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DSAF’s Fifth Annual Dinner Dance Fundraiser
Friday, March 7, 2008 at The Watermill in Smithtown

Together we will make a difference!!

Click to download the invitation
to our Fifth Annual Dinner Dance

Click to download the Journal Ad Form

Click to download the RSVP Form

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New York State Partners
in Policymaking Program

Hudson Valley, Long Island and NYC:

Click to Download The Application for Participation

Application Deadline: May 16, 2008

The Long Island Pilot Project will consist of on-line learning, live presenters
(Al Condeluci, Kathy McCarthy-Proulx, Guy Caruso and others) and video learning, facilitated by Kathy McCarthy-Proulx. Self-advocates, parents and family members residing in the Hudson Valley region, NYC and Long Island are eligible to apply for the program. Click attachment to print application.

Partners in Policymaking is an innovative national model of leadership training for people with developmental disabilities, parents and family members. It is designed to provide state-of-the-art knowledge about issues and policies related to disability, and to develop participant competencies to become more effective in influencing policy development at all levels. The overall intent is to achieve a productive partnership between people with developmental disabilities, parents, and family members, and those in position to make policy.

The Partners in Policymaking program provides an excellent opportunity for participants to improve skills to become more effective advocates and to prepare to assume leadership roles in policymaking.

 

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1st Long Island Buddy Walk
for Down Syndrome

Click here for more information!

Saturday, October 27, 2007
Eisenhower Park, East Meadow
Registration 11 a.m. | Walk 12 p.m.

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FREE Trainings

Spring 2008

Funded by the Long Island Developmental
Disabilities Service Office

Topics:

• The AAC Whisperer: Facilitating Communication in Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Users
• Utilizing Functional Behavior Strategies to Master Toileting and Self-Care Skills
• Make Inclusion Successful at the Secondary Level
• Early Success: Preschool Inclusion

Click here for more information

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