Updates About Meetings & Events.
KEVIN HINES – IN HONOR OF SUICIDE AWARNESS
YOU ARE INVIDED TO THIS FREE EVENT
Date: September 13, 2023
Time: 6:30pm
Location: The Roxy Theater
308 E Main St, Lock Haven, PA 17745
Community of Practice for Supporting Families Regional Collaborative Summit
The Community of Practice for Supporting Families Regional Collaborative Summit will be held live in State College. Virtual participation options will also be available. Join the Summit this August to learn from peers and professionals about how to bolster your communities of practice for supporting individuals with disabilities and/or autism (ID/A) and their families.
MAY IS MENTAL HEALTH MONTH
A MENTAL HEALTH TEST IS ONE OF THE EASIEST WAYS
TO CHECK IN ON YOURSELF IF SOMETHING DOESN’T
FEEL QUITE RIGHT.
Office of Developmental Program’s (ODP) 2023 Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Virtual Seminar
How to Register:
Click on the link: https://link.edgepilot.com/s/0b9d8da1/gyPbvVtfaESnGaHchPkBpg?u=https://www.myodp.org/course/view.php?id=2155
2. Log-in to your account. If you do not have an account, you can create one for free.
3. Complete the demographics form.
4. Select the “Microsoft Teams” link for the date you wish to attend and enter your name and email to register.
An email confirmation will be sent from: noreply@gcc.teams.registration.microsoft.com
Through research and experience we have learned that implementing the right tools can help us be better supporters for people on the autism spectrum. But what are those tools? How do you know what the needs are so you can begin to gather effective resources? This year’s ODP training needs survey asked you to share the top areas of need that people on the autism spectrum experience. As a response to the survey, this seminar will provide a deeper look into a variety of priority areas including communication, mental health, online safety, and family systems that impact everyday life. We will invite you to join in the conversation and share your experiences, successes, and resources. Together we will expand our understanding of key challenges that people are facing and brainstorm multiple ways to provide effective and meaningful supports.
Power T alk with ODP!
Power Talk with ODP!
Join us to talk about services, issues, and Covid.
Get the answers you need to speak up and live your life, your way
For video and audio by computer or smartphone, get the passcode from Rita anytime before the event! Call 724 588 2378 or Email power@sau1.org
The day of the event, go online at sau1.me/zoom then enter the passcode or join right from our online events calendar at sau1.me/events and enter the passcode.
All About Jobs
All About Jobs!
Spread your power to friends and family! Families, staff, and guests are welcome to listen and learn.
SAU1 reserves the right to remove anyone from our events who does not follow our ground rules as explained on each call.email info@sau1.org phone 724 588 2378 www.sau1.
Your rights
Planning to work
Finding a job
Keeping your job
Workplace accommodations
ODP funded services
Other supports
Work and your benefits
Maintain Wellness Amid the Stress of Long Term Planning
Maintain Wellness Amid the Stress of Long Term Planning
Bust some myths about Life Sharing & Supported Living
Learn how to balance the needs of ALL family members
Learn how family caregivers & individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities can plan for the future together
Identify ways in which ALL family members can care for each other
Wednesday, October 26, 2022 10:00am - 12:00 pm AND 6:30pm- 8:30 pm
-Free Workshop- Registration is Required
Transitions Through the Lifespan Achieve Your Vision in Any Stage of Life
Transitions Through the Lifespan Achieve Your Vision in Any Stage of Life
Join the PA Family Network in this interactive workshop to:
Obtain information and identify services, supports, and resources
Utilize the LifeCourse Framework to plan for transitions in early childhood, school age, high school, adulthood, aging, and through medical transitions
pafamilynetwork.org/Transitions
Exploring Possibilities and Setting Expectations for the Future
Join us for a Peer-to-Peer interactive workshop by and for people with disabilities and their families to:
Discuss how high expectations can open new opportunities
Develop strategies to see how new possibilities can help you and your loved ones prepare for the future
Identify supports you are your loved one would need to live as independently as possible
pafamilynetwork.org/Exploring
Community Engagement
Wednesday, October 5, 2022 6:00 pm-8:00pm
Free Workshop- Registration is Required pafamilynetwork.org/Community
Join us as we all learn and grow together
Different perspectives, same goal for an Everyday Life
All events provided for and by people with disabilities and their families
Spanish resources and interpretation available at all workshops
All About Relationships!
All About Relationships!
*The different kinds *What abuse is
*What to do about abuse *Ways YOU can learn more!
*How we make them *Healthy relationships
*Unhealthy relationships
For video and audio by computer or smartphone, get the passcode from Rita anytime before the event!
Call 724 588 2378 or Email power@sau1.org
The day of the event, go online at sau1.me/zoom then enter the passcode or join right from our online events calendar at sau1.me/events and enter the passcode.
Waiver Changes with ODP
Waiver Changes with ODP!
Do you get services like staff, supports coordinator, job coaching, group home or community living, or others?
Join us to hear about changes to services from ODP.
For just audio from a smartphone, tap +16468769923,,2233445555# and wait to hear “You are in the meeting now."
For video and audio by computer or smartphone, get the passcode from Rita anytime before the event!
Call 724 588 2378 or Email power@sau1.org The day of the event, go online at sau1.me/zoom then enter the passcode or join right from our online events calendar at sau1.me/events and enter the passcode.
All About Rights
All About Rights!
email info@sau1.org phone 724-588- 2378 www.sau1.org Facebook: @SAU1PA Twitter:@speakupSAU1
Human and Civil Rights
History of Rights
ODP Services
Rules about People’s Rights
Complaints about Services
Speaking Up for Your Rights
Safety in the Community
Join PA Family Network Advisors as we plan and problem solve for the safety of your loved one with intellectual disabilities and/or autism by:
• sharing practical skills and strategies for safety at home, work, and in the community;
• identifying possible ways to apply LifeCourse Framework and Tools in useful, flexible, and simple ways;
• supporting each other by discussing steps toward a vision for remaining safe within our community while living a meaningful and good life.
Second Session available on — Monday, August 29, 2022 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
NEW: PRIOR REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED FOR PARTICIPATION
(the Workshop is still FREE!)
Click Link Below to Register and Join the Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAkdOCgrDoiEtF5sp03r-299WcLLjOfYhcc
Reasonable Accommodations as identified under the ADA must be requested 2 weeks in advance
For more information: www.visionforequality.org/pa-family-network or 1-844-PAFAMILY;
PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE FOR FY 2022-2023
In accordance with State Regulations, Lycoming and Clinton
Counties will conduct a Public Hearing for the County Human
Services Plan (Non Block Grant) for Fiscal Year 2022-2023.
Tuesday, August 16, 2022
4:00 p.m.
Sharwell Building
200 East Street
Williamsport, PA 17701
Zoom conferencing will also be available and instructions can be
provided by calling 570-326-7895. If you are unable to attend,
please feel welcome to provide any written comments directly to
the Administrator, Lycoming-Clinton MH/ID Program, at the
address listed above.
L.E.A.D. the Way to Healthy Relationships
We plan and problem solve for your loved one with intellectual disabilities and/or autism to have successful relationships by:
• identifying possible ways to apply LifeCourse Framework and Tools in useful, flexible, and simple ways;
• discussing strategies on how to define a friend and establish appropriate boundaries in relationships;
• introducing consent and sharing steps to help mitigate their risk of being taken advantage of;
• suggesting information to adapt our loved one’s level of understanding and ideas for application in real life.
NEW: PRIOR REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED FOR PARTICIPATION
(the Workshop is still FREE!)
Click Link Below to Register and Join the Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAvfu-grzkjHtR_vd0HUrZ0I5fklxRStnf7
Reasonable Accommodations as identified under the ADA must be requested 2 weeks in advance
For more information: www.visionforequality.org/pa-family-network or 1-844-PAFAMILY; Find us on Facebook at Pennsylvania Family Network
Advancing Trauma Awareness in PA's Communities
Lycoming-Clinton Joinder and its programs, including Lycoming-Clinton Mental Health / Intellectual Disabilities & Autism Services, is pleased to share information about an important coalition and their upcoming discussion series to help make Pennsylvania’s communities more trauma aware, and how we can support healing for those affected by trauma.
Created by Resilient PA, a non-partisan coalition striving to foster resilient Pennsylvania youth, families and communities, the discussion series Advancing Trauma Awareness in Pennsylvania Communities features four guest speakers beginning July 15th.
This summer series, offered on demand at your convenience, is free to all residents in the state and open to everyone for personal and professional growth.
Resilient PA invites you to join some of the world’s leading experts on trauma to learn:
Where and how trauma appears in our lives and communities
What happens when we experience trauma
The role of community in healing
How we can heal ourselves and support healing in others
Meet the presenters for Advancing Trauma Awareness in Pennsylvania Communities:
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D.
Researcher, psychiatrist, and author of New York Times bestseller The Body Keeps the Score, Dr. van der Kolk revolutionized how the world understands trauma. Dr. van der Kolk joins us to help us understand what trauma is and how it impacts us.
Release Date: July 15, 2022, 150 Minutes
Deran Young, LCSW, MPA
Founder and Executive Director of Black Therapists Rock, Deran Young is a licensed clinical psychotherapist who served in the U.S. Air Force for 18 years. Deran brings her expertise about racial trauma and examining our biases.
Release Date: July 29, 2022, 120 Minutes
Linda Thai, LMSW, ERYT-200, CLYL
Linda is a trauma therapist and educator who specializes in brain and body based modalities for addressing complex developmental trauma. Linda will help us learn about self regulation and adaptive strategies we may have developed to survive a traumatic experience.
Release Date: August 12, 2022, 120 Minutes
TaLisa Ramos-Watts, MSW, LSW, CCTP-I
Currently TaLisa serves as the Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Education for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and is tasked with providing DEI education and trainings, strategic planning, and establishing trauma-informed approaches to state government. TaLisa will share about community and its role in recovering from trauma.
Release Date: August 26, 2022, 120 Minutes
REGISTER TODAY
To register, click here and fill out their short form.
Register for Resilient PA Discussion Series
You will receive an email notification at the release of each component of the series.
About Resilient PA
Resilient PA is a non-partisan coalition striving to foster resilient Pennsylvania youth, families and communities through promoting trauma-informed care and systems across sectors as well as promoting efforts to reduce risk factors and increase protective factors for youth and families to break cycles of family and community trauma.
The mission of Resilient PA is to bring the community together, provide resources, and connect individuals and businesses to each other who are committed to building a trauma aware Pennsylvania. Anyone who participates in the series and completes the required exam will receive a certificate of completion and the ability to be listed in the Trauma Aware Community directory where Pennsylvania residents can search to find trauma aware resources.
In concert with the Pennsylvania Office of Advocacy and Reform, HEAL PA, United Way of Pennsylvania, and Collectively Rooted — Resilient PA is working to help Pennsylvania residents become more trauma aware and have practical tools to identify and address the trauma in their world.
This coalition exists to raise awareness on the impact of trauma, childhood trauma (ACEs), trauma as experienced by different cultural, racial, and ethnic groups, and benefits of adopting trauma-informed and resiliency building practices and strategies to address critical social challenges at both the community and state level.
Coalition Objectives
Raise awareness on impact of trauma (especially childhood trauma and racialized trauma) and connection to our most critical social challenges at grassroots and community level across the state
Equip local Trauma-Informed Grassroots Champions to effectively advocate for schools, agencies, systems and sectors to adopt a trauma-informed approach within their own communities
Develop and disseminate a shared Communication Plan to effectively advocate for trauma-informed care, systems, schools and funding (etc. cost benefit for business leaders and legislators, impact statements by sector on benefits of a trauma-informed approach, key advocacy talking points)
Develop and disseminate a shared Advocacy Plan, including recommendations for local county and state level
Actively recruit and encourage new Coalition Members, new communities and agencies to adopt a trauma-informed approach
Partner with HEAL PA to connect grassroots and community level trauma-informed work and needs with state-level action team efforts through HEAL PA
HEAL PA
HEAL PA is a collection of over 100 volunteers from a wide variety of fields, geographies, ethnicities and life experiences, including several former think tank members and multiple trauma survivors, that has been assembled to serve on 13 action teams focused on implementation of the Trauma-Informed PA plan.
Branded as HEAL PA, this mix of state agency representatives and community stakeholders from all across the commonwealth is responsible for prioritizing the recommendations, setting short and long term goals, and assigning accountabilities to make the plan recommendations a reality.
Action teams are expected to push the envelope to ensure PA not only keeps up with the latest science and trends in trauma and ACEs, but sets the bar for planning, innovation, and action.
Contact Resilient PA
For more information about Resilient PA, their discussion series and/or coalition, please contact Amanda McNaughton at
Phone: (717) 238-7365 x206
Email: amanda@uwp.org