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Project Brain Featured on June 17th Webcast
CAPT Janie Martin Heppel, Director of the Federal TBI Program invites and encourages you to tune in Tuesday, June 17th from 2pm to 3:30pm EDT to view the web cast, “Ready, Set, Go: Including Children and Youth in TBI Programs.”
Brenda Eagan Brown, Pennsylvania Statewide TBI School Re-entry Coordinator, and Paula Denslow, Project BRAIN Coordinator will be the speakers. This web cast is funded by the Federal TBI Program.
The web cast will focus on Pennsylvania’s Child & Adolescent Brain Injury School Re-Entry Program, called “Brain STEPS” (Strategies Teaching Educators Parents and Students) and Tennessee’s “Partners in Communication: Supporting Student
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TRIAD Research Project - Autism
Hanen Parent Training for
Young Children at Risk for Autism
Vanderbilt professors Wendy Stone and Paul Yoder are conducting a multi-site study designed to examine the benefits of a parent training intervention for improving social and communication skills in young children at risk for autism spectrum disorders (ASD).
We are looking for children between 15 and 24 months of age who are at risk for ASD. Children considered to be “at risk” are those: (1) who have failed a routine autism screening; (2) who have delays in social and communication development; (3) have an
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Long Term Care Celebration Crossing the State
Just Say No: Stop the DMRS Protocols
Training for People Receiving DMRS Services, their Family, Friends, and Advocates
Learn how to assert your rights as a waiver service recipient with providers, DMRS, and TennCare. We do not have to accept Funding Cuts and Reductions in services by the Division of Mental Retardation Services (DMRS)
Trainings Sponsored by: Just Say No: Stop the Protocols Campaign
Attend the training to learn how:
To assert your rights.
The ‘Protocols’ are being implemented without Federal approval, and what you can do about it.
To file appeals with TennCare. About 85% of people filing appeals are winning.
To meet other people with disabilities, families and allies.
Where and
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