Listed here are Kitsap events related to developmental disabilities or special education including our monthly meeting. Not all community events are posted here. If you would like to add an event, please contact us.
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.
Join us for an informal meeting. Meet other parents and caregivers, learn about upcoming training opportunities, and learn ways to advocate for people with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Grab a warm drink, pull up a chair, and let's talk about what's coming in the new year.
Training participants will learn:
1. The importance of knowing the social service system.
2. When to plan and how to revise the plan.
3. Developing a plan is a helpful outcome that will benefit the guardianship annual reporting.
4. 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.
The Port Gamble S'Klallam tribe is hosting the resource fair in their beautiful long house for the greater community with many resource providers. There will be health providers, behavior services, respite, advocates, social security, DSHS, Easterseals, special needs travel resources, and more.
Have a question for Social Security? Now's your chance! Send in your questions to [email protected]
Copy this URL to join Microsoft Teams meeting:
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Learn about the Extended School Year, who qualifies, and how to ask for it.
Learn about the types of services DDA has to offer, 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.
¡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.
Hear from Partners 4 Housing on creative ways to find and fund housing for your individual with developmental disabilities.
Training participants will learn:
1. The importance of assistive technology (AT) in the lives of our adult children with autism and intellectual disabilities
2. How technology can advance a person’s capacity for learning, independence, safety, and well-being
3. Examples and applications of AT
4. Purchasing and implementing AT
Learn from the Division of Vocational Rehab (DVR), Kitsap County Developmental Disabilities, and Trillium Employment Services about services for students transitioning to adulthood.
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.
Support and training for various diagnoses can be found on our Resources page.
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