Our next DOWN to Earth meeting is scheduled for Thursday, April 11, 2013. We will meet in the lower level of the Hooper Building (36 Broad Street in Oshkosh) at 6:00pm. Our guest speaker, Kara VanVooren, from Northeast Regional Center for Children and Youth with Special Healthcare Needs, will be presenting at 6:30pm.
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Our NEXT meeting is scheduled for March 8 for a Family Swimming Night at Hawthorne Suites: starting at 4:30 pm to 9 pm. It is an open house, so feel free to come and go whenever it works for you! The Executive Commitee is providing dinner items. Please bring a snack or dessert to share.
Inspirational video for parents that experience the fear that comes with knowing your Child has downs. This is incredibly powerful as the person in the video could have been me...
Click here to see the video There was a time when Heath White chased perfection. E:60's Tom Rinaldi tells the story of a how the birth of a girl with Down Syndrome led to the re-birth of a man who thought he had everything, until he discovered the joy of pushing Paisley. Our next meeting is scheduled for Thursday, February 7, 2013 at 6:00pm in the lower level of the Hooper Building (36 Broad Street) Oshkosh. Our speaker is Sherry Gundlach from CESA 6. Her presentation will
begin at 6:30pm. Childcare is offered at no charge for our meetings, BUT... we need to know BY MONDAY, Feb. 4th if you plan to bring your child/children, so that appropriate childcare providers are available. Please contact Lupita Belnap at [email protected] if you will need childcare provided for this meeting. Our next meeting is scheduled for Thursday, January 3rd, 2013 at the Downtown YMCA, 324 Washington Avenue, Oshkosh. We will meet at 6:00PM in the Prime Time Center, which is located in the lower level of the Y. Bring the kids for an evening of play and visiting with other families. You do NOT need to be a Y member to attend this free meeting.
Our annual Christmas party is Friday, November 30th at 6:30PM. Please contact Katie Raymond at CP/Arc for more information and to RSVP.
424-4071 Our next DOWN to Earth meeting is scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 1st at 6:00pm. We are meeting at the CP Respite House, 1325 Eastman Street, Oshkosh. Parents will be able to meet Tracey Wroblewski, Program Director, tour the facility, and ask questions.
Childcare is offered at no charge for our meetings, BUT... we need to know BY MONDAY, Oct. 29th if you plan to bring your child/children, so that appropriate childcare providers are available. Please contact Lupita Belnap at [email protected] if you will need childcare provided for this meeting. Our next DOWN to Earth meeting is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 4th at 6:00pm in the lower level of the Hooper Building (36 Broad Street, Oshkosh). This month, DOWN to Earth invites parents and educators to a workshop designed to help you become more comfortable and confident addressing sexuality issues of children with disabilities across a variety of ages and stages. This session compares and contrasts sexual learning in the general population with sexual learning in individuals with intellectual disabilities. Designed to help
participants understand unique circumstances in the lives of people with intellectual disabilities that shape attitudes and behaviors around sexuality. Past attendees have said the information was beneficial to talking to their children with and without disabilities. The presenter of this workshop, Terri Couwenhoven, is the Clinic Coordinator for the Down Syndrome Clinic at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin (Milwaukee) and an AASECT (American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists) certified sex educator. She specializes in implementing programs and developing resources for people with intellectual disabilities, their families and the professionals who support them. She is the author of Teaching Children with Down syndrome About Their Bodies, Boundaries and Sexuality: A Guide for Parents and Professionals and A Girl’s Guide to Growing Up: Choice and Changes in the Tween Years. Her newest book, A Boy’s Guide to Growing Up: Choices and Changes During Puberty will be available next month. She has two daughters, her oldest daughter has Down syndrome. For more information about Terri, see her website www.terricouwenhoven.com. Childcare is offered at no charge for our meeting, BUT... we need to know BY MONDAY, Oct. 1 if you plan to bring your child/children. If no one requests childcare, CP of Mideast WI will not send a sitter and no childcare services will be provided. Our next DOWN to Earth meeting is scheduled for Wed., Sept 5th at 6:30pm in the lower level of the Hooper Building (36 Broad Street, Oshkosh). We do not have a speaker lined up for this month. Instead, we will be discussing what speakers and events we'd like to have in 2013, which book we will donate to all of the Oshkosh, Winneconne, and Omro elementary schools in Oct. to honor Nat'l Down Syndrome Awareness Month, and taking time to check out resources in the resource library. We will get an update from our Executive Committee members who are present, and also welcome Lupita Belnap as the new group contact person for our group. If any other parents are interested in getting more involved with the group, please let Lupita and me know. We'd LOVE to have more parent involvement.
Childcare is offered at no charge for our meeting, BUT... I need to know BY MONDAY, Sept., 3rd at the latest if you plan to bring your child/children. If no one requests childcare, CP of Mideast WI will not send a sitter and no childcare services will be provided. Our annual summer picnic is scheduled for Sunday, August 26th, 2012 in the large shelter of South Park in Oshkosh from 11AM-3PM. Please bring a dish to pass and a serving utensil. Meat, buns, beverages, and paper products will be provided. Please RSVP asap with Amy Schoening at [email protected]. We hope to see YOU at the picnic!
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