00 - 17:30 | Online
This training will cover the: What, When, How, Who, and Where of Assistive Technology for students with disabilities or learning challenges.
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Sensory Strategies for Participating in the Community
2025-05-12 17:30 - 20:30 | Online
In this training, we’ll explore the five senses and additional sensory factors impacting community participation. Join us at 5:30 to meet, share resources, and network. The training portion will begin at 6:00 PM.
Presenter: Monica Meyer, M Meyer Consulting, Inc.
Questions: Melia at kcpc@wa.easterseals.com
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