Mediation

Although there are a couple of typos in it, the following announcement could be of interest to one or two of EBD Blog’s three readers.

Wanna Fight?!

The Department of Education would rather you not. So in the 2004 re-authorization of IDEA they strengthened the role of mediation. Were not born, however, knowing how to participate in effective mediation. We have to learn. The Family Center on Technology and Disability would like to make it easy for you. Throughout the month of February, when thoughts turn to our partnerships in life, were having a month-long discussion of mediation. What is it, exactly? Who does it and how do they do it? How can we be effective participants? How do we know if its worked? Our discussion of these and other questions about mediation is led by three knowledgeable experts Jan Serak, Nissan Bar-Lev and Jeanne Bowman. The discussion is free and you participate from the comfort of your keyboard. Please join us at: http://www.fctd.info/webboard/index.php .

And while youre at our website, check out the AT success story of Shelby Nurse, an effective advocate for her own use of AT and for that of others. At 14 years old, Shelby travels her state of Florida and the country, addressing legislatures, conferences and other audiences on the need for universal access to assistive technology. Read about Shelby at: http://www.fctd.info/feature.php?id=30 .

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Family Center on Technology and Disability (FCTD)
1825 Connecticut Ave. NW
Suite 700S
Washington, DC 20009

email | fctd@aed.org
web | www.fctd.info