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. 

A NEW episode of IPUL Found it on Facebook is ready for your ears!

In this series, Melissa and Allison deep dive into questions we've found in Idaho Facebook groups. We research the answers to a few questions so that you don't have to! In this episode we answer the questions:

1.)What do you need to obtain an IEP?

2.)How have your kids humbled you recently?

3.)What is the difference between an Independent intervention specialist and an independent intervention professional?

4.)My son has Medicaid through the YES program, but recently got diagnosed with Autism. Is there any benefit to applying for Katie Beckett? Or should we just stay on YES? If we get Katie Beckett, do we have to do the yearly qualification evaluations like YES?

And a surprise bonus question; listen in to find out!

Add us on your favorite podcast platform, or listen at the link below!

https://rss.com/podcasts/unlimited-parenting-ipul/

Our original flyer for the Work of Art sessions in Coeur d'Alene had the wrong times. Here is the corrected information - sessions are from 6-8 on Tuesdays and 9-Noon on Saturdays. Students MUST be registered no later than this Friday, October 18th. 

The Idaho Center on Disabilities and Human Development has created a website for the new ICIE Center!

Read all about the Idaho Competitive Integrated Employment Center:

💻idahotc.com/ICIE

The Idaho Competitive Integrative Employment (ICIE) Center offers statewide support, giving agencies, families, students, and communities the knowledge and skills to improve transition planning and services, helping students with disabilities achieve competitive integrated employment (CIE).

Medicaid programs nationwide are supposed to offer a basic menu of services to children with developmental disabilities, but some states have been skirting these responsibilities. Now, federal officials are amping up pressure to comply.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently issued new guidance detailing what are known as Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment, or EPSDT, requirements. The mandate is designed to ensure that children participating in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program have access to a broad array of prevention, diagnostic and treatment services.

For kids with developmental disabilities, that can mean having access to everything from well-child visits and dental care to mental and behavioral health services, medical specialists and much more. Read the Full Article Here

https://www.disabilityscoop.com/2024/10/14/states-told-not-to-skimp-on-medicaid-coverage-for-kids-with-idd/31110/

The Idaho Department of Education continues to host outreach meetings around recommended updates to the state’s graduation requirements.

The meetings are open to administrators, teachers, counselors, parents, students and anyone else with an interest in the topic. They’re designed to share more information from the department and receive stakeholder input.

The schedule is below. Additional meetings will be offered this week and later in October, including two virtual options on the 22nd and 23rd.

Regions 1 and 2, October 16:  

12:30 – 2 p.m. PT / 1:30 – 3 p.m. MT | Lake Pend Oreille School District in Sandpoint | Conference Room

6:30 – 8 p.m. PT / 7:30 – 9 p.m. MT | DeAtley Career Technical Education Center in Lewiston

Region 2, October 17:

12 – 1:30 p.m. PT / 1 – 3:30 p.m. MT | Moscow School District Office | Board Room

Region 6, October 22

1:30 – 3 p.m. MT | Idaho Falls School District Office | Conference Room 

6 – 7:30 p.m. MT | College of Eastern Idaho in Idaho Falls | Health Care Education Building, Room 150/152 (virtual option)

Region 5, October 23

12 – 1:30 p.m. MT | Idaho State University | College of Education, Room 355 (virtual option)

Those interested in attending any of the meetings can register. 

Register for a Meeting: https://sdeidaho.jotform.com/242804755492059

IPUL is still coming to do our free in-person training in Pocatello! you can still register below.

FREE In-Person Workshops Pocatello, Idaho October 22, 2024

Understanding Idaho Medicaid

Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports

Deep Dive into the Individual Education Program (IEP) FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER TO ATTEND, CLICK HERE https://ipulidaho.org/Tour2024/region-6-tour-training-event-health-education-buffet-registration-forms/

¡Nuevas capacitaciones disponibles, ahora en español!

Esta capacitación detalla los programas de la primera infancia y los apoyos para nuestros estudiantes más pequeños.

Módulo Autoguiado Construyendo Comienzos Brillantes: Intervención Temprana y Preescolar de Desarrollo Este módulo cubrirá: Programa para Bebés y Niños Pequeños Preescolar de Desarrollo Transiciones Kindergarten

Haz clic aquí para registrarte.

https://ipulidaho.org/selfguided-spanish/capacitacion-autoguiada-construyendo-comienzos-brillantes-intervencion-temprana-y-preescolar-de-desarrollo/

Contact Idaho Parents Unlimited!

The best method to reach us for assistance is through our website:  

https://ipulidaho.org/connect-with-us/ . 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 events and maintain a presence on Facebook, and Instagram

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