March 14
ADA and the Right to Play
The workshops are co-sponsored by
Arc Hennepin-Carver, City of Bloomington and the Minnesota Recreation
and Park Association.
Location: Bloomington Civic Plaza.
The following workshops will be offered:
Reasonable
Accommodations, Inclusion, and the Recreation Professional
Time:
1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Cost: $5.00 per person for Arc members,
$10.00 per person for non-members
This workshop is designed for
recreation professionals It will identify specific reasonable
accommodations in the ADA statute and regulations; explain the
process of applying accommodations to meet the needs of each individual
who has a disability; and discuss strategies for providing reasonable
accommodations.
Parents Putting the Americans with Disabilities Act to Work for
Your Child.
Time: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Cost: $15
per person
This workshop is designed for parents
who have children with disabilities. It will help parents understand
their children's right to recreation under the Americans with Disabilities
Act and learn how they can put the ADA to work for their child.
Keynote speaker for both workshops is John McGovern, Executive Director
of the Northern Suburban Special Recreation Association. He will
share the insight and experience he has gained in nearly 30 years
as a leading recreation professional and expert on ADA compliance.
For more information and to register for this event, please visit:
www.archennepincarver.org or call Arc Hennepin-Carver at (952) 920-0855
March 16
Leading the Way!
Sponsor: Rise
Location: Earle Brown Heritage
Center, 6155 Earle Brown Drive, Brooklyn Center, MN
Time: Social
Hour is 5:00 to 6:00 p.m.; buffet dinner from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.;
and the annual meeting begins at 7:00 p.m.
Cost: Rise staff and
program participants are free, all other guests are $15.00
Call
Beth DePoint at Rise North, 763-783-2822 or by e-mail at bdepoint@rise.org to
register.
March 22
Care Vs. Empowerment
Location: Radisson Hotel Metrodome, 615
Washington Avenue SE, Minneapolis, MN
Time: 8:00 am to 12:00 pm
Cost: The conference
is free of charge, but registration is required. To register, Please
call Lorri Todd at 612-625-8954. A conference brochure with registration
form is at:
http://www.hsr.umn.edu/coa/
This conference is the fourth in a series on disability intended
to bring together faculty and community representatives who share
an interest in disability issues for the purpose of furthering our
insights and potentially creating an agenda that will form the basis
for ongoing collaboration. This is a program in the President's 21st
Century Interdisciplinary Conference Series.
Much divides health care professionals from the people with disabilities
whom they serve. Whereas health professionals often view disability
as an impairment of the person, for people with disabilities the
problem is not so much the impairment itself than the social and
physical environment that does not meet their needs. Whereas health
care professionals focus on care and still often make unilateral
treatment decisions, people with disabilities seek empowerment and
want access to information to support their own decisions and to
maximize control over their lives. As a result of differences over
goals, timelines, the respective roles of caregivers and recipients
of care, and the meaning of disability, what health professionals
provide may not always be what people with disabilities need. This
session will identify and explore these differences, outline strategies
to bridge them, and seek to find points of common ground.
April
April 15-16
Deciding Our Future
Sponsored
by: Advocating Change Together
Location: Radisson Riverfront Hotel
in Downtown St. Paul
Those attending will learn more about the
power of self-advocacy, meet with old friends and make new ones,
learn together, laugh together, and share life experiences. For more
information see Page 9 for registration information or contact Kathy
Sanders at 651-641-0297 or via e-mail at act@selfadvocacy.org.
April 25
‘What To Do When The Work Day
Ends’
Sponsored by: Arc’s Caregiver
Connections
Location: Arc Hennepin-Carver, 4301 Highway
7, Suite 158, St. Louis Park
Time: 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Cost: $5 per
person for Arc members and $10 per person for non-members.
For Parents and caregivers who oversee
the care of an adult with mental retardation or related developmental
disabilities can put more fun in their family’s life with
ideas from the Caregiver Connections: Long Term Vistas.
What to
Do When the Work Day Ends” will explore the wide variety
of recreation and leisure programs available in the metro area and
how families can take advantage of these opportunities when an adult
family member has a disability. The guest speaker will be Nicole
White, therapeutic recreation specialist with the City of Eden Prairie
Parks and Recreation Department.
Caregiver Connections: Long-Term Vistas is an information and support
network for parents and caregivers of adults over age 21 with mental
retardation and related developmental disabilities. It’s an
opportunity to gain valuable information, discuss issues and make
friends with others who share common concerns and experiences.
To register or request more information, call Arc Hennepin-Carver
at (952) 920-0855.
May
May 7
PACER Center’s 23rd Annual
Benefit
Lionel Richie, one of the world’s
most recognized performers to headline the PACER Annual Benefit
Location:
Minneapolis Convention Center
Cost: Benefit tickets begin at $55
and include a silent and live auction, in addition to Richie’s
performance. A pre-benefit dinner is available with a separate
ticket.
For more information contact Patricia Bill
at 952-838-1344 or see “News
Releases” at the PACER website at www.pacer.org
May 9-13
"Building Brighter Futures for
People with Developmental and Learning Disabilities"
Sponsored
by: YAI/National Institute for People with Disabilities Network
Location: Crowne Plaza Manhattan Hotel, 1605 Broadway, in New York
City.
The five-day conference will feature more
than 300 prominent speakers from throughout the United States and
abroad. More than 150 seminars and workshops will focus on key issues,
including:
Advocacy/Self-Advocacy, Aging and Dementia, Challenging Behaviors,
Clinical Issues, Day Services, Early Childhood, Employment Training
and Placement, Family Support Services, Health Care, Management,
Psychopharmacology for Non-Medical Staff, Recreation and Leisure,
Residential Services, Sexuality and Social Skills, Special Education,
Staff Training, Technology, Transitional Services, Workforce Issues
A separate social work conference, focusing on research, practices
and new developments in the field, also will be held at the Crowne
Plaza from May 9-11.
A full-day post conference workshop focusing on critical issues
in developmental and learning disabilities will be held on Friday,
May 13.
For more information about either conference or to request
a brochure, please call Tina Sobel at 212-273-66457 or Aimee Horowitz
at 212-273-6255. You may also fax your request to 212-629-4113.
You can view the international conference brochure and register
for the conference at www.yai.org
June
June 6
Rise’s Par Excellence Golf
Tourney
Sponsor: Rise
Location: Minneapolis
Golf Club
Time: Lunch starts at 11:00 a.m.,
with shotgun golf starting at 12:30 p.m., Social Hour starts at
5:00 p.m, with the awards program and dinner beginning at 6:15
p.m.
For more information about becoming an individual or corporate sponsor,
signing up to play, or donating items and/or services to the silent
and live auction, please contact John Niedfeldt-Thomas at 763-792-2415
or by e-mail at jniedfeldt-thomas@rise.org
July 26
15th Anniversary of the Americans
with Disabilities Act
Sponsored by: Local organizations
Watch for more detailed information
as the date gets closer.
Contact
Cindy Tarnish at ADA MN at 651-603-2015, or 651-603-2001-tty.
