June 2020
Northern California Behavior Management Training
Behavior Management Training NorCal June 7 Yes, behavioral change IS possible! Parents, Extended Family, Babysitters, and Professionals will learn specific strategies to reduce or even eliminate some of the most challenging PWS behaviors including: Arguing and Verbal Aggression Oppositional and Defiant Behavior Temper Tantrums and Physical Aggression Food-Related Behaviors Repeated Questions and Perseveration Skin Picking and Other Excoriation Behaviors This training is packed with strategies you need now. Of course the earlier you begin to implement PWS-specific behavior management strategies the better, but you…
Find out more »Northern California PWS Support Meeting
Northern California PWS Support Meeting June 20 Northern CA Support Group Flyer 2020 Dates: All meetings are on Saturdays January 18, June 20, September 19, 2020 Time: Check-in 10:15 a.m. Meeting 10:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Place: Support for Families 1663 Mission St., #700 San Francisco 94103 To reserve child care call: 415/920-5040 *Parents, please remember to put your child’s name on all personal items. Translation services are available in both Spanish and Cantonese. You must call 415/920-5040 at least one week in advance…
Find out more »August 2020
PWCF Behavior Management Training (SoCal)
Behavior Management Training SoCal August 2 Yes, behavioral change IS possible! Parents, Extended Family, Babysitters, and Professionals will learn specific strategies to reduce or even eliminate some of the most challenging PWS behaviors including: Arguing and Verbal Aggression Oppositional and Defiant Behavior Temper Tantrums and Physical Aggression Food-Related Behaviors Repeated Questions and Perseveration Skin Picking and Other Excoriation Behaviors This training is packed with strategies you need now. Of course the earlier you begin to implement PWS-specific behavior management strategies the better, but you…
Find out more »Online California Statewide Family Support Groups (Ages 4+)
Online Statewide Family Support Groups (Ages 4+) August 4 Join us for our monthly family support group: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86899937590?pwd=dGdCUENsdkRkeE1CSndXLzErbzBndz09
Find out more »Online California Statewide Family Support Group (Ages 0-3)
Online Statewide Family Support Group (Ages 0-3) August 5 Join us for our monthly family support group: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82951072234?pwd=L1FzV0h6SCtFMHV3SWhYUnE2N2I2UT09
Find out more »San Diego PWS Support Group Meeting
San Diego PWS Support Group Meeting August 23 @ August 23 - August 23 Dates: All 2020 meetings are on Saturdays from 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. February 22, May 17, August 23, November 22 Place: PWCF Office 1855 First Ave Suite 201 San Diego, CA 92101 *Childcare is not provided for this support group meeting. RSVP: Call the PWCF Office 310-372-5053 or 800-400-9994 (toll free)
Find out more »Los Angeles Area PWS Support Group Meeting
Los Angeles Area PWS Support Group Meeting August 30 Dates: All 2020 meetings are on Sundays from 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. February 23, May 31, August 30, December 6 Place: Beach Cities Health Center (Within the Beach Cities Health District complex) 514 N. Prospect Avenue Redondo Beach, CA 90277 Depending upon which elevator you enter, press “B” for Basement or “LL” for Lower Level Age Groups: Child’s age 0 – 5 meet in the Redondo Meeting Room Child’s age 5+ meet in…
Find out more »September 2020
Online California Statewide Family Support Group (Ages 4+)
Online Statewide Family Support Group (Ages 4+) September 1 Join us for our monthly family support group: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86899937590?pwd=dGdCUENsdkRkeE1CSndXLzErbzBndz09
Find out more »Online California Statewide Family Support Group (Ages 0-3)
Online Statewide Family Support Group (Ages 0-3) September 2 Join us for our monthly family support group: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82951072234?pwd=L1FzV0h6SCtFMHV3SWhYUnE2N2I2UT09
Find out more »Behavior Management Training SoCal
Behavior Management Training SoCal September 27 @ September 27 - September 27 Yes, behavioral change IS possible! Parents, Extended Family, Babysitters, and Professionals will learn specific strategies to reduce or even eliminate some of the most challenging PWS behaviors including: Arguing and Verbal Aggression Oppositional and Defiant Behavior Temper Tantrums and Physical Aggression Food-Related Behaviors Repeated Questions and Perseveration Skin Picking and Other Excoriation Behaviors This training is packed with strategies you need now. Of course the earlier you begin to implement PWS-specific behavior management strategies…
Find out more »November 2020
San Diego PWS Support Group Meeting
San Diego PWS Support Group Meeting November 22 Dates: All 2020 meetings are on Saturdays from 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. February 22, May 17, August 23, November 22 Place: PWCF Office 1855 First Ave Suite 201 San Diego, CA 92101 *Childcare is not provided for this support group meeting. RSVP: Call the PWCF Office 310-372-5053 or 800-400-9994 (toll free)
Find out more »December 2020
Los Angeles Area PWS Support Group Meeting
Los Angeles Area PWS Support Group Meeting December 6 Dates: All 2020 meetings are on Sundays from 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. February 23, May 31, August 30, December 6 Place: Beach Cities Health Center (Within the Beach Cities Health District complex) 514 N. Prospect Avenue Redondo Beach, CA 90277 Depending upon which elevator you enter, press “B” for Basement or “LL” for Lower Level Age Groups: Child’s age 0 – 5 meet in the Redondo Meeting Room Child’s age 5+ meet in…
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Jennifer Bolander has been serving as a Special Education Specialist for PWSA (USA) since October of 2015. She is a graduate of John Carroll University and lives in Ohio with her husband Brad and daughters Kate (17), and Sophia (13) who was born with PWS.
Perry A. Zirkel has written more than 1,500 publications on various aspects of school law, with an emphasis on legal issues in special education. He writes a regular column for NAESP’s Principal magazine and NASP’s Communiqué newsletter, and he did so previously for Phi Delta Kappan and Teaching Exceptional Children.
Evan has worked with the Prader-Willi Syndrome Association (USA) since 2007 primarily as a Crisis Intervention and Family Support Counselor. Evans works with parents and schools to foster strong collaborative relationships and appropriate educational environments for students with PWS.
Dr. Amy McTighe is the PWS Program Manager and Inpatient Teacher at the Center for Prader-Willi Syndrome at the Children’s Institute of Pittsburgh. She graduated from Duquesne University receiving her Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Education with a focus on elementary education, special education, and language arts.
Staci Zimmerman works for Prader-Willi Syndrome Association of Colorado as an Individualized Education Program (IEP) consultant. Staci collaborates with the PWS multi-disciplinary clinic at the Children’s Hospital in Denver supporting families and school districts around the United States with their child’s Individual Educational Plan.
Founded in 2001, SDLC is a non-profit legal services organization dedicated to protecting and advancing the legal rights of people with disabilities throughout the South. It partners with the Southern Poverty Law Center, Protection and Advocacy (P&A) programs, Legal Services Corporations (LSC) and disability organizations on major, systemic disability rights issues involving the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and the federal Medicaid Act. Recently in November 2014, Jim retired.