Keeping Up Community Information Series

DSACO's Keeping Up Community Information Series provides relevant and timely information on topics related to life with Down syndrome. Keeping Up features local, national, and international speakers who are qualified to address current research, education, speech, and safety and advocacy issues. 

 

Upcoming Conferences

 

Transition and Employment Series

 

Understanding SSI/SSDI/Medicaid Buy-In and More
Tanya Chiles, Benefits Specialist/Community Work Incentives Coordinator
COVA-Center of Vocational Alternatives
Tuesday, March 6
6:30-8:30pm
DSACO offices

Join us for an interactive workshop that will walk you through the complex maze of benefits available through the state and federal government.

Refreshments and light snacks will be provided.  Registration fee is $10 per family.  Please register by February 29 at (614)263-6020 or mbarnheiser@dsaco.net .

 

Working Together:  Creating Successful Employment Experiences
Panel Discussion
Saturday, March 31
9am-12pm
DSACO offices

Join us for a panel discussion on employment experiences.  Self-advocates and their employers will share their successes and challenges as they work together to create a successful employment experience.

 

  

Already Featured in our Series

  • Information Fair & Presentation Featuring Dr. Margo Izzo
  • Share your Apps night in collaboration with Columbus Speech and Hearing and the OSU Nisonger Center
  • Foundations of Successful Customized Employment for People with Disabilities featuring David Hammis

  • Adult Wellness Conference, nationally acclaimed experts and authors Brian Chicoine, MD and Dennis McGuire, PhD

  • Talk Tools Workshop, Renne Roy Hill and Lori Overland share a variety of techniques from Talk Tools Therapy
  • World Down Syndrome Day-Monday, March 21, 2011, Senator Sherrod Brown speaker.
  • Estate Planning and Guardianship, David Zwyer, Esq.
  • Navigating Individualized Education Plans, Colleen Miller Statewide Training Coordinator/Trainer OCECD
  • Potty Training workshop, Emily Haley, MA Behavioral consultant & psychology aid
  • IMPACT safety sessions
  • Education/Behavior Conference, Patrick Schwarz, PhD and Stacy Taylor, MA
  • Pete Wright, Esq., Attorney and advocate representing children with special educational needs
  • Jim Bisenius, Instructor on Bully-Proofing Youth
  • Emily B. Haley, M.A., Instructor on toilet training children with developmental delays
  • Dr. Michael Harpold, CEO, Down Syndrome Research and Treatment Foundation that works to fund biomedical research to accelerate cognitive treatment for those with Down syndrome
  • Adult Conference, a 2-day seminar for persons with Down syndrome age 17 and older