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USOR Division of Rehabilitation
Services Overview
The Division of Rehabilitation Services in USOR recently posted a new video to highlight services such as VR (Vocational Rehabilitation), UCAT (Utah Center for Assitive Technology), and UWIPS (Utah Work Incentive Planning Services).
To visit the professional sites mentioned in this clip, click links below:
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The NAMI Utah Conference is the only conference of its kind in Utah. Each year the conference educates, encourages and empowers a diverse community that is passionate about building better lives for people a
ffected by mental illness. It is an opportunity to join with passionate grassroots leaders, learn from leading mental health experts and engage with NAMI staff and exhibitors.
When:
Thursday, November 10, 2016
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Miller Business Resource Center (MBRC)9750 South 300 West
Sandy, UT 84070
Registration, Information and Scholarship Options:
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Christmas Help Resources
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Get up and dance for anti-bullying month! The National Dance Day against bullying and fostering unity is this Wednesday October 26th. Pacer's National Bullying Prevention Center provides great resources from bullying facts, bullying 101 presentation, to articles and even a quiz to see if you are being bullied or if you are bullying. Take action and connect to these links below to educate yourself on the anti-bullying movement.
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Did you know that you can download our UPC handbook
Parents as Partners in the IEP Process from our parent center website? Find answers to questions like, who is required to be at my IEP meetings? What is the evaluation process and how long can the school take to complete testing?
With revisions made to the rules and regulations made through the Utah State Board of Education on October 7th, we are providing a quick summary of notable changes. This insert is to be used as a companion piece to the handbook until our new IEP book is ready for re-publishing.
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Upcoming Behavior Workshop for
Kids on the Autism Spectrum
Join us for an all day behavior workshop presented by Melisa Genaux. She will provide strategies for preventing behavior
escalation, for getting kids to follow directions, for improving behavior with
siblings, for increasing other des
ired behavior (homework completion, social
skills), and for decreasing severe
misbehavior, such as meltdowns and aggression.
This workshop will be held on Saturday November 12th from 9-4 pm at Scenic View Academy in Provo.
Click here for registration, information and directions.
Upcoming behavior workshops will include dates March 11 with Melisa Genaux in Salt Lake City and February 25 with Glenn Dyke in St. George area.
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Want to join the UPC staff?
The Utah Parent Center is currently accepting resumes and letters of interest for a
qualified part-time Development Coordinator,
a new position at the Center. T
he
Center is a successful nonprofit organization that needs skilled, highly dedicated, highly motivated people who care about our mission and the people we have served for more than 33 years!
We are accepting letters of interest and resumes through Wednesday, November 2, 2016 at 5:00 PM.
Don't wait!
Apply or share this information with interested individuals.
Submit your letter of interest, resume, credentials, etc. to:
Helen W. Post
Executive Director, Utah Parent Center
Click
here for position details
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Temporary Host Family Needed
Abbey Wallace, International Student Life Coordinator at the American International School of Utah located in Murray is looking for a temporary host family for an 11th grade student from China who has Autism and studying at AISU. His host mother needs to leave town for a week to visit her ailing father.
The family would need to provide a private room, transportation to and from AISU, and meals outside of school. They will be compensated $40/day to cover these additional costs.
For more information on International Student Life, click
here.
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Free Award Winning Showing of
Life, Animated
Columbus Community Center is a sponsor of this event and would be honored to have you join them to see this amazing award winning film. After the screening of the movie we will also hear from the director of this film, Roger Ross Williams, as well as the writer/producer of
Rain Man
, Barry Morrow, and the author of Life, Animated,
Ron Suskind, who is also the father of the subject of the film, Owen Suskind.
Date:
Wednesday, November 9th at 7:00 pm
Location: The Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center in downtown Salt Lake City
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