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training, integrated employment (including supported employment), access to adult services, independent living, andcommunity participation.Unified Systems: A philosophy and a set of strategies used by a public school agency (PSA) which brings together avariety of resources to meet the educational needs of all children.Visual Schedules and Supports: Tools that enable a student to keep track of daily activities and also help develop anunderstanding of time frames and environmental sequences. Examples include individual daily schedules, calendars, lists,and graphic organizers.Waiver: An authorization from the State Board of Education that allows a district and/or ISD to implement a particularstrategy or innovative approach to meet the needs of students with disabilities.28
RESOURCES FOR PARENTSAppendix FThe WISD PAC provides this list of resources for your use but does not endorse any organization or website.AdvocacyAssociation for Community Advocacy of Washtenaw (ACA) 734-662-1256Citizens Alliance to Uphold Special Education (CAUSE) 800-221-9105 http://www.causeonline.org/Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) 202-785-3388 http://www.c-c-d.org/Michigan Protection and Advocacy Service (MPAS) 800-288-5923 http://www.mpas.org/Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights 952-838-9000 http://www/pacer.org/Student Advocacy Center 734-482-0489 http://www.studentadvocacycenter.org/Support GroupsMeetings provide opportunities for support, problem solving, and parent/professional interaction, as well asinformation on conferences, workshops and topics of interest to attendees. Some groups are chapters of astate and/or national organization. Parents and/or professionals might wish to consider starting new groups tomeet the needs of individuals with disabilities, families, and the community. The following are some of thesupport groups, meeting dates and times, and contact people in the Washtenaw County area. If you are inneed of further information, please contact Project Perform at (734) 994-8100, Ext. 1590.A2FACES (Ann Arbor Families for Autistic Children’s Education and Support)This group advocates to obtain the most appropriate education for children on the autistic spectrum from ages0-25 in the Ann Arbor Public Schools. The monthly meetings alternate between Friday evenings at the WISDTeaching and Learning Center from 6:30 to 9 p.m. and Sunday afternoons at a member’s home from 2 to 4:30p.m. For more information call Barb Byers at (734) 827-0814 or email: babmay11@provide.net.Attention Deficit DisorderThe CHADD (Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder) group meets now with theCHADD of NW Wayne County on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 39020 FiveMile Road in Livonia, MI between Haggerty and Newburgh Roads from 7 to 8:30 p.m. For information, call theMichigan CHADD hot line: (313) 438-3763 or visit their web site: www.chaddmi.com orwww.chaddmi.com/chaddofnwwaynecounty.Attention Deficit Hyperactivity DisorderThis group meets once a month, with a focus on parenting issues for parents in Dexter and Chelsea who havechildren with ADHD and/or sensory-issue problems. For more information contact Rita Fischer via her email:ritafisch@yahoo.com.Autism Society of Washtenaw CountyThis group meets the second Thursday of the month, during the school year, at the WISD Teaching andLearning Center from 7 to 9 pm. For more information call Jeanne Brakhage at (734) 994-8100, ext. 1514 oremail: jbrakhag@wash.k12.mi.us.Common ChordsThis group of young teens through adults meets for "fun with music" and activities surrounding "the arts".Sponsored through 4-H, it meets every Monday usually at Pittsfield Elementary School, 2543 Pittsfield, AnnArbor. 48108. For more information call Glenda Kilpatrick (734) 222-3877 or Sue Carr (734) 994-8100, ext.1515.29
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