IPUL's E-News for May 6, 2022
Here are the highlights of our recent activity online. Not everything is included due to timeliness. If an advertised event already took place, we've left it off.
Questions And Answers With You in 2022 - Week 18
Idaho Parents Unlimited
Engage + Educate + Bridge + Lead
For week 18 we asked:

Are you aware of summer activities in your area?
What we asked:
Are you aware of summer activities in your area?
Southern Idaho
AdVenture Program - The AdVenture program (Adaptive adVentures) has recreational activities for individuals with disabilities. This program is offered through Boise Parks and Recreation.

The Sensory Place: Children of all ages will find specialized equipment available for them with a mixture of equipment designed for children as young as 6 months, all the way to adolescent sized.
Northern Idaho
Camp All-Stars Specialized Needs Recreation- This is a non-profit organization that offers a program called Camp All-Stars. This is a camp program for ages 8-19. 
Eastern Idaho
Adaptive Sports Programs for Kids- This program offers different programs geared towards children with special needs. 

Field of Angels - Baseball for physically and intellectually disabled children.

Courageous Kids Climbing - rock climbers showing children with special needs how to climb. 
More Questions?
For more information or resources contact IPUL: 

#QuestionsWithYouIn2022
Facebook and Instagram: /IdahoParentsUnlimited
Twitter: /IPULIdaho
ipulidaho.org
parents@ipulidaho.org
208.342.5884
Work of Art Boise - Spring 2022 Video
Idaho Parents Unlimited assists parents of children with disabilities in many ways that helps them navigate educational, health, and community-based services throughout our state.  Each year, we provide an average of more than 5,000 instances of assistance. 

One of our most wonderful programs here at IPUL is working directly with youth who are in transition to adulthood. Our Work of Art program provides employment skill-building opportunities to approximately 80-100 youth each year. This program allows students to work directly with a lead teacher and a community client to create art based on the client's needs. It's highly collaborative.  

Each student who has gone through the program has reported their excitement about how much it has meant to them to be a part of an actual design team. Some of our students have even received job offers from the client they worked with! 
Consider making a contribution to Idaho Parents Unlimited today to keep these awesome programs going and even expanding to more youth and their parents throughout the state. 

Thank you and enjoy the creative talent of Idaho's youth!
News We Shared
Unseen - Global Online Premier
DOCUMENTARY ONLINE GLOBAL PREMIERE

May 20-26, 2022

Join us for the first online screening of the Unseen documentary! The film will be available to watch May 20-26. 
IPUL will be in Eastern Idaho Next Week!
CREATING CHANGE THROUGH PARENT VOICE: Policy Advocacy Training

Feel passionately about how Idaho can improve access to important services infants and toddlers need to thrive? Want to learn how to use your voice as a parent to change policy? Attendees will learn how to share their story as parents of young children, how to contact their state legislators, and develop confidence about how to engage with the lawmaking process. Join Idaho's First Steps Alliance and Idaho Parents Unlimited for a two-hour, in-person advocacy training session to step into your power as parent in this state. 

Objectives 
  • Participants will learn skills to frame stories about their lived experiences as parents and caregivers and how to share them with lawmakers.
  • Participants will learn what it means to advocate around policy matters at the state, federal, and local level. 
  • Participants will have opportunities to practice sharing their stories with others.
TWIN FALLS 

WEDNESDAY

May 11, 2022
1:00 - 3:00 PM MDT

College of Southern Idaho - Hepworth Building, Rm. 176
315 Falls Ave, Twin Falls, Idaho 83301
IDAHO FALLS 

THURSDAY

May 12, 2022
5:30-7:30 PM MDT

Idaho Falls Activity Center - East Room
1575 N Skyline Dr, Idaho Falls 83402
IEP Clinic - Idaho Falls, May 12th 2022
On the same day we are doing our Creating Change Through Parent Voice - Policy Advocacy training in Idaho Falls, IPUL is also partnering with local parents extraordinaire, Cheryl Lynch and Holly Giglio, to offer these incredible sessions that dive deep into understanding each section of the IEP.

We will be reviewing early childhood IEPs, standard IEPs, and transition to adulthood IEPs. We encourage parents to bring a copy of their child's IEP. We can review it and answer any questions you may have.

IDAHO FALLS 

THURSDAY May 12, 2022

9:30 AM - 12:00 PM MDT 
and 
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM MDT

Idaho Falls Activity Center - East Room
May 2022 Statewide Training:
Creating Change Through Parent Voice
Policy Advocacy
Creating Change Through Parent Voice - Policy Advocacy

Join IPUL to learn :
What is Advocacy?
Legislative Basics
The Power of Your Personal Story

TUESDAY May 17 , 2022
12:30 - 1:30 PM MDT (11:30 AM - 12:30 PM PDT)

Live on Zoom

Live workshops will no longer be recorded so the chat feature will be available
On-Demand recorded webinars located at IPULIDAHO.ORG

REGISTRATION REQUIRED

question ask here
Contact Idaho Parents Unlimited!

The best method to reach us for assistance is through our website:  
https://ipulidaho.org/connect-with-us#contact-us-here . You can also shoot us a question using the abbreviated version of that form at the bottom of every page on our website, although we may need to get more information from you.

We monitor our intake phone line (208-342-5884) during the workday, and will try to respond to any request there within 24 hours. We use an automated intake phone system, so you will be leaving a message. (Please be sure the number you are leaving us can accept text or voice messages.)

For questions that are not about something in our scope of work, you can still leave a phone message as above, send the question to the form on our website, or shoot us an email at parents@ipulidaho.org.

We keep our website updated with new news and events, and maintain a presence on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
IPUL's programs are funded in part through grants and contracts with the following:
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Programs and services offered by Idaho Parents Unlimited are supported in part by the U.S. Department of Education (H328M200033) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA) Affordable Care Act Family to Family Health Information Center (H84MC12896), opinions expressed herein do not necessarily represent the positions of either department, endorsement is not assumed