Tools For Life - Living My Best Life Summit | |
October is Bullying Prevention Awareness | |
A month-long event to prevent childhood bullying and promote kindness, acceptance, and inclusion. | |
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Check out MPACT's Bully Prevention Resources: Including Bullying/ Violence Prevention, Talking with Your Child About Bullying, What if Your Child is the Bully? Missouri State Laws that Cover Bullying and Notifying School Administrators of Bullying and Harassment!
Click the link to review available resources: Bullying Prevention Resources
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Talking With Your Child About Bullying | | |
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Parents can prepare themselves to talk with their children by considering how they are going to handle their child’s questions and emotions. They can also decide what information they would like to give their child about bullying.
Click HERE to watch a short, informative video by Nakatia Clay, MPACT Regional Coordinator for Southeast Missouri
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Talking With Youth About Bullying | |
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It is important that adults understand how to communicate with youth about a bullying situation. Some children have an easier time talking to adults about personal matters and may be willing to discuss bullying. Others may be reluctant to share information about the situation. There could be a number of reasons for this: the student bullying them may have told them not to tell or they might fear that telling someone will make matters worse.
When preparing to talk to children about bullying, adults should consider how they will handle the child’s questions and emotions and what their own responses will be. Adults should be prepared to listen without judgment, providing the child with a safe place to work out their feelings and determine next steps.
For more information read PACER'S, Help Your Child Recognize the Signs of Bullying.
“Bullying of Students with Disabilities.” Students with Disabilities - National Bullying Prevention Center, www.pacer.org/bullying/resources/students-with-disabilities/.
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The Missouri School Violence Hotline (SVH) began in October of 2001. In 2019, through the Missouri School Safety Initiative, the reporting mechanism moved to the Missouri Information Analysis Center for 24/7 operation and was named Courage2ReportMO. The goal is to make schools safer by helping school districts and law enforcement learn about school violence as soon as possible. Courage2ReportMO takes CONFIDENTIAL reports involving any public or private school in Missouri with students in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade.
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Accessible Educational Materials (AEM) | |
Overview
Missouri was selected as one of seven AEM Cohort States (2020-2024) by the National Accessible Educational Materials Center for intensive technical assistance to improve access and usage of accessible educational materials and technologies for learners.
Purpose
The purpose of Missouri’s AEM Project is to create a robust provisioning system to increase the availability and use of accessible educational materials (AEM) and accessible technologies by all learners to improve their overall success.
Vision
Missouri's students, teachers, and parents will be able to access, acquire, create, and implement AEM.
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Click HERE for the DESE website link for AEM information that hosts the video | |
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The 2022 National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers was created to support family caregivers of all ages, from youth to grandparents, regardless of where they live or what caregiving looks like for them and their loved ones.
The strategy was developed jointly by the advisory councils created by the RAISE Family Caregiving Act and the Supporting Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Act, with extensive input from the public, including family caregivers and the people they support. It will be updated in response to public comments and will evolve with the caregiving landscape.
We need your input! Please submit your comments by November 30, 2022.
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Engaging Parents in Productive Partnerships | |
Early Childhood to Highschool | |
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Responding to Your Child’s Bite
(Available in Spanish: Maneras de tratar las mordidas de su hijo)
Many toddlers and young children bite. Developmentally, most toddlers don't have enough words to express how they are feeling. Biting is one of the ways toddlers express their needs, desires, or feelings. This handout provides information on why children bite, what to do and what not to do, and when to seek professional help. From the National Center for Pyramid Model Innovations.
IEP Tip Sheet Series
Parents and family members are critical members of the IEP team and the IEP development process. It's important that parents understand the IEP and its parts, why the IEP is important, and the valuable role that parents play in creating the IEP. This series begins with IEP Tip Sheet for Parents: An Overview of the IEP and then offers 7 fact sheets about specific components of the IEP. From the Progress Center.
Related Services Providers: Important Contributors to the Accommodations Decision-making Process
This 4-page brief from the National Center on Educational Outcomes suggests strategies for supporting related services providers so that they can participate more confidently as members of IEP teams when decisions are made about instructional and assessment accommodations.
Five Required Pre-ETS Services
For students with disabilities who are eligible or potentially eligible for VR services, pre-employment transition services include a specific set of activities by law: job exploration counseling, work-based learning experiences, counseling on postsecondary education opportunities, workplace readiness training, and instruction in self-advocacy. Want to learn more about each of these activities? Take advantage of this series from the National Technical Assistance Center on Transition: The Collaborative.
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Published by National Today, Down syndrome occurs across the human spectrum and is the most common chromosomal condition. Each year, about 6,000 babies are born with Down syndrome — a 1 in 700 chance. The prevalence of Down syndrome increases with the mother’s age. It is associated with delays in physical growth, characteristic facial features and intellectual disability. To learn more and how you can observe Down Syndrome Awareness month visit National Today's article HERE.
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The Defense Department is raising awareness for Domestic Violence Awareness Month in October. If your partner’s actions make you feel uncomfortable or hurt you in any way, you are not alone. We can help you. Let’s break the silence about domestic abuse. To learn more visit Military One Source. | |
What is SIDS and SUID?
SUID is the sudden and unexpected death of an infant less than one year of age in which the cause of death was not obvious before an investigation. State statute requires that all Missouri SUID (age one week to one-year-old) deaths be reviewed by the Child Fatality Review Program panel and include an autopsy.
In the United States, SIDS is one of the five leading causes of death for infants. SIDS is the sudden death of an infant less than one year of age, which remains unexplained after a thorough autopsy, investigation, and review of medical and social histories. Nationally, 90% of infant fatalities classified as SIDS occur within the first six months of life, peaking at two to four months.
Check out Resources from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services HERE
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The 2022-23 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®) launched at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time. New and returning students who plan to attend college between July 1, 2022, and June 30, 2023, should complete the FAFSA as soon as possible. To assist students and parents in the process, the Department’s Federal Student Aid (FSA) office has been sharing tips @FAFSA, including “7 Things You Need Before Filling Out the FAFSA Form” and “8 Steps to Completing the FAFSA Form.”
FSA continues to take steps to make it easier to complete and submit the FAFSA form. For example:
- students’ prior drug convictions, as well as registration status with Selective Service, no longer affect their federal student aid eligibility;
- gov is even easier to navigate to get help and information, with an entirely new look and feel; and
- in most states, applicants only see the questions on the FAFSA form that pertain to them.
Students and parents may complete the FAFSA form online at FAFSA.gov and through the myStudentAid mobile application.
In related news, the Department released the latest federal student loan cohort default rate, which decreased (from 9.7% to 7.3%) for students who entered repayment between fiscal years 2017 and 2018 and subsequently defaulted before September 30, 2020. This new cohort default rate represents the lowest national rate since the three-year rate was first released in 2012. Schools with high default rates may lose their eligibility to participate in federal student aid programs.
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Upcoming MPACT Webinars in
October and November
Click on the blue links below to register
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View all upcoming MPACT trainings HERE. | |
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Become A Strong Advocate For Your Child
Core Four Training Series, Sedalia, MO
Nov 18 @ 9:00 am – 4:00 pm CDT
| Center for Human Services, 1500 Ewing Drive, Sedalia, MO 65301 | |
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All MPACT trainings are free of charge! If you would like to schedule any MPACT training in your area or for your organization
please click on the link HERE
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