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FYI Newsletter November 16, 2009
Quick Scan:
- Alliance for Full Participation (AFP) Announces 2011 Summit
- Early Childhood Center Pre-K Series Policy Briefs
- Call for Artists, The Great Lakes ADA Center
- Grant Opportunities for Artists with Disabilities
- AUCD Annual Meeting and Conference
- Stafford to Present at 7th Annual Governmental Activities Symposium
- Vicker Presents at Crossroads Conference on Communicative Disorders
- Library Corner
THIS JUST IN
ALLIANCE FOR FULL PARTICIPATION (AFP) ANNOUNCES 2011 SUMMIT: The Alliance for Full Participation announces it has scheduled the 2011 AFP Summit focusing on making fully integrated employment a reality for all people with disabilities. Mark your calendars for November 17-19, 2011. The Summit will be held at the Gaylord Hotel at the National Harbor, Maryland (across the river from Washington, D.C.). AFP will work to simulcast the events over the web to enable people from all over the country to participate in what we know will be a historic event. Also, please accept AFP’s invitation to join our AFP State Teams List serve. Click on the following link to sign up http://groups.google.com/group/AFP_State_Teams/sub?s=OpS9iQwAAADbsiClVmk2jYibw6D10-Uy&hl=en.
POLICY BRIEFS
EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER PRE-K SERIES POLICY BRIEFS: Of Indiana’s 293 public school corporations, only about 120 provide prekindergarten education, not including programs for the provision of state and federal early childhood special education. Indiana is one of the few states holding out on funding a system of early education. Prekindergarten programs are locally planned and funded, and the absence of a state-funded system inhibits efforts to inform and coordinate program development.
The Indiana Institute’s Early Childhood Center has addressed this problem in recent studies. The brief Is Indiana Ready for State-Sponsored Prekindergarten Programs? (Conn-Powers, Cross, & Zapf, 2006) offered recommendations related to the need for research and information around purposes, goals, outcomes, service delivery options, and funding. In 2008, the Institute conducted a survey of Indiana school administrators, who expressed their need for clarity around these issues.
In this first publication of a new series of briefing papers titled What is the Purpose of Your Prekindergarten Program? Strategies for Administrators (Cross, A. F., & Conn-Powers, M. (2009) (Cross and Conn-Powers, 2009, September), the Center offers practical strategies to support a decision to develop and implement a prekindergarten program. School administrators who consider this course of action face complex decisions involving intended outcomes, an array of service delivery models, and the need to balance services with finite resources. This paper provides guidelines to support successful decision-making through a series of manageable steps, beginning with establishing a clear sense of the program’s purpose.
Combining Funding Streams to Support Prekindergarten Programs: Strategies for Administrators (Cross, A.F. (2009) logically follows the first paper because identifying an unambiguous program purpose is essential to securing funding. A clearly stated purpose helps programs determine which funds to seek, how to frame a funding request, how to align program activities with funders’ requirements, and how to demonstrate program success.
For additional information, contact Alice Frazeur Cross at (812) 855-6508 or e-mail afcross@indiana.edu.
CALL FOR ARTISTS
CALL FOR ARTISTS, THE GREAT LAKES ADA CENTER: The DBTAC Great Lakes ADA Center is holding a poster contest in order to raise awareness about the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) 20th anniversary. The Great Lakes Center is part of a national network of regional ADA centers that were established to help foster voluntary compliance of the law. The center works with architectural firms, businesses, employers, disability organizations, and individuals with disabilities in order to provide technical assistance and information on the ADA.
The theme for the poster is: How the ADA has Changed the Face of Your Community. Posters may range in size from 81/2" x 11" to 18" x 24" and can be horizontal or vertical. Any medium (including crayons, markers, etc.) can be used on the poster. All ages are welcome to participate. Please write the following information on the back of the poster: name, address, phone number, e-mail, hometown, and name of local newspaper. Mail all entries to: DBTAC: Great Lakes ADA Center, 1640 West Roosevelt Rd. Room 405, Chicago, IL, 60608. Contact Allison at 1-800-949-4232 or by email at aestoner@uic.edu with questions. Deadline is January 15, 2010.
GRANT OPPORTUNITIES FOR ARTISTS WITH DISABILITIES
INDIANA ARTS COMMISSION ANNOUNCES NEW FEDERALLY FUNDED GRANT PROGRAM FOR ARTISTS WITH DISABILITIES: The Indiana Arts Commission (IAC) recently announced it will begin accepting grant applications for a new, federally funded component of the Individual Artist Program (IAP). The new grant category, supported with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA), will permit artists with disabilities to receive grants of up to $2,000 for projects that will have a positive impact on their career development.
“This one-time, federally-funded project will enable us to specifically reach an important segment of Hoosier artists," said IAC Executive Director Lewis C. Ricci. "With the funds available, we anticipate being able to award approximately 12 to 13 grants." Artists in the following disciplines may apply to the program: crafts; design; media arts; folk arts; photography; visual arts; dance; literature; music or theatre. All grant applications must be made through the IAC's online grants system.
Complete program guidelines and application information may be found on the IAC website at http://www.in.gov/arts/2474.htm. Deadline for application is February 1, 2010.
The IAC will host two additional grant application workshops with a special focus toward first-time grant writers and emerging artists interested in the Artist Access category. Specifics of the Artist Access program and grant writing tips will be offered at both workshop sessions. For dates, times and locations, please visit http://www.in.gov/arts/2476.htm.
For more information about the Artist Access Program, to RSVP for a workshop or to arrange for special accommodations for workshops, please contact Kristina Davis-Smith at (317) 232-1279 or e-mail kdavis-smith@iac.in.gov. Upon request, a free call-in number will be provided to artists with disabilities who are not able to attend these dates in person. Special accommodations must be requested at least five business days prior to the workshop date.
COMINGS AND GOINGS
AUCD ANNUAL MEETING AND CONFERENCE: The Indiana Institute was well represented at the Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD) Annual Meeting and Conference, held November 8-11, 2009 in Washington D.C.
The Conference gathered AUCD network members and the disability community to address the opportunities and challenges presented by current changes in the economic, political, social, and environmental climate. With a growing membership of UCEDDs, LENDs, and IDDRCs along with international affiliates, AUCD has become a key disability organization. This annual meeting offered attendees the opportunity to interact with policymakers, researchers, administrators, families, students, and advocates across these types of organizations and across disciplines.
The Indiana Institute has been an active member of AUCD since 1970. AUCD supports and promotes a national network of 67 university-based, interdisciplinary programs that work with people with disabilities, their families, state and local government agencies, and the community to provide training, technical assistance, service, research, and information sharing, with a focus on capacity building of communities to sustain all their citizens.
STAFFORD TO PRESENT AT 7TH ANNUAL GOVERNMENTAL ACTIVITIES SYMPOSIUM: Phil Stafford, Director of the Indiana Institute’s Center on Aging and Community will be one of four featured speakers at the 7th Annual Governmental Activities Symposium on Aging with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities: Current Trends and Practices, December 2 and 3, 2009 in Louisville, KY.
Sponsored by The Council on Mental Retardation, the Symposium will provide attendees with a full day of sessions addressing the restructuring of services, supporting families and the unique needs and challenges faced by older people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and community approaches to aging. Registration fee is $100.00 per person. For more information, call (502) 584-1239 or e-mail brichardson@councilonmr.org.
VICKER PRESENTS AT CROSSROADS CONFERENCE ON COMMUNICATIVE DISORDERS: Beverly Vicker, Speech- Language Consultant with the Indiana Resource for Autism, was an invited presenter at the October 26-27th Crossroads Conference on Communicative Disorders. Her presentation was entitled Avoiding Potholes and Craters When Programming for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders and took place at Purdue University in West Lafayette. The Crossroads conference was sponsored by the Purdue University Chapter of the National Student Speech-Language –Hearing Association (NSSLHA) and the Purdue Audiology Students Organization (PASO).
LIBRARY CORNER
NEW ITEMS: The following new materials may be borrowed by Indiana residents from the Center for Disability Information and Referral at the Institute. To check out materials, contact the library at 1-800-437-7924, send e-mail to cedir@indiana.edu, or visit us at 2853 East Tenth Street in Bloomington.
Cefai, C., & Cooper, P. (2009). Promoting emotional education: Engaging children and young people with social, emotional and behavioral difficulties. London; Philadelphia: J. Kingsley Publishers.Kutscher, M. L., & Moran, M. (2009). Organizing the disorganized child: Simple strategies to succeed in school. New York: Harperstudio.
Pohlman, C. (2009). How can my kid succeed in school?: What parents and teachers can do to conquer learning problems. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.