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- Teacher training workshops on multi-sensory structured phonics (Orton-Gillingham approach) and related reading skills, written expression, and spelling - Conferences for interaction and education of parents and professionals - List of tutors for students with dyslexia - Educational literature - Parent support

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Parents of People With Disabilities
Workshops/Symposiums
Subject Tutoring
Disability Awareness Training
Learning Disabilities
- Teacher training workshops on multi-sensory structured phonics (Orton-Gillingham approach) and related reading skills, written expression, and spelling - Conferences for interaction and education of parents and professionals - List of tutors for students with dyslexia - Educational literature - Parent support

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Parents of People With Disabilities
Workshops/Symposiums
Subject Tutoring
Disability Awareness Training
Learning Disabilities
- A food shelf is available to clients and assists individuals with special dietary needs on a case by case basis - Offers assistance to those facing landlord/tenant disputes. Does not provide financial assistance. - Paulsen Parents: Gathers stories and information on discrimination/denials of service regarding parenting with a disability. This program is available to parents with disabilities at no cost. - Publications and presentations on disability awareness

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Mental Illness/Emotional Disabilities
Learning Disabilities
Hearing Loss
Health Conditions
Food Pantries
Disability Awareness Training
Individual Advocacy
Visual Impairments
Physical Disabilities
Developmental Disabilities
Communication Impairments
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
- An interagency program designed to help develop and plan comprehensive, coordinated, multi-disciplinary interagency services for children with disabilities under age 5 and their families - Initial call will help families with determining and identifying disabilities

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Disability Awareness Training
Conflict Resolution Training
- Provides referrals regarding disability discrimination issues and rights under law - Training, information, and legal advocacy to parents of children with disabilities to help them secure the education and services guaranteed to their children by law - Legal representation (only takes a few cases each year) to adults and children with disabilities, in both individual and class action cases involving their rights to employment, education, transportation, housing, and access to public accommodations - Training and speakers for the disability community, public entitles, and private businesses on the provisions of the ADA and it's relationship to other state and federal laws - Education for legislators and policy-makers on issues affecting the rights of people with disabilities - Training for law students through the Disability Clinical Legal Education Program including a consortium of 5 law schools and DREDF offering a course in disability rights law and a clinic in which students work on DREDF cases

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Disability Rights Groups
Disabilities Issues
ADA Implementation Assistance
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Employment Discrimination Assistance
Specialized Information and Referral
Subject Specific Public Awareness/Education
Education Discrimination Assistance
Disability Awareness Training
A regional/national program that provides services and instruction including: - Comprehensive post-secondary support services and resource center services - Courses for parents, professionals and others who work with persons who are hearing-impaired - Extensive American Sign Language program and interpreter training - Full time counselor, interpreters, note takers and technical tutor service - Outreach and transition services/assessment

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Hearing Loss
Student Disability Services
Parents of People With Disabilities
Disability Awareness Training
Provides training on topics related to deafblindness and working with deafblind consumers, such as: - Best practices for working with deafblind consumers - Communication with deafblind individuals; low vision, tactile and pro-tactile modes - Consultation for agencies, organizations or families regarding deafblindness, service provision and supports for deafblind individuals and families of deafblind children. - DeafBlindness awareness and sensitivity - DeafBlind culture - Human guide skills - Interpreting for deafblind individuals - Intervenor Service Provider skills - Vision and hearing loss with seniors - Services and supports to families with deafblind children - Support Service Provider (SSP) skills - What is deafblindness (combined vision and hearing loss)?
- Count Me In: Presents programs featuring child-sized, multicultural puppets that represent blindness, deafness, physical and mental disabilities, epilepsy and learning disabilities to elementary and preschool audiences to foster positive attitudes and promote successful integration of children with disabilities in their schools and communities. - Kids Against Bullying: Multicultural puppets portray children with and without disabilities as a comfortable medium to teach children about bullying prevention. - Let's Prevent Abuse: A 35-minute puppet show for children in grades 1 - 4. Puppets talk to students about child abuse, safety skills, and that abuse is never the child's fault.

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Bullying Prevention
Disability Awareness Training
Child Abuse Prevention

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