Workshop - Advocating for Children with Special Needs

[Janet Fischer]

Greetings,

The Center for Work, Family and Personal Life is 
pleased to announce our upcoming seminar 
entitled, "Advocating for Children with Special 
Needs," led by Barbara Popper, M.Ed., Director, 
Family Voices Project and a Resource Specialist 
with the Federation for Children with Special 
Needs.

Seminar Description
When is it important to speak up on behalf of 
your special needs child-and when not? What is 
the role of parents in communicating with 
schools, health care providers, and other service 
providers? How can parents and families get 
support for the hard work involved in advocating 
for a special needs child? Are there resources to 
help with challenging feelings like isolation, 
guilt, frustration, and helplessness? This 
workshop is designed to help parents and families 
learn how to be effective partners with their 
child's service providers and how to get support 
for themselves in the process. Note: Members of 
the MIT community are in the process of 
organizing a peer-led support group for families 
of special needs children. Details about the 
group will be provided at the workshop, or see 
the Center's list of discussion groups at 
<http://hrweb.mit.edu/worklife/discussion.html>http://hrweb.mit.edu/worklife/discussion.html 
for further information.

Subject: Advocating for Children with Special Needs
Date: Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Location: Room 16-151
Time: 12:00pm - 1:30pm

The seminar is open to all members of the MIT 
community, free of charge. Registration is 
required. You can register on the web at 
http://hrweb.mit.edu/worklife/calendar, or call 
the Center at 617.253.1592, or email the Center 
at worklife at mit.edu with the name of the workshop 
and your name, telephone number, and email 
address.

We look forward to seeing you there.

With best regards,
The Center for Work, Family & Personal Life
Binna Choi
Administrative Assistant
Center for Work, Family & Personal Life
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue, Room 16-151
Cambridge, MA 02139
Phone: 617.253.1592
Fax: 617.253.2609
Email: binna at mit.edu
Web: <http://hrweb.mit.edu/worklife/>http://hrweb.mit.edu/worklife/ 

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