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Advocacy Training For People With Developmental Disabilities and Parents
of Young Children With Developmental Disabilities
Please pass this on to any eligible person who may be interested.
Are you an adult with a developmental disability? Are you a parent of a
young child with developmental disabilities? Do you want to be a more
knowledgeable and effective advocate for yourself or your child? If so,
the WV Developmental Disabilities Council is currently accepting
applications for the 2009 Partners in Policymaking(r) (PIP) class. PIP
is a national leadership training program for people with developmental
disabilities and parents of young children with developmental
disabilities. It provides the most current information about disability
issues and develops the skills necessary for effective advocacy to
influence public policy at all levels of government.
Partners attend eight two-day sessions, in Charleston, between September
and May. Classes are led by national and state experts who prepare
Partners to use the power of advocacy to change the way they, their
families, and others with developmental disabilities are understood,
supported, taught, live, work, and play in their communities. All
expenses for training, lodging, meals, and travel are covered by the
Council, which also works to provide for child care, if needed.
For more information or to obtain an application, please go to our
website at www.wvddc.org <http://www.wvddc.org/> or contact Tiffany
Wiseman by phone at 304-558-0416, email at [log in to unmask], or
TDD at 304-558-2376. Applications are due by June 30, 2009. Join the
thousands of PIP graduates from similar programs across the country in
advocating for better policy, services, and supports for people with
developmental disabilities!
Tiffany Wiseman
Communications Specialist
WV Developmental Disabilities Council
304-558-4588
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Jacki Englehardt, MSW, ACSW
Coordinator of Professional and Community Education
Division of Social Work
West Virginia University
PO Box 6830
Morgantown, WV 26506
304-293-3501, ext. 3109
fax: 304-293-5936
cell: 304-282-0321
Summer Institute on Aging Website: www.wvsioa.org
WVU Division of Social Work Website: http://socialwork.wvu.edu
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