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Upcoming
Events
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4-24-08 Showcase on Wheels
(instead of Parent Advisory Council meeting) ---
traveling introduction to the agencies that may serve our
students as they exit school.
8:00-3:00pm; Leave Sidney Lanier by school bus; Visit ARC,
Santa Fe Community College Disabilities Resource Center,
Adults with Disabilities Office, Construction Trades, and
a job fair that will be going on while we're there,
Vocational Rehabilitation, the Center for Independent
Living, Goodwill Job Junction, and Florida Works Center.
We'll stop for lunch at Sonny's (we go dutch)
Deadline to sign up is April 22,
2008
Call Jeannine Cawthon at 955-7671 ext. 263 for more
information.
Email
cawthojm@gm.sbac.edu
- 4-26-08
8:00 - 12:00 p.m.
CARD/UF Open Family Fishing Day
Fishing poles and tackle are
provided. There is no charge for catch-and-release
fishing and lunch is included. For information call or
email Steve Caton to pre-register. His phone number is
352/392-5283 and his email address is
scaton@ufl.edu.
Check out the CARD/UF website (www.card.ufl.edu)
for more upcoming topics of interest.
- 5-17-08
Planning for the Future of Your Child or Dependent with
Special Needs (flyer)
9:30am - 11:30am
ARC; Childcare will be provided; please sign up by May 13th
so we'll know how many caregivers to hire.
Featuring a speaker from MetDESK in
Jacksonville who will speak on estate planning for special
needs families and a local attorney whose practice is
limited to estate planning and other issues dealing with the
elderly and disabled.
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Publications That Are Available From the
ESE Department |
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Exceptional Student Education Parent Library
The following books are available for parent checkout:
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Taking Charge of ADHD by Russell Barkley
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Helping the Child Who Doesn’t Fit In by
Nowicki & Duke
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No One to Play With-Social Problems of
LD and ADD Children by Betty Osman
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Eating an Artichoke-A Mother’s
Perspective on Asperger Syndrome by Echo Fling
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Pretending to be Normal-Living with
Asperger Syndrome by Liane Holliday Willey
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How to Handle a Hard-to-Handle Kid by C.
Drew Edwards
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The ADD Answer by Frank Lawlis
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Rules for Parents by Nan Silver
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The Survival Guide for Parents of Gifted
Children
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The Gifted Kids’ Survival Guide-A Teen
Handbook by Galbraith & Delisle
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The Gifted Kids’ Survival Guide-For Ages
10 & Under by Galbraith
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Perfectionism-What’s Bad About Being Too
Good? By Adderholdt
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How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen
So Kids Will Talk by Faber & Mazlish
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Smart Kids with School Problems-Things
to Know & Ways to Help by Vail
If you are interested in checking out one
of these books please contact Jeannine Cawthon by phone
(955-7671 Ext. 263) or by email (cawthojm@gm.sbac.edu).
They can be sent home via your child’s school and returned the
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Past
Events
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4-17-08
10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Is Potty Training a Challenge?
-- A workshop on potty training presented by UF Center for
Autism and Related Disabilities
Located at CARD office
1405 N. W. 13 Street, Suites B & C, Gainesville, FL 32601
Please call or email Leannis Maxwell
to register. The workshop is free but you need to
register. Call 1-800-754-5891 ext. 1; or 352-846-3455
Email:
daisies@ufl.edu
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4-11-08
Special Parents of Exceptional Children (SPEC) Support Group
Located at CARD office,
1405 N. W. 13 Street, Gainesville, FL
For
information call: 352/273-0581 or email
card@ufl.edu
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3-14-08 Special
Parents of Exceptional Children (SPEC) Support Group
Located at CARD office,
1405 N. W. 13 Street, Gainesville, FL
For
information call: 352/273-0581 or email
card@ufl.edu
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Feb. 2, 2008
Understanding Your Gifted Child
Workshop
Sidney Lanier Cafeteria
9:00a - Noon
Contact Allison Fissenden at 955-7622
or email fissenal@gm.sbac.edu for more information.
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Jan 26, 2008
Survival Skills for Parents of Special
Needs Students Workshop
Sidney Lanier Cafeteria
9:00 -11:30am
Childcare provided (If
childcare is needed, contact Jeannine Cawthon at 955-7671,
ext. 263 or email
cawthojm@gm.sbac.edu)
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