February is Career and Technical Education Month |
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Career Technical Education |
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Missouri Career and Technical Education combines academics and occupational skill training to prepare students of all ages. Training programs are offered in Agriculture, Business, Health Sciences, Family and Consumer Sciences, Skilled Technical Sciences, Technology and Engineering, and Marketing and Cooperative Education. Click HERE to view the website for more information and watch the video.
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Understanding Career and Technical Education and Special Education: What IEP Teams Need to Know- Click HERE for the fact sheet
CTE courses benefit everyone, but CTE especially helps students served by IDEA. The data suggest students with disabilities enrolled in CTE classes are more likely to graduate and meet state proficiency goals. For more information click HERE
Show Me Learning That Works- Click HERE to watch these videos
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Extended School Year (ESY) |
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View the ESY fact sheet HERE
View the ESY fact sheet in Spanish (vea la hoja informativa de ESY en español aquí) HERE
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Extended School Year (ESY) Resources |
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The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education has an Extended School Year (ESY) Policies webpage, check it out HERE
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Social Security's Ticket to Work Program is a free and voluntary program available to people ages 18 through 64 who are blind or have a disability and who receive Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits. The program increases the financial independence and self-sufficiency of beneficiaries with disabilities and reduces (and whenever possible eliminates) reliance on disability benefits.
Click HERE to learn more about the Ticket to Work Program
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Healthy Habits for Military Families |
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Military children often face situations that cause stress including a parent’s deployment, a family move, or the general pressures of teen life. Click HERE to read the article for military families includes tips and resources including how the Military and Family Life Counseling Program can provide professional help.
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Join the Race + Disability webinar series which explores various aspects of the school-to-prison pipeline, examining how children of color and children with disabilities are disproportionately excluded from school and referred to the justice system. This process of exclusion begins even before kindergarten.
• Child care center expulsion rates are 13 times more than K-12 rates.
• State-funded pre-k programs expel children at three times the rate of K-12 schools.
• Young children who are suspended or expelled are 10 times more likely to hold negative attitudes about school, drop out of high school, and face incarceration.
Click HERE to register for this free webinar on Early Childhood Suspensions and Expulsion: Pushing out Kids of Color and kids with Disabilities.
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Register for the MOAT Power Up Conference April 4-5th |
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Missouri Assistive Technology offers a variety of programs for individuals with disabilities or for individuals experiencing age-related changes. Each program plays a role in finding the right match for the individual. Save The Date and register for Missouri Assistive Technology's Power Up Conference April 4-5th. Click HERE to learn more.
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Disability Rights Legislative Day |
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Mark your calendars for Disability Rights Legislative Day held on Tuesday, March 9, 2022! This year's event will be held in person and online and participants from across Missouri will have an opportunity to connect with their legislators and advocate for important issues.
More information will be available soon. To stay up-to-date with event information, click either the "Interested" or "Going" button on this event HERE.
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MPACT Webinars in March
Click on the links below to register
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Understanding ADHD
Transitions- Elementary to Middle School
Positive Behavior Interventions
Bullying Prevention
Art of Effective Advocacy
Special Education: What I Need to Know
Section 504
What is MPACT
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Section 504
Disagreement Resolution
Transitions-Elementary to Middle
Solving the Employment Puzzle
McKinney Vento Overview
Understanding the Evaluation Process
Disagreement Resolution
*Featured Training of the Month
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In-Person Training Opportunity in March |
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Understanding the IEP Process
Saturday, Mar 12, 2022 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am
Location:
The Library Center
4653 S Campbell Ave, Springfield, MO 65810
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View all upcoming MPACT trainings HERE
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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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Make a Difference in the Lives of
Missouri Families, Join MPACT Today!
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What is an MPACT Mentor Volunteer?
Mentors are trained volunteers who, upon request, provide support to families of children with disabilities throughout the special education process. A mentor does not represent or speak for a parent or family member, but a mentor does help empower an individual to become a strong educational advocate for his or her child. MPACT mentors are screened and receive training and supervision from MPACT staff.
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MPACT (Missouri Parents Act) is looking for enthusiastic individuals to help develop a diverse community-based board of directors. We seek members with a broad variety of backgrounds, ethnicities and experience, people with disabilities, parents of children with disabilities, people with experience with other children’s issues, people simply interested in child education, people with fundraising expertise, business professionals, and educators.
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Shop with MPACT on Amazon Smile :) |
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Your online shopping can help make a difference, at no additional cost to you!
When you shop at smile.amazon.com, or in the Amazon app with AmazonSmile turned on within Settings, you'll find the same products and same low prices as the Amazon you already know - plus, they donate a portion of your purchases to your chosen charity.
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MPACT is funded in part or whole by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs Grant No. H328M090020-10. The contents of the website, however, and any documents cited herein do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the U.S Department of Education.
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