Resources for Students and Parents

Resources for Parents

The following resources are available for our parents with students receiving Spec Ed Services:

- GISD Community Forum - http://www.georgetownisd.org/community/forum.asp The GISD Community Forum offers education and support to families and educators on a regular basis throughout the school year.

- GISD Special Ed Community Advisory Council (SECAC) - meets the last Tuesday of each month (secac@georgetownisd.org)

Tuesday, October 6, help the GISD Special Ed Council (SECAC) welcome our new Special Education Director, Cara Schwartz.

4:30 PM - 6:30 PM

Annie Purl Elementary

1700 Laurel St.

Room 32 (There will be signs up. Please come in the front door.)

Community members from different organizations will also be at the Open House and light refreshments will be served.

For more information, contact Dawn Jennings at jenningsd@georgetownisd.org or 512-943-5000 x. 6884

- GISD Quarterly Newsletter - Published by the Spec Ed Council (SECAC) and mailed to Parents. (Back issues at: http://www.georgetownisd.org/programsandservices/secac/newsletters.htm)

- Special Ed Council (SECAC) website - http://www.georgetownisd.org/programsandservices/secac/

- GISD Parent Resource Center (for Special Ed parents and staff) - Room 24, Purl Elementary (Books, flyers, articles, VHS tapes, DVD's - all disabilities, Special Education, general parenting, community resources)

Down Syndrome Assoc of Central Texas (DSACT)

For more information, contact Tiffany Young at 512-924-9680 or tiffany_pa@hotmail.com. The website for DSACT is located at http://www.dsact.com/index-2.html.

The Exceptional Georgetown Alliance (EGA) has launched a website. (This new non-profit is dedicated to enriching the lives of individuals with developmental and cognitive disabilities.) EGA member Jennifer Van Buren is the web designer and she did an Exceptional job. Check it out at : http://www.exceptionalgeorgetown.org/

Providing Information, Help, and Hope to Families

Caring for Children with Disabilities and

Special Health Care Needs

Saturday, October 3, 2009

9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Located at First Baptist Church, Belton

506 North Main Street

Belton, Texas 75613

Including activities for children provided by the
University of Texas Autism Project

*Conference and child care are provided free of charge*

Breakout sessions will include:

*Strategies for managing stress for adults and children

*Behavior management

*Legal issues, guardianship and financial planning for the future

*Information about Social Security, Medicaid waiver programs and the new Medicaid Buy-In

*Emotional aspects of parenting a child with special needs

*Effective communication tools between you and your child’s teachers

*A Panel of fathers

*Resources for children with disabilities

*Strategies to help children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

*Professionals from TEA Speaking on Conflict Resolution

*Sensory Processing Issues

*Topics pertaining to ADD/ADHD

*Baclofin pump treatment for spasticity management

* Special Education – get your questions answered

*Social skills and communicating with peers

*and much, much more!

To see a detailed program of speakers and topics, please check out the CSNN webpage at www.special-children.org or call the office at (254) 933-7597 and one will be sent to you.

Books about Disabilities:

Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood Through Adulthood by Edward M. Hallowell and John J. Ratey