This five-minute webinar addresses the problem of access to some necessary public benefits for certain immigrants with disabilities in Colorado.
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[Read more…] about Immigrant Eligibility for Public BenefitsAdvocacyDenver to DPS: Current Compensatory Services Plan is Failing Students with Disabilities
To: Denver Public Schools Board of Education
The following concerns and recommendations are submitted on behalf of students with disabilities who are enrolled in the Denver Public Schools. Concerns, opinions and recommendations were provided to the Department of Special Education and Student Equity and Opportunity but the staff has been firm forwarding procedures and timelines.
[Read more…] about AdvocacyDenver to DPS: Current Compensatory Services Plan is Failing Students with DisabilitiesCOVID Vaccine Clinic April 23rd
In PartnershipAtlantis Community, AdvocacyDenver, The Arc of Colorado and theColorado Department of Public Health and Environmenthave scheduled a vaccine clinic!
The Moderna, a two-dose vaccine, will be offered on Friday, April 23 for the first dose and Friday, May 21st for the second dose, from 1 PM – 4 PM at 201 South Cherokee, Unit 100, Denver, CO 80223
[Read more…] about COVID Vaccine Clinic April 23rdConsejos para hablar Sobre Sexualidad
‘Consejos para hablar’ ayuda a los padres y cuidadores a sentirse mejor preparados y más cómodos cuando hablan con los niños y jóvenes sobre sexualidad. ¡Iniciar estas conversaciones de forma temprana y frecuente prepara a los niños para lo que está por venir y los llena de una confianza duradera y habilidades de autodefensa!
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[Read more…] about Consejos para hablar Sobre SexualidadTips for Talking (for Parents and Caregivers)
‘Tips for Talking’ helps parents and caregivers feel better prepared and more comfortable with talking to children and youth about sexuality. Initiating these conversations early and often prepares kids for what’s ahead and instills life-long confidence and self-advocacy skills!
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[Read more…] about Tips for Talking (for Parents and Caregivers)Cortos de Educación Sexual: Lugares Públicos y Privados
Los cortos educativos sobre sexualidad ofrecen información accesible e inclusiva para padres y autogestores sobre cuerpos y relaciones saludables en menos de 10 minutos.
Comprender lo que debe hacer en un lugar público y las reglas que debe seguir en público puede hacer que usted y sus queridos se sientan seguros. En este corta presentación exploramos lo que está permitido en diferentes lugares.
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[Read more…] about Cortos de Educación Sexual: Lugares Públicos y PrivadosSexuality Education Shorts: Public and Private Places
Sexuality Education Shorts offer accessible and inclusive information for both Parents and Self-Advocates on healthy bodies and relationships in under 10 minutes.
Understanding what you can do in a public place and rules that need to be followed in public can keep you and the people around you feeling safe. In this short we explore what is allowed in different places.
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[Read more…] about Sexuality Education Shorts: Public and Private PlacesPriorities: The COVID-19 Vaccine
An Interview With Kaley Day
Nearly one year after COVID-19 changed our world and impacted lives globally, the release of two FDA-approved vaccines has offered hope to many. For Colorado’s intellectual and developmental disability community, the relief offered by the vaccine has become imperative to a population more impacted by social isolation, where the function of essential services and supports has changed, and many live with co-occurring or underlying conditions. In these interviews, AdvocacyDenver seeks to understand the development of Colorado’s vaccine priority schedule, along with the perspective of advocates and family members.
[Read more…] about Priorities: The COVID-19 VaccineColorado Measures of Academic Success (CMAS) Parent OPT Out
From the Desk of Pamela Bisceglia
Periodically AdvocacyDenver forwards concerns to the Colorado Department of Education regarding their policies, rules/guidance, including the state assessment Colorado Measures of Academic Success (CMAS). The requirement for academic standards and a method to “measure” student progress was first defined in No Child Left Behind and remains in place under the Every Child Succeeds Act. It is said that if a state does not comply that they could lose federal funds. Some time ago California Department of Education weighed the loss of instruction time, the social emotional toll that “high states assessments” take on their students, did away with their state assessment and said keep the pennies of federal funds.
[Read more…] about Colorado Measures of Academic Success (CMAS) Parent OPT OutWebinar: Exenciones de servicios para Niños con base en el Hogar y la Comunidad
Las Exenciones de Servicios Comunitarios son beneficios adicionales ofrecidos por el programa Medicaid de Colorado, Health First Colorado, que su hija/a podría recibir. En este seminario web de dos partes, Christy Blakely de Family Voices proporciona a los padres información sobre cómo encontrar y solicitar las exenciones de Medicaid para estos niña/os.
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