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Volume 16, Issue 3
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Spring 2004 |
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| published quarterly by: The New Hampshire Challenge, Inc. P.O. Box 579, Dover, NH 03821-0579 |
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If you would like to have your event listed in The Challenge, please Contact Us. Events are published quarterly.
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PIC Workshop
Section 504 and IDEA: What are the differences?
Sponsored by: The Alliance for Special Kids (ASK)
Date: May 4, 2004
Time: 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Where: Nutfield Professional Building on Birch Street, Derry, NH
Cost: Free
For more information, call PIC at 1 (800) 232-0986 or visit their website at: www.parentinformationcenter.org |
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Balancing Artist and Patient: The Creative Energy of Bipolar Disorder
Fourth Annual Erik Cogswell Memorial Conference
Sponsored by: Seacoast Mental Health Center
Keynote Speaker: Frances Frankenburg, MD
Date: May 7, 2004
Time: 9am - 4pm
* Art Showcase on display all day and open to the public from 4pm to 4:30pm.
Where: Yoken's Restaurant, Portsmouth, NH
Cost: $35
For more information: contact Diane Cyr at (603) 431-6703 or dcyr@smhc-nh.org |
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Parent Forum:
What is the role of the family in educating a student with a disability?
Sponsored by: The NH Department of Education, Bureau of Special Education in collaboration with the State Advisory Committee on the Education of Students with Disabilities
Date: May 10, 2004
Time: 6:00pm - 8:30pm
Where: Monadnock Developmental Services, 121 Railroad Street, Keene, NH
Cost: N/A
For more information: call (603) 271-3791 |
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Including Students with Traumatic Brain Injuries in School and Community Life
Sponsored by: UNH Institute on Disability/UCED
Presenter: Dr. Therese Willkom of ASSETT will demonstrate different ideas for technical assistance for students with TBI. In the afternoon, JoAnne Malloy and Gail Cormier will discuss different ideas for life after high school
Date: May 11, 2004
Time: 8:30am - 3:30pm
Where: The Highlander Inn, Manchester, NH
Cost: $75
For more information, call (603) 228-2804 National ADA Symposium & Expo |
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The Annual Conference on Disability Issues
Sponsored by: the Network of ADA and IT Centers
Date: May 11 - 13, 2004
Where: Hyatt Regency, Kansas City, Missouri
Cost: $345
For more information: call 1 (800) 949-4232 or online at www.adaproject.org |
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21st Annual Brain Injury and Stroke Conference
Sponsored by: Brain Injury Association of New Hampshire and Abramson, Brown & Dugan, NH Division of Developmental Services and NH Psychological Association
Keynote speaker: Thomas W. McAllister, MD
Date: May 12, 2004
Time: 7:30 am to 4:35 pm
Where: Courtyard Marriott & Grappone Conference Center, Concord, NH
Cost: Survivor/Family $55, Professional $105
For more information: call (603) 225-8400 |
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Relevance and Viability: Rehabilitation at Work
2004 Annual Conference
Sponsored by: Northeast Rehabilitation Association
Date: May 13 - 14, 2004
Time: 9am to 6:30pm (May
13); 9am to 4:30pm (May 14)
Where: Sheraton Harborside, Portsmouth, NH
Cost: $190 NRA member; $225 non-member (full conference) $105 NRA member; $125 nonmember (one day only)
For more information: call Peter Darling at (603) 224-1130 or Christine Spaulding at (603) 428-7383 |
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NH SPED Public Input Session
Sponsored by: NH Department of Education, Bureau of Special Education
Date: January 29, 2004
Time: 3-5 pm and 6-8 pm
Where: NH Department of Education, 105 Pleasant St., Room 15, Concord, NH
For more information: call 603-271-3741 |
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Putting Students with Learning Disabilities on the Path to Success
Sponsored by: Parent Information Center in collaboration with Kathleen McClaskey, M.Ed.
This workshop will show parents a variety of computer technologies that can help students who have learning disabilities or differences with reading, writing, study and organizational skills.
Date: May 16, 2004
Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Where: Whitefield Elementary School, Whitefield, NH
Cost: $50 per person/family
For more information: contact Mollie White at (603) 466-9018 |
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Positive Supports for Children with Autism in Preschool Classrooms
Sponsored by: University of New Hampshire's Institute on Disability
Presenter: Ann Donoghue Dillon, Institute on Disability
Date: June 3, 2004
Time: 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm (registration starts at 12:30)
Where: College for Lifelong Learning, Bow, NH
Cost: $25.00
For more Information: Call 603-228-2084 |
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35th Annual Summer Games
Sponsored by: Special Olympics NH
Date: June 11-12, 2004
Where: University of NH Durham, NH
For more Information: Call 1-800-639-2608 |
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Access '04
Sponsored by: Granite State Independent Living
Date: June 18 & 19, 2004
Where: Whittemore Center at UNH, Durham NH
Cost: Free
For more information: Call 1-800-826-3700 or visit website at www.accessexpo.info/ |
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Seven Steps to a Good Life; Thinking in the Future Tense - 2004
Sponsored by: Future Planning Networks of New Hampshire (FPNNH)
Presenters: John Kitchen, John Kitchen Law Office and Mary Beshta, President, FPNNH
Date: June 28, 2004
Time: 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Where: The Kimball-Jenkins Estate, The Gallery Room, Concord, NH
Cost: $20 for the workshop; $50 for workshop and copy of A Good Life - For You and Your Relative With a Disability ($39.95 retail)
For more information: Call (603) 271-8948 |
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Educating Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders in General Education Classrooms
Sponsored by: UNH Institute on Disability/UCED and NH Deparment of Education
Date: August 16 - 19, 2004
Time: 8:30am - 4pm daily
Where: UNH Memorial Union Building, Holloway Commons
For more information: call (603) 228-2084 |
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Boundless Horizons
32nd Annual Convention of the National Down Syndrome Congress
Date: August 20 - 22, 2004
Where: Hyatt Regency, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Cost: $ 85 individual, $150 family (member NDSC); $115 individual, $150 family (nonmembers); Additional cost for pre-conference sessions, banquet, Youth/Adult conference and Brothers/Sisters conference.
For more information: call 1 (800) 232-NDSC or visit website: www.ndsccenter.org |
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