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Disability Awareness Week 2008
March 10-13, 2008
**Exhibits (through the month of March)
-ASU Disability Services, Student Union,
room 2181
-Display case just past ATM machines in the
Student Union
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Opportunities to Earn a Substantial Salary
Presenter: Bernie Quell, EmployAbility
Project.
-This interactive presentation will
highlight the Working Disabled Medicaid
program which allows eligible working
individuals with a disability the benefit of
Medicaid, and the opportunity to earn a
substantial salary. It will provide
information on work incentives for Social
Security beneficiaries.
Time & Place: 11:00-12:15, Student Union
Pine Tree Room
Iraqi Veteran’s Compelling Story of
Struggles and Triumph
Presenter: Anthony Smith, Retired U.S. Army
Major. Sponsored by Delta Sigma Omicron
(DSO)
- Wounded by a rocket-propelled grenade and
flat-lined by the time the medics reached
him, this ex-Army Major beat all of the odds
and has a compelling story of courage and
trials to share. His struggles and successes
are an inspiration to all!
Time & Place: 12:30-1:45, Student Union Pine
Tree Room
Craighead County Transition Fair
Presenter: Dr. Jenifer Rice-Mason,
Transitioning to college life.
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Morning Session: 8:30, JHS Auditorium.
Several representatives from post-secondary
schools and agencies will give short
presentations to explain what the agency has
to offer students with disabilities.
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Evening Session: 6:30-8:30, JHS Cafeteria.
A chili dinner will be served and child care
provided.
Students and parents will have an
opportunity to visit with agencies to gain
information about jobs, training
opportunities, and services available in the
community. Drawings for door prizes will be
held at the end of the evening.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
The Miracles Performance and Symposium
-The Miracles, a group of musically-gifted
adults, live at The Baddour Center in
Senatobia, MS. The
center is a residential community that is
designed for adults with intellectual
disabilities. The choir travels extensively
performing 30 weekends out of the year. They
have performed at the John F. Kennedy Center
for Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.
They have also performed at the White House.
*Contact: Vaneta Harvey. Sponsored by: ASU
Disability Services, JHDC, BCM and DSO.
Time & Place: 12:00 noon, Student Union
Center Court: Symposium: Mockingbird Room
1:00-4:00
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Strategic Planning, Organization, and
Techniques to Enhance Academic Success at
ASU
Presenter: Ms. Kelly McCoy
- This workshop will focus on different
study strategies such as preparing to study,
notebook organization, reading skills,
taking class notes, class preparation and
strategies for test taking. The techniques
covered, when implemented appropriately,
have helped students raise their grades
significantly. All students, faculty and
staff are
welcome to attend this workshop. Students
using these methods will share success
stories.
Time & Place: 9:30-10:45, Student Union
Mockingbird Room
Supporting our ASU Student Soldiers
Presenter: Dr. Dennis White
- Want to help someone who was injured while
he/she fought to protect your personal
freedoms? Learn about the college experience
from a veteran’s point of view.
Iraq/Afghanistan veterans now receive
educational, physical and speech/hearing
rehabilitation; social services and mental
health services to support them in achieving
their post
military service goals.
Time & Place: 11:00-12:15, Student Union
Pine Tree Room
Alternative Testing: What You Should Know….
Presenter: Ms. Sondra Sims
- This is an interactive workshop focusing
on alternative testing and accommodations
for students with disabilities, encouraging
new faculty, and students from various
majors. During this one hour workshop,
participants will interact during
discussions and scenarios to learn
techniques to utilize testing services and
to best accommodate students with
disabilities.
Time & Place: 12:30-1:45, Student Union Pine
Tree Room
Wednesday & Thursday, March 26 & 27, 2008
Creating an Accessible Website
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This hands-on workshop provides the
techniques to create a better website and to
make websites
accessible to all. This workshop is open to
all faculty and staff. To register, contact
Christina Laurentia
at (870) 972-3964.
Time: March 26: 9:00-10:15 a.m., 10:30-11:45
a.m., 2:00-3:15 p.m., 3:30-4:45 p.m.
March 27: 9:00-10:15 a.m., 10:30 -
11:45 a.m., 2:00-3:15 p.m., 3:30-4:45 p.m.
Place: Student Union Room 2168 (across from
Career Services)
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Disability Awareness
Week 2007
Exhibit Fair
Date: March 6, 2007
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Place: Student Union Center Court
Contact: Vaneta
Harvey and LaKeitha Henderson
The Exhibit
Fair is designed to showcase disability awareness among students, faculty,
and staff. The displays will be judged and winners will be announced at the
end of the day.
Work Incentives
YOU
Need To Know
Date:Tuesday,
March 6th, 2007 @ 1:00 - 2:15 p.m.
Place:Mockingbird
Room, 3rd Floor of the ASU Student Union
Presenter: Bernie Quell, Program Manager for the EmployAbility Project
We are told:
“Work hard and you can achieve anything”. Working is the heart of the
American Dream. This interactive presentation will provide information on
work incentives for Social Security beneficiaries. It will highlight the
Working Disabled Medicaid program which allows eligible working individuals
with a disability the benefit of Medicaid, and the opportunity to earn a
substantial salary. Flyer.
Hearing Screenings
Date: Tuesday, March 6,
2007 @ 9 - 2 p.m.
Place: Student Union
Conference Room 2nd floor
Communication Disorders
will hold free hearing screenings for students, faculty, and staff.
Sponsored by ASU
Communication Disorders and ASU Disability Services.
Creating an Accessible Website
Date: March 7 and 15, 2007
Time: March 7: 9 - 10 a.m., 10 - 11 a.m., 2 - 3 p.m., 3 - 4
p.m.
March 15: 9:30 - 10:30 a.m., 10:30 - 11:30 a.m.,2
- 3 p.m., 3 - 4 p.m.
Place: TBA
This
hands-on workshop shows you the techniques to create a better website
and to make your website accessible to all. This workshop is open to all
faculty and staff. To register, contact Christina Laurentia at (870)
972-3964.Flyer.
“Explore the Possibilities” Career Fair
Date: March 8, 2007
Place: UCA Conway, AR --- Student Center Ballroom
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Contact: Kelly McCoy and Dr. Jenifer Rice-Mason
Statewide
career fair for college students with disabilities. Full time positions and
internships available. Contact Office of Disability Services if you need
transportation.
Universal Design: Effectively Teaching All Students
Date: March 6 - 8
Place: Pine Tree Room, Student Union
Time: TBA
Contact: Lori Moore and Melody Mosley
This is an
interactive workshop designed for new faculty members. During this one
hour workshop, faculty members will interact through discussion and
scenarios to learn techniques to best accommodate students with
disabilities.
The Miracles Performance
Date: March 12, 2007
Place: Student Union Center Court
Time: 12:00 noon
Contact: Vaneta Harvey. Sponsored by: ASU Disability
Services, JHDC, and BCM.
The
Miracles, a group of musically-gifted adults, live at The Baddour Center in
Senatobia, MS. The center is a residential community that is designed for
adults with intellectual disabilities.
Flyer.
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Disability Awareness Week 2006
March 13-17, 2006
Watch Us “C.O.P.E.” –
Contribute, Overachieve, Progress, and Empower.
ASU Disability Services will
sponsor various events during the week to promote disability awareness in
the community. Everyone is invited.
Dynavox
“Technology For Human
Expressions”
workshop
will be presented by Kay Wilcox Smith, M.S., OTR/L, on Monday, March 13,
2006 from 1:00 - 2 :00 p.m. in the Pine Tree Room,
3rd
floor of the Student Union.
Ms. Smith will
provide information on
innovative augmentative and alternative communication devices, advanced
voice output devices, funding sources for high-end devices, the evaluation
process and the therapists role.
Dynavox Flyers
Disability Awareness
Exhibit Fair will be held on
Tuesday, March 14 from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. on the upper and lower
lobby of the Dean B. Ellis Library (in front of the Graduate School).
We would like to invite
students, faculty, and staff to attend the Exhibit Fair. Exhibits will
include accomplishments of people with disabilities in different fields,
facts about people with disabilities, disability issues concerning programs
and services available.
Food Drive Challenge will be held on Wednesday, March 15
from 10:00 to 3:00 p.m. in the Student Union Courtyard.
Delta Sigma Omicron is challenging each individual, department, and all
organizations on campus to donate canned food for The Salvation Army
shelter. Trophies will go to the top three
organizations/departments/individuals that contribute the most donations.
All organizations & departments who participate will receive a Certificate
of Appreciation.
Food Drive
Flyer
The
Student Forum will be
held on Wednesday, March 15 and Thursday, March 16 from 1:00 – 2:30 p.m.
It will be
held in the Mockingbird Room, Student Union 314.
The Student Forum
provides a venue for students with disabilities to discuss challenges
college life presents. Faculty, staff, and students will have the
opportunity to learn about experiences and abilities of individuals with
disabilities. The students will share insights of their lives and unique
ways to deal with obstacles.
Student Forum flyer.
Project A.I.M
(Advocacy in Motion) will be held
on Wednesday, March 15 and Thursday, March 16, from 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. in the
Pine Tree Room, 3rd floor of the Student Center.
The major function of this workshop is to
provide students with disabilities information that will increase their
ability and willingness to advocate for themselves. Students with
disabilities encounter many different challenges in their everyday lives.
We seek to improve their decision making abilities when it comes to handling
these situations as well as presenting appeals, encountering
professors/administrators, knowing their rights, and excelling in school.
Creating an
Accessible Website will be held
on Wednesday, April 12 from 2:00 – 4:30 p.m. in the CLT Computer Lab,
Library 301.
The workshop will cover
web accessibility guidelines and techniques to create an accessible website,
background on web
accessibility, hands-on techniques using Microsoft Front Page and HTML,
testing and repairing your website for accessibility. This workshop is open
to faculty and staff. Contact Christina Laurentia in Disability Services to
register.
Accessible Website Flyer.
If you have
any questions, contact Office of Disability Services at (870) 972-3964.
Disability Awareness Week 2005 Pictures
March
7-10, 2005
Several
disability awareness activities and events will be geared to ASU students, staff
and faculty members. Representatives from public and private agencies,
organizations, and other educators from the community are invited to attend.
Student groups, classes, and departmental organizations may attend as well; however,
in order to ensure that appropriate accommodations can be made we encourage you
to notify Disability Services (972-3964) in advance. ASU sponsors of the
disability awareness activities for the month of March include Disability
Services, Health, Physical Education, and Sports Science and the Department of
Rehabilitation Counseling. Faculty and staff are encouraged to either
participate by encouraging students to attend, participate and/or present
papers/workshops during the symposium.
We would like
to encourage students to be involved during the month of March by sharing their
experience through assignments in writing, marketing, radio and TV, journalism,
photography, presentations, public administration, physical therapy, computer
technology, etc. Students may want to participate by attending/participating
in the wheelchair basketball game, a student forum, an art display entitled
“Access for Everyone”, workshops and/or one or more of the symposiums. Students
with and without disabilities are encouraged to attend or participate in the fun
and educational programs centered around the theme entitled: Widening the
Umbrella Access for Everyone Everywhere.
Other events
will be held throughout the month of March including workshops for service
providers working with deaf and hard of hearing students and pertinent
information will be provided for those wanting to volunteer on a regular basis.
2005
Monday, March 7, 2005 @ 11am. University Hall activity.
Thursday, March 10, 2005 @ 1:30 -2:30 pm. Location: Student Union, Mockingbird
Room (3rd floor).
Student Forum.
Thursday, March 10, 2005 @ 3:30 - 4:30. Location: Chickasaw R.410.
DS Technology Workshop: Using Kurzweil 3000 Learning tool software. To sign up,
go to DS Technology website.
March 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 2005 @ 3:00-3:30 & 4:00-4:30.
Location: Smith Center for Excellence in
Education Room 214. Learn strategies for effective notetaking in class.
Participants only need to attend one session.
Friday, March 25, 2005 @ 3-4 pm. Location: Chickasaw R.410.
DS Technology Workshop: Using
Openbook scanning and reading software. To sign up,
go to DS Technology website.
Tuesday, March 29, 2005 @ 3:30 - 4:30. Location: Chickasaw R.410.
DS Technology Workshop: Using Zoomtext, screen magnifier and reader software.
To sign up, go to
DS Technology website.
Previous activities have included the following:
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Empowering
People with Disabilities in the 21st Century
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2004 March
8-March
12, 2004 March 9, 2004
Disability Awareness Displays/Exhibits displayed on the
bottom floor of the Dean B. Ellis Library. Departments submitting exhibits
were Financial Aid (1st place winner), Communication Disorder (2nd place
winner), Student Support Services (3rd place winner), Residence Life, Career
Services, Department of Psychology and Counseling, and Ms. Sadie Ivy (ASU
Art Student). March 10, 2004
The Student Forum was held on March 10 at the Wesley Foundation. The
students were involved in a very informative group discussion focusing on
disability issues. Panel members were Sadie Ivy, Bryan Rougley, Shelby
Vincent, Elissa New, Tommy Wallin, Chiquita Holt and Chris Suttles.
2003
March 10-13, 2003
Tuesday, March 11, 2003
Deaf Education: It’s All on the Hands - NEAIA
Mr. Sam Whittle, a Gallaudet college graduate, shared
his experiences growing up as a deaf child in a hearing culture. He also
discussed the use of sign language interpreters in an educational setting.
Wednesday, March 12, 2003 Understanding the diagnosis of students with Learning Disabilities(LD) , Attention Deficit Disorder(ADD), and Traumatic Brain
Injury(TBI).
Dr. Joseph Justen of ASU Special Education covered the
diagnosis of LD, ADD, and TBI and how we identify the disabilities.
Wednesday,
March 12th, 2003
Student Forum
Photos of event from
previous years
The Student
Forum provides a venue for students with disabilities to
discuss with others the challenges college life presents. Faculty, staff, and
students have the opportunity to learn about experiences and abilities of
people with disabilities. The students with disabilities share insights of
their lives and ways they deal with obstacles. This occasion allows one to
understand humanity in a new light.
The purpose of this forum is to promote interaction between students with
disabilities and their peers, which enhances a positive awareness of
disability issues and concerns. Our goal is to create a comfortable environment
of acceptance for students with a disability, their peers, and faculty members.
Thursday,
March 13th, 2003
Symposium/Luncheon
Mr. John Halloran of Prentke Romich focused on
Turning Challenges into Talent during the luncheon. The goal was to motivate
professionals to celebrate and nurture the unique characteristics of individuals
with disabilities so they can use their differences to their advantage in all
areas of life
*Print
Symposium/Luncheon Registration Form
in word format . Once completed, please fax, mail or drop it at our office at Chickasaw
Building Room 410. Fax: 972-3351. Mailing address: PO BOX 360, State University
AR 72467.
Topics covered during symposium: So
You Want to Become a Substance Abuse Counselor???
Understanding
the process of Licensure and Certification; Issues
in Career Counseling and Rehabilitation; Turning a Disability into a Talent,
Using Augmentative Devices with Children with Disabilities; Ethical Issues in
Counseling and Psychiatric Rehabilitation.
*View Complete
Symposium
schedule from 2003.
If you have any comments or suggestions then click
"HERE"
to have your comments submitted via Disability Services on-line form-mailer.
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