Barren Heights has opening for summer!

If you haven't seen my post about Barren Heights Christian Retreat, you need to check out their web page.  I just checked and there are still openings for weekends for this summer.  Barren Heights provides free weekend experiences for families with a child with special needs.  The camp is located near Bowling Green KY on Barren River Lake.  It's a TON of fun for the whole family!  My girls and Sam talk about it all the time and we went last summer.  If you have the opportunity, PLEASE take advantage of it.  It's a memory-maker!  Here's the link to their schedule...
http://www.barrenheights.com/schedule

Early Childhood Training Series presented by Parent Outreach and FIND

THE PARENT OUTREACH PROGRAM
in collaboration with
FIND OF LOUISVILLE
(Family Information Network on Disabilities)

present:

 FREE

Early Childhood Training Series

 

10am-12pm or 6pm-8pm

at

The Council On Development Disabilities

1151 South 4th Street

Louisville, KY 40203

 

April 26, 2011

What All Families Should Know About Brain Development

 

May 17, 2011

Keys to Social-Emotional Readiness for Young Children

 

June 21, 2011

Building Social & Emotional Resiliency in Young Children

 

To register for these sessions,

contact Pamela McDaniel at 584-1239.

 All training materials developed by the University of Kentucky, HDI, 
Kentucky Early Childhood Transition Project (KECTP)

     The Council on Developmental Disabilities 
is a Metro United Way Agency

Update on updates...

We have been moving the past week and I don't have internet access yet at my new home.  Sorry for the delays in posting - I hope to be back to a regular schedule in the next week!  Thanks for your patience.

Check the Conferences and Seminars page...

There are updates and a couple of new ones added, including one tomorrow night (4/12) at teh Council on Developmental Disabilities.  the topic is Wills, Trusts, and the Recoed of Information.

Saturday Night Respite Program

This came to me through the Down Syndrome of Louisville newsletter…

Little Flock Baptist Church is offering a Respite Program called

ESCAPE – “To Life Not From Life”

1^st Saturday of each month (October – May)

5:30-8:00 pm

Little Flock Baptist Church

5510 N. Preston Hwy, Shepherdsville, KY

The program is free of charge

To enroll your son/daughter or for more information, please contact:

Sammy Chick, Director of Special Needs Ministry

(502) 955-8760 or specialneedsministry@littleflock.com

Volunteers will engage participants in crafts, games and fun!

The program operates on the One on One Buddy System – one volunteer for each participant.  All volunteers for this program have undergone criminal background checks and an RN is onsite for emergencies.

Elizabeth

Sign Language Website with Videos

This was just sent to me from a mom of a sweet little boy with Down syndrome.  He has a great sign language vocabulary!

“There is an awesome website for ASL, you just type in the word you want the sign for and it shows a video clip of the sign (and the finger spelling, if you want).”

The website is Signing Savvy. 

Elizabeth