Print this pageThe following are training opportunities that focus on developmental disabilities and related topics and are conducted or sponsored by Lanterman Regional Center for family members in the Lanterman community.
Please note: One time or special workshops will appear at the top of the training list, but will not be included in the list just below this note that links to regularly offered training.
Benefits Planning Assistance for SSI/SSDI Recipients
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Lanterman Regional Center is hosting "Benefits Planning Assistance for SSI/SSDI Recipients," a presentation for clients and families featuring Benefits Specialist Kathryn Endo-Roberts on Saturday, April 26, 2008 from 9 a.m. to noon at Lanterman Regional Center. Space is limited so RSVP with Janet Burgos at 213.383.1300, x. 6632 as soon as possible.
Assistive Technology and Augmentative/Alternative Communication Workshop Series
This workshop series is designed for parent-professional teams to participate in together and will focus on a variety of topics including AT/AAC for infants and toddlers, school-age children, and adults, as well as how it can be employed with specific disabilities. For additional information and to register for the AT/AAC workshops that you are interested in contact Rosanna Flores at ATEC at 714.547.6301, x. 496. Download flyer in English or Spanish.
TBD - 2008
Building Blocks - General AT/AAC for Individuals with Down Syndrome, Autism and Cerebral PalsyTBD - 2008
Assistive Technology Fair - Service Provider Exhibits and AT Demos
Behavior Management Workshops for Parents
Lanterman Regional Center offers several types of behavior management workshops, including a general behavior management course, as well as more specific ones like toilet training. If you are interested in learning more about behavior management please contact your service coordinator.
Conservatorship, Special Needs Trusts and Wills
Available in English and Spanish, this training helps families plan for the future, and covers the following topics: conservatorship, special needs trusts, and wills. For more information about this training call 213.383.1300, x. 5600.
English
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Lanterman Regional Center
3303 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 700 - Berendo Room
Los Angeles, CA 90010
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Floortime
Literally defined, “floor time” simply means time spent on the floor, which is exactly how this intervention works. The parent or caregiver gets down on the floor with the child and engages in activities while following the child’s lead. The goal of these adult-child activities is to help the child master a series of developmental milestones that are necessary for more increasingly complex interactions and for emotional and intellectual growth. If you are interested in Floortime, contact your service coordinator to discuss.
IEP, Inclusion and Transition
to Preschool
Available in English and Spanish, this training is for families with
children two to three years of age. For more information and dates
call 213.383.1300, x. 5600.
IEP and Inclusion
Available in English and Spanish, this training is for families with
school-age children. For more information and dates
call 213.383.1300, x. 5600.
Navigating the Special Needs System - Service Coordination
and Advocacy Training (SCAT)
This training course is designed especially for Lanterman families to better enable them to advocate for and assist their family member with a developmental disability. This course provides an overview of the regional center system, developmental disabilities, education-related information, and planning for the future. For more information and to register, contact Edward Perez, family support specialist, at 213.383.1300, x. 4986 or eperez@lanterman.org.
English
Tuesdays, May 13 to June 3, 2008
7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Lanterman Regional Center
3303 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 700
Los Angeles, CA 90010
New Paths
New Paths offers a comfortable and supportive environment where you can share the joys and concerns of caring for a child with a disability, as well as learn from others walking the same road as you. Together with six to 10 other parents and a specially-trained counseling professional, you will address specific issues faced by families on this unique journey. It is a place to do something just for you. It is a beginning place to realize that hope and loss can co-exist. Topics focused on include your family, your story; the role of defense mechanisms; missed milestones; impact on relationships; social milestones missed as a family system; and reframing life as you know it. Sharing with others that are on the same path helps participants learn that their feelings are common and natural.
Hathaway Child and Family Services will be providing New Paths for parents of children and adults in Pasadena (Pathways Beyond Grief is for the Los Angeles area). The age groups are the following: birth to 5 years, 6 to 11 years, 12 to 22 years. The first group will begin Tuesday, May 15 in English and Spanish groups will begin Wednesday, June 13. Hathaway will be providing groups on an ongoing basis every Tuesday in English and Wednesday in Spanish.
Contact your service coordinator if you are interested in registering for this group.
Download flyer in English or Spanish.
Parenting the Child with Special Needs
This is a course that addresses issues faced by families who have children from birth to age 6 with special needs. Topics covered include developmental stages and milestones, intervention and therapy that support child development in the family, planning and setting goals for your child, appropriate expectations and boundaries in behavior management, advocating for your child, and making connections with resources and support. A specialized training on autism is also available. Contact your service coordinator if you are interested in registering for this course.
English
Saturdays, March 1 to May 3, 2008 (No class on April 5)
8 sessions
10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Lake Avenue Church - Hutchins Building
393 North Lake Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91101
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Parent Education: Sexuality and Youth with Developmental Disabilities
The Planned Parenthood Parent Education training is designed to provide parents with the knowledge and skills necessary to discuss sexuality and reproductive health issues with their children with developmental disabilities. The three-session series will offer comprehensive and medically accurate information along with communication techniques to help parents talk with their children about puberty and reproduction, private vs. public behavior, pregnancy and disease prevention, an exploitation and abuse. The training will also focus on helping parents gain a better understanding of healthy sexuality and the child with a disability, and strategies for responding to the child's behavior. Classes dependent on enrollment, eight person minimum and 15 maximum. For more information about this training call 213.383.1300, x. 4976.
or download the flyer. Contact your service coordinator if you are interested in registering.
Pathways Beyond Grief
Grief experienced by the family of a child with a disability is ongoing, cyclical and frequently ignored by both the family and those around them. The Pathways Beyond Grief groups offer parents a comfortable and supportive environment where they can explore and acknowledge feelings such as sadness, anger, guilt or other feelings that can accompany the day-to-day stress they encounter. The various age-specific groups are designed to assist the parent in developing emotional resiliency to address feelings through specific parenting stages. Each group is made up of a maximum of 10 parents. Topics focused on include your family, your story; the role of defense mechanisms; missed milestones; impact on relationships; social milestones missed as a family system; and reframing life as you know it.
Marney E. Stofflet, LCSW will be providing Pathways Beyond Grief groups for parents in Los Angeles (New Paths is for the Pasadena area). There are three groups available: New Paths for parents of children birth to 5 years of age, Journeys for parents of children 6 to 11 years of age, and Bridges for parents of children 12 to 22 years of age.
Contact your service coordinator if you are interested in registering for this group.
Download the brochure and the schedule.
Additional Training
In addition to the regularly offered training listed above, Lanterman offers a variety of other training and workshops throughout the year that function as valuable tools in assisting families with the many transitions that will occur in the life of their child with a developmental disability:
- School-related training, such as ones that focus on the transition to preschool, inclusion and the Individualized Education Program
- Training that focus on the transition to adulthood, including sexuality and employment
- Training specific to certain services and supports, such as assistive technology and American Sign Language
- Health-related training, such as dental health care and healthy aging.
For a more comprehensive listing of training and workshop opportunities available through Lanterman, as well as within the greater Lanterman community contact the Koch-Young Resource Center at 213.383.1300, x. 5600 or kyrc@lanterman.org. You can also visit the external training section of our Web site.
Check Out “Partners in Policymaking” Program E-learning Site for Courses Created for People with Developmental Disabilities and Their Caregivers
The Minnesota Governor’s Council on Developmental Disabilities has created an e-learning site for its “Partners in Policymaking” program, which is a program designed to educate participants to be active partners with those who make policy and to develop partnerships that are based on positive relationships. The e-learning site gives “Partners in Policymaking” participants the opportunity to supplement their learning; a place where program graduates can refresh their skills and stay current on best practices; and is also a site where others can increase their knowledge and understanding of best practices in the disability field, and learn how to communicate effectively with their elected officials in the continuing struggle to prevent the loss of basic rights for people with disabilities.
Five online courses are now available to anyone who would like to increase their knowledge and skills:
Partners in Living
This seven-hour, self-directed e-learning course has been created to help people with developmental disabilities, their parents, family members and friends, educators and service providers explore and understand the important concepts of self-determination, family support, community living and assistive technology. Every person has the right to a full, meaningful life. The definition of a “meaningful life” isn't the same for every person. What is meaningful to you may not be as important to your sibling, roommate, coworker or neighbor. In this course, participants decide what is a meaningful life to them and how they can achieve a life that is independent, inclusive, productive, self-determined and integrated.Partners in Time
This eight-hour self-study was created to help people with developmental disabilities, their parents, family members and friends, educators and service providers understand the history of society's treatment of people with disabilities from ancient times through the present. The course focuses on the way that people with disabilities lived, learned and
worked throughout history and growth of the Disability Rights Movement. The course also introduces some of the individuals and groups whose efforts resulted in new ways of thinking about people with disabilities and their rights.Partners in Education
This three-hour self-directed course was created to help parents of children with developmental disabilities understand and maximize the special education system. The course focuses on a child's right to a free, appropriate public education; the laws that protect those rights; and offers practical ways that parents can ensure that their children benefit from an inclusive education.Making Your Case
This three-hour self-study course is designed to help people with disabilities and their families create positive change through advocacy. The course helps participants understand the legislative process, the essential elements of good advocacy, identify and research personal issues, then advocate for systems change as individuals and as part of larger community efforts. The course includes opportunities to put what has been learned into practice through a series of interactive exercises.Partners in Employment
This six-hour self-study course is designed to help people with developmental disabilities find meaningful jobs and plan a career. In this course, participants will create a résumé, or portfolio of their strengths, skills and interests; learn how to network and identify potential employers; prepare for an interview; and understand the hiring process.
To access the e-learning courses, visit www.partnersinpolicymaking.com/online.html.
Updated April 21, 2008
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