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Education Committee
The purpose of the Community Education committee is to provide information to parents, guardians and other community members as is relative to the issues of developmental disabilities. Each year LEO sponsors a community forum, which features a speaker on pertinent topics and provides the opportunity for parents to seek more information from other parents who have gone this road before them. We are always looking for new ideas for topics and speakers. Some of the programs we’ve had in the past were:
The purpose of the Community Education committee is to provide information to parents, guardians and other community members as is relative to the issues of developmental disabilities. Each year LEO sponsors a community forum, which features a speaker on pertinent topics and provides the opportunity for parents to seek more information from other parents who have gone this road before them. We are always looking for new ideas for topics and speakers. Some of the programs we’ve had in the past were:
Housing Options—a panel of people with disabilities explaining their different living situations, as they move from the family home.
Preparing for Employment
Person Centered Planning
Road Map for the Future and How to Deal with the Bumps and Forks Along the
Way
What it Means to Advocate
Recreation Opportunities
Dr. Jean Edwards,from Portland State University,—Social-Sexual Training
Shirley Paceley,MA from the Blue Tower Training, Decatur,Ill, speaking on how to stay safe
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