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Workshop/Training Curricula
Building Program Capacity to Serve Youth with Disabilities
This curriculum is designed to train youth employment program staff with little or no experience working with youth with disabilities. This seven-module curriculum explores disability awareness within a civil rights framework, reviews laws that relate to employment for people with disabilities, helps individuals understand the needs of youth with disabilities and their families, introduces participants to examples of reasonable accommodations and assistive technology, promotes interagency collaboration, and examines the overrepresentation of youth with disabilities in the juvenile justice system. 2004. More detailed information is available online.
$15 |
CD-Rom
| ST-1
Families are Important: An Early Childhood Curriculum
This training curriculum describes the early intervention process and the family’s role in developing an Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP). 51 slides. 2007.
$15 |
CD-Rom
| ALL-45
IDEA 2004 for Families and Advocates (updated for final regulations)
This curriculum covers seven key areas of IDEA 2004: Definitions, Evaluation, Individualized Education Program (IEP), Least Restrictive Environment (LRE), Private School Placement, Procedural Safeguards, and Placement in an Interim Alternative Educational Setting (IAES). 95 slides, 2007.
$15 |
CD-Rom: English OR Spanish
| ALL-35
Is Your Child a Target of Bullying? Intervention Strategies for Parents of Children with Disabilities
The appealing design and easy-to-understand, common-sense suggestions are sure to inform and encourage families as they address bullying issues. 33 slides. 2003. CD-Rom.
$15 |
CD-Rom: English OR Spanish version
| ALL-19
No Child Left Behind and Students with Disabilities
This curriculum addresses components of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) such as assessments, school choice, supplemental services, and teacher qualifications in the context of students with disabilities. 97 slides, 2005.
$15 |
CD-Rom: English AND Spanish
| ALL-27
Parent and Professional Collaboration: A Cultural Perspective
This curriculum addresses the development of meaningful parent/professional collaboration. Through a focus on how cultural differences affect how persons understand and relate to one another, the curriculum provides strategies that address barriers to effective cross-cultural communication. 34 slides, 2002.
$15 |
CD-Rom: English AND Native American versions
| ALL-18
Parent Centers Helping Families
Interactive Flash and PowerPoint versions of the ALLIANCE's Why Parent Centers and Outcome Data books. 2008.
$15 |
CD-Rom
| ALL-59
Positive Behavioral Interventions & IDEA 2004
This curriculum introduces families to a new way of thinking about their child’s behaviors and about the need to advocate for behavioral instruction. Professionals find very useful. 37 slides, 2006.
$15 |
CD-Rom: English OR Spanish
| PBI-5
Solving the Employment Puzzle for Youth with Disabilities
This curriculum can be used by Parent Centers and other organizations to introduce parents and youth to practical career development strategies and to promote awareness of a wide range of community and government resources that can help youth with disabilities prepare for work, find a job, and stay employed. 69 slides. 2003. This curriculum is also available in PowerPoint and HTML format.
$15 |
CD-Rom
| ALL-24
Special Education: What Do I Need to Know?
This curriculum, designed for underserved and underrepresented families, provides a basic overview of the special education process. 28 slides, 2007.
$15 |
CD-Rom
| ALL-58
The Time is Now: Diversity Inclusion for Parent Centers and Advocates
Examines the issues of diversity inclusion and cultural competency for Parent Centers and includes strategies for conducting outreach to diverse communities. Available in book or CD format. 2006.
$8 (book) |
$15 (CD-Rom)
| ALL-39
Understanding ADHD
This curriculum provides information for parents, teachers and others about ADHD including behavior management, strategies for parents, and instructional strategies for teachers. It can be used in total as a three-hour workshop, or as a series of shorter trainings for community education purposes. The curriculum consists of four units that can be used as short workshops or as the foundation for discussion groups related to each topic area. 59 slides, 2002.
$15 |
CD-Rom: Spanish, English, AND Native American versions
| ALL-22
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