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EPICS training targets parents, grandparents, foster parents, relatives and parents of children with disabilities and at risk developmentally with full range of disabilities age’s birth through 26, in the early intervention programs, Head Start, elementary, middle and high school, and those interested are welcomed.

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January 2010
January 6 Record Keeping System
Alamo Early Intervention Program
Parents will learn the importance of saving and organizing their child’s Special Education documents, evaluations and other program information. Parents will receive their own record keeping binder to take home.

Training targets parents of children with disabilities and those interested are welcome.

Contact Information: Ella Singer
January 12

Procedural Safeguards & Special Education Process
Central Consolidated School District #22
Shiprock Board Room
10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Learn how both the federal and state laws guarantee services for your child with special developmental needs. Learn about IDEA Part B— Parent/Child Rights and the Special Education process. Come and meet other parents and hear how they are dealing with their child’s disabilities or developmental delays.

Training targets parents of children with disabilities and special needs and those interested are welcomed.

Contact Information: Central Consolidated School District #22
Cheryl Jones – 505-368-5163
January 19

Record Keeping System
Pine Hill Early Intervention Program
10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Parents will learn the importance of saving and organizing their child’s Special Education documents, evaluations and other program information. Parents will receive their own record keeping binder to take home.

Training targets parents of children with disabilities and those interested are welcome.

Contact Information:

Pine Hill Early Intervention Program
Claudine Morgan – 505-775-3371/3322 or 495-9378
FAX: 505-775-3095

January 21

Transition Beyond High School
Bernalillo Public School District (Cochiti, Santo Domingo, San Felipe, Santa Ana, Zia and Sandia parents/students)
Five Sandoval Conference Room
10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Training will serve as an opportunity for parents to learn more about the transition process under the IDEA 2004 law. Training is for parents of children and young adults with disabilities and special needs.

Contact Information: EPICS Office 505-404-2070
January 26

IEP Process
Laguna/Acoma, Pine Hill, Grants Cibola County Schools
Sky City Casino Conference Center
10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Learn about IDEA– Part B Individual Education Program process (IEP) Parents learn to be an advocate and become actively involved in the decision making of your child’s placement and program, and come meet other parents and hear how they are dealing with their child’s disabilities or developmental delays.

Training targets parents of children with disabilities and special needs and those interested are welcomed.

Contact Information: EPICS Office 505-404-2070
February 2010
February 8&9

IFSP & IEP
Process Pine Hill Early Intervention Program
10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Learn about IDEA– Part C & B the IFSP / IEP process. Parents come and learn to be an advocate and become actively involved in the decision making of your child’s placement and program. Meet other parents and hear how they are dealing with their child’s disabilities or developmental delays.

Training targets parents of Indian children with disabilities and special needs and those at risk developmentally participating in the FIT programs (birth thru 3), and those interested are welcomed.

Contact Information:: Debra Ingersol 575-854-2543 ext. 120
February 10

Transition Beyond High School
Central Consolidated School District #22
Shiprock Board Room
10:00 am – 3:00 pm

Training will serve as an opportunity for parents to learn more about the transition process under the IDEA 2004 law. Training is for parents of children and young adults with disabilities and special needs.

Contact Information: Central Consolidated School District #22
Cheryl Jones – 505-368-5163
February 23

Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Bernalillo Public School District (Cochiti, Santo Domingo, San Felipe, Santa Ana, Zia and Sandia parents/students)
EPICS Conference Room
10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Training will provide information for parents, teachers, and others about ADHD including behavior management and instructional strategies for parents and teachers.

For all families of children with disabilities enrolled in the Bernalillo School District, and service providers and educators are welcome.

Contact Information: EPICS Office 505-404-2070
March 2010
March 18&19 7th Annual Parent Leadership Institute
Embassy Suites & Spa
1000 Woodward Place NE (Lomas & I-25)
Albuquerque, New Mexico

The purpose of the EPICS Leadership Institute is to increase the knowledge and skill of parents from the New Mexico's Indian tribes by providing them an opportunity to participate in a two day training seminar aimed at giving them the knowledge and skills they need to help their children succeed in educational settings. Training will focus on parents with children and youth with or at risk learning delays and/or disabilities. Participants must be able to take a leadership role in their communities and upon completion of the training parents will be able to advocate for other parents in their respective community.
Contact Information:: Jeanette Trancosa or Ronalda Tome
EPICS Office
505-404-2070/56
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