Sunday, September 22, 2013

Podcast 5: Wandering and Project Lifesaver



Central Oregon Autism Mom's Podcast
 Wandering & Project Lifesaver


I would like to thank Corporal Neil Mackey for speaking with me about Project Lifesaver, and what the Deschutes County Sherriff's Office can do to help parents of children on the spectrum

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On September 23rd FACT is doing another “Understanding the IEP” training at 5:30PM at the Bend LaPine Administration Building downtown, across the street from the Library. 

The Central Oregon Autism Moms is having a lunch September 24th at noon at Amanda’s house in Redmond. This is a kid friendly event, just let either Melissa or Amanda know. There will be plenty of food and stuff for the little ones to do. 

American Sign Language classes start Setpember 25th at the Alyce Hatch Center. They will be every Wednesday, throughout the school year. The Intermediate class will be from 4pm-6pm, and the Beginning class from 5:10-6:10pm. The cost is free. If you are interest you can contact the Central Oregon Disability Support Network. 

September 24th is the Bend Cross Disbility Support Group and  the Latino Cross Disability Support Group, at 6pm at Abilitree. Childcare is provided. Also on the 24th, at Abilitree in Bend that night is the Sibz Knect. A support group run for sibs by sibs. 
On September 26th, Connecting Point will be doing a iPads, iTouch and apps class from 5:30pm to 7pm at their store on Franklin Ave. 

A Group Music Therapy Session for children with special needs is happening at on September 28th at the Central Oregon Disability Support Network office at 2680 NE Twin Knolls Drive. From 10 to 10:45am is the 2 to 7 year old ogroup, and from 11:15 to noon is 8 years old and above. If you are interested in joining, contact CODSN.

Project Connect is happening Saturday, September 28th from 9am to 3pm at the Hooker Creek Event Center. This is a one day- one-stop event for guest who are low income, homeless or at near homelessness. Guests can receive medical and mental health services, urgent dental care, and more at no cost. If you would be interested in volunteering to help out with this event go to www.volunteerconnectnow.org, and click on Project Connect. Or, you can help man the Central Oregon Disability Support Group booth by contacting CODSN.

And Dads, don’t forget Pauls Club, a support group for the male caregivers of children with disability will be on October 3rd, at 6pm at Abby’s Pizza. 

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Music:


Easy Lemon by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.

I Wanna Holler (But The Town's Too Small) by The Detroit Cobras is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.

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