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Angel's
Place Family Fun Day
August 28, 2010 - Noon - 4:00 pm
Detroit Country Day School
Benefits homes and services for people with developmental disabilities |
Basic
Parent Rights & Responsibilities
August 28, 2010 - 1:00 pm (Eastern time)
This is a free webinar open to parents of children with special
needs throughout the United States. Participation is limited
to 20 logged-in computers |
Employment
Works! (MI Assn. of Community Mental Health Boards)
August 30, 2010 - Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center,
East Lansing (click
here for registration form)
September 13, 2010 - DoubleTree Hotel, Dearborn (click
here for registration form)
Three different 1-day events focused on increasing employment.
$49/ Staff
$29/Persons with disabilities and Family Members. The first
30 persons with disabilities/family members will receive a scholarship
of a complimentary registration.
Questions? Call MACMHB at 517-374-6848 |
Defeating
Loneliness (Living Hope Training Series - Oakland County
Community Mental Health Authority)
September 2, 2010 - 9:30 - 11:30 am
Oxford, MI
Everyone needs friends we can talk to, pals to share activities
with and people we can depend on. This training is based on
Mary Ellen Copeland’s "The Loneliness Workbook." |
Be
Your Own Advocate (Living Hope Training Series - Oakland
County Community Mental Health Authority)
September 14, 2010 - 9:30 - 11:30 am
Southfield, MI
Self Advocacy refers to “an individual’s ability to
effectively communicate, convey, negotiate or assert his or
her own interests, desires, needs, and rights”. At this
training you will learn what it means to be your own advocate,
how to be an advocate, how to speak for yourself, be heard and
get what you need. |
AARP
Listens to Michigan
These conversations directly engage the participants with each
other on issues in a new way, such as on health care reform
and beyond, in an environment of calm listening, fact-checking
and shared discussion. Factual information from a variety of
sources will be provided, participants will be encouraged to
talk about their own information sources, and from there the
conversation begins and grows through to the session's conclusion.
The public must call 877-926-8300 to register.
September 14, 2010 - Grand Rapids
September 20, 2010 - Jackson
October 12, 2010 - Detroit
November 9, 2010 - Lansing |
Understanding
Trauma and Triggers (Living Hope Training Series - Oakland
County Community Mental Health Authority)
September 23, 2010 - 1:30 - 3:30 pm
Waterford, MI
Participants will learn about how triggers relate to traumas
experienced. Participants will learn coping skills to deal with
trauma and to reduce repeated trauma following triggers. Participants
who are clinicians will learn how to assist those who have experienced
a trauma understand what has happened to them and how to cope
with triggers. |
Self-Determination
Leadership Implementation Seminar
(MI Assn. of Community Mental Health Boards)
September 28, 2010 |
National
WISE Webinar
September 29, 2010 - 3:00 - 4:00 pm (Eastern time)
Thousands of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Social Security
Disability Insurance (SSDI) beneficiaries have learned how to
stay in control of their benefits while enriching their lives
through employment. You can too. Join us for a FREE Work Incentive
Seminar Event (WISE) Webinar! WISE Webinars provide you and
your family the opportunity to learn how to take advantage of
Social Security Work Incentives, including Ticket to Work. |
United
Cerebral Palsy of Metro Detroit Annual Luncheon
October 7, 2010 - 11:30 am - 2:00 pm
Oakland Hills Country Club
"Michigan at a Crossroad - A Pathway to our Future"
Featuring guest speaker Debbie Dingell |
Self-Determination
Leadership Implementation Seminar
(MI Assn. of Community Mental Health Boards)
November 30, 2010 |
Determining
Change: Increasing Choice & Control for Older Adults through
Person-Directed Planning and Self-Determination in Long-Term
Care
October 13-14, 2010
The conference will offer practical tools for implementing and
enhancing Person-Centered Planning and Self-Determination in
the aging and disability communities. The two-day conference
will be held in Lansing, MI and will offer continuing education
units for nurses, social workers and nursing facility administrators.
We will offer scholarships for people who use long term care
supports and services to attend. We are also offering sponsorship
and vendor opportunities. See link above for all related forms
and registration. |
National
Autism Conference
November 11-14, 2010
The NAC features the world's leading experts on autism in a
relaxed, environmentally-friendly tropical resort setting. |
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