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Inspiring Innovation: With Adversity Comes Opportunity
Y Pennsylvania’s Peer-to-Peer Dylan: Then & Now
5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m
Program
Room 301 - (F, SA)
Closing Reception*
Room 302 - (C, SA)
Presenter: Mr. Dylan Thaner, Self-Advocate;
Hosted by President Lynne Cleveland
Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom Foyer
TURDA
Presenter: Ms. Jeanine Schultz, Partnership
and Ms. Charmaine Thaner, Parent/Educa-
Coordinator, PA Training Partnership for
tion Specialist, PEAK Parent Center
Join us as we say goodbye to Pittsburgh and
People with Disabilities
Families are often encouraged to dream
welcome to Orlando, Florida. Plans for an
Pennsylvania’s groundbreaking train-
big dreams for their children. However, is
incredible 2010 Convention and 60th An-
ing project, the Pennsylvania Training
this true if their child has significant sup-
niversary celebration are already underway
Partnership for People with Disabilities and
port needs? Presently, many students with
in Orlando.
Families collaboration, provides statewide
significant disabilities are not presumed
*Please note that refunds for tickets pur-
training and technical assistance, mentor-
competent, allowed to learn beside peers
chased for The Arc & the Arts event will be
ing and leadership development so that
or have fulfilling lives outside of school.
issued after the convention.
people with intellectual disabilities and
Specific strategies that encourage educators
families have accurate and consistent
and community members to move from
information in order to live self-determined
practices of low expectations for students
lives. Training topics include: Alternative
with significant support needs to beliefs
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15TH
and Augmentative Communication, Long-
that all students are capable will be shared.
Term Planning, Sexual Abuse Awareness for
Mr. Thaner, a self-advocate, and his mother
Self-Advocates, Leadership Development,
will discuss how his life has been rich and 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
and Self-Advocacy.
full of opportunities, as a youngster in
The Arc’s Board of Directors
a community preschool, to now being a
university student.
Meeting
Westmoreland – Westin Hotel
ONVENTION SCHEDULE - SA
TIONAL C
NA
THE ARC OF THE UNITED STATES - 2009 NATIONAL CONVENTION - PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA
TARGET AUDIENCE LEGEND: C = CHAPTER LEADER SA = SELF-ADVOCATE F = FAMILY
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