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.
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.
How to use the DD ETF to save for the future of your individual without impacting state and federal benefits.
Did you know local rules now require that an attorney or the Courthouse Facilitator review reports prior to submitting them to ensure proper forms are used and they are fully completed? Find out more about the Lay Guardianship process from Court Facilitator, Becky Turbyfill.
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.
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. 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.
Learn about the services DDA offers. At the end of the training, applicants can get personal assistance in private break-out rooms.
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.
A support group for parents and caregivers of children with developmental delays, disabilities, and/or special health care needs.
Deanne Jackson from Kitsap County Substance Abuse Prevention Services will present on how to recognize signs of substance use and provide toolkits for prevention.