Online Presentations
Participate in a CFPC Presentation
...in your pajamas!
(Well, technically you could attend one
of our
LIVE presentations in your pajamas --
but doing it this way, less people will
point and laugh.)
Our online presentations use Flash technology.*
If you do not have Flash, click here.
Click
your choice below, sit back...
and enjoy
the show!
Central Florida Parent Center Overview
Learn all
about the Central Florida Parent Center and the AWARE project, the
Parent Training & Information Center (PTI) for central and northeast
Florida.
Welcome to Holland
"Welcome to Holland" is a widely published and translated essay written by Emily Perl Kingsley which describes what it is like to raise a child with a disability. Our presentation of this piece is set to music with pictures.
It's Those Wonderful Rights
Characters from the holiday classic movie “It’s a Wonderful Life” assist in presenting this fun and interactive presentation about procedural safeguards. These provisions, in compliance with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA), protect parents’ and students' rights with respect to the provision of a free appropriate public education (FAPE).
With rights come responsibilities, and understanding their rights and responsibilities will help parents to become informed and active participants in the special education process. Come celebrate those Wonderful Rights!
And coming soon...
IEP Jeopardy!
Enjoy
yourself and learn in this fun and interactive presentation in which
your online host takes you through the fast-paced game of IEP Jeopardy.
Today's categories include: So What’s the Big IDEA?; Evaluation and
Eligibility; The IEP Meeting; Paperwork; Goals; and Finding Solutions.
Find the ‘question’ in Double Jeopardy and win it all in Final Jeopardy!
IDEA 2004 Update
The
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) was reauthorized
again. What’s new? What changed? What do I need to know at the next IEP
meeting? Topics to be discussed include: Evaluation, IEP
Content/Processes, Discipline, Due Process, Resolution, Procedures, and
Private Schools.
Don't Pet the Dog
About one-half of the population in the United States is touched by disabilities in some way, either directly or through close ties to someone they know (a child, a relative, a neighbor, a client, a friend, a student). “Don’t Pet the Dog” is an interactive presentation designed to provide strategies for working with people with disabilities and their families.
* To date, the following assistive technologies
support Flash Player:
Window-Eyes from GW Micro, JAWS from Freedom Scientific,
Home Page Reader from IBM, and ZoomText from Ai Squared.
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