IPUL's E-News for April 14, 2023

Here are the highlights of our upcoming events and recent activity online. Not everything is included due to timeliness.

If an advertised event already took place, we've left it off.

IPUL Livestreams!

IPUL was live a couple of times this week!

The first time was on Monday, when we sat down and had a conversation on how the unwinding of the public health emergency of Medicaid continuous coverage was going to be impacting everyone, including service providers.

You can see Allison's visit with Brandi Shaffer and Jared Hull from A New Hope at this link.

Next was on Wednesday, when Sarah sat down with Randi Cole from the Idaho State Department of Education to have a conversation about what parents need to know when their child transitions to college.

You can see the lunch and learn at this link

Things IPUL Shared:

Special Books by Special Kids

Hi all,

Hopefully, you're familiar with Special Books by Special Kids. Chris is planning a trip west including Idaho!

I am traveling out west for the first time since 2019 to film SBSK interviews. While there, I want to meet as many people in our community as humanly possible. If you would like to be interviewed on SBSK and live out west, email me at interview@sbsk.org with a paragraph or two about your story. Please include your city and state in the subject of the message to make it easy to organize. So far, my stops include Idaho, Washington, Oregon, California and Colorado. I also left some room for spontaneity. Oh yeah this trip starts next week too! I will respond to as many people as possible. I look forward to continuing this great adventure and making more friends across the country.

"Thank you to everyone who has continued to support SBSK for over 8 years! IF you live out west and would like to interview you can email me at interview@sbsk.org with a few paragraphs about your story. Please include you city and state in the subject of the email so it is easy to organize on my end. Thank you!"

Take a look at this link.

PhotoVoice Art Exhibition

For students, teens, or families - Sharing this from FYIdaho an upcoming event that might interest you as part of FYIdaho’s Children's Mental Health Week (May 8th-12th), teens and young adults (ages 13-25)from across Idaho are invited to participate in a PhotoVoice art research project focused on youth mental health.

What is PhotoVoice? PhotoVoice is a method of research where participants develop prompts and take photographs to represent their responses to the prompts. Teens developed these prompts with support from students at the College of Idaho. This year’s prompts include the following:

How does social media impact our mental health?

Are mental health resources accessible in the community/schools?

How do we internalize stigmas that are projected onto us by society?

Who can participate? Idaho teens and young adults (age 13-25) who are passionate about mental health and or art. No artistic background is required, and all are encouraged to participate.

How to participate? Interested teens and young adults are invited to create photos and narrative responses to the prompts provided. Participants can submit their photos and responses via the Google Form. All participants must complete the participation and parent permission form. Participants 18 years and older can sign for themselves.

Where will the art be displayed? Interested participants can choose to have their artwork displayed in virtual and in-person galleries across the state.

To participate, teens or young adults must submit their photo submission and permission forms by Sunday, April, 30th at midnight:

Thank you for taking the time to read this email, please share the attached flyer and information with staff, colleagues, teens, and parents. Feel free to hand out these fliers to anyone you know who would be interested. Contact support@fyidaho.org or 208-907-1393 with any questions.

Super Siblings!

April 10 was Siblings Day! Check out the Super Siblings on the Disorder Channel:

April 10 is Siblings Day. For our Tv version of @onceuponagene.podcast we did a tribute to the amazing #raresiblings #glasschildren #specialneedssiblings we just added it to YouTube for those of you who can’t stream@our channel free on @rokuplayer or FireTV #siblingsday #raredisease @angelaidcares @jennifersiedman @courageousparentsnetwork @nicoleglennhammer @rare_mamas @shirastrongin @raresiblingstories

Introduction to the Bureau of Developmental Disability Services

Have you seen the Bureau of Developmental Disability Services new series on YouTube? A quick burst of great information.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IC0P80Gucs

NAMI Family to Family

NAMI - Wood River Valley Presenta:

NAMI De Familia a Familia es un programa educativo y

gratis que está basado en evidencia para familiares,

personas importantes y amigos de personas con

problemas de salud mental.

Se ha demostrado que este programa mejora

significativamente las habilidades de afrontamiento y

resolución de problemas de las personas más cercanas

a una persona con una condición de salud mental.

Cuando:

Cada Lunes y Miércoles desde del 1 de mayo al 24 de mayo de 2023

1, 3, 8, 10, 15, 17, 22, 24 de Mayo

6:00 pm – 8:30 pm (MST)

Donde:

En Persona

The Community Campus - Minnie Moore Room

1050 Fox Acres Road, Hailey, ID

Opción virtual vía Zoom

Envíe un correo electrónico a lisa@namiwrv.org para obtener el enlace Zoom

NAMI - Wood River Valley Presents:

NAMI Family to Family is an educational program and

free that is evidence-based for families

important people and friends of people with

mental health issues.

This program has been proven to improve

significantly the coping skills and

problem solving of people closest to you

to a person with a mental health condition.

When:

Every Monday and Wednesday from May 1 to May 24, 2023

1, 3, 8, 10, 15, 17, 22, 24 May

6:00 pm - 8:30 pm (MST)

Where:

In Person

The Community Campus - Minnie Moore Room

1050 Fox Acres Road, Hailey, ID

Virtual option via Zoom

Email lisa@namiwrv.org for the Zoom link

This Month's Events

What is IPUL doing?

April 2023

04/02/2023 - Easter

04/11/2023 - Getting and Keeping a Job MW

04/12/2023 - Transition to College with Randi Cole LL

04/17/2023 - 04/21/2023 IPUL in Denver for Professional Development

04/24/2023 - 04/28/2023 Parent Leadership Development Institute North Idaho

Notes:

MW - Monthly Webinar

LL - Lunch & Learn

May 2023's Workshop:

Having High Expectations When You Don't Know What To Expect

Idaho Parents Unlimited

Engage + Educate + Bridge + Lead

Monthly Workshop

Having High Expectations When You Don’t Know What To Expect

Helping youth plan for their future is a journey. Explore examples and brainstorm ideas to help youth live as independently as possible while keeping high expectations at the forefront of planning.

Planning for the Future
Stories from parents who have lived it
Independent Living – and more…

May 9, 2023 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM MST via Zoom

Registration required: https://www.ipulidaho.org/rsvp-workshop

Facebook and Instagram: /IdahoParentsUnlimited

Twitter: /IPULIdaho

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parents@ipulidaho.org

208.342.5884

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