May 2020
Postponed – 10th Annual Molly’s Pub Golf Tournament
Annual Molly’s Pub Golf Tournament benefiting Texas Prader-Willi Association has moved to Monday, September 28, 2020. 10th Annual Molly's Pub Golf Tournament Cypresswood Golf Club in Humble, TX Monday, May 18, 2020 Check-in 8:00 to 9:45 AM. SHOT-GUN STARTS AT 10AM. SHARP Registration deadline is May 15 $125 per person • $500 team Beverages & Box Lunch at Cypresswood Followed by Awards • BBQ Dinner • Auction • Raffle Olde City Pub at 3:00 PM. 14124 Stuebner Airline, Houston, TX…
Find out more »July 2020
Houston, TX Virtual Family Support Group Meeting
Join us Saturday, July 18, 10AM-12PM. Join us to connect with your PWS neighbors and take a short break during this summer. Zoom Meeting ID 82645274340; Password: 813413 "See" you there! Questions: executivedirector@txpwa.org; 713.742.3737
Find out more »August 2020
Austin/San Antonio, TX Virtual Family Support Group Meeting
Austin/SA Family Support Meeting Dates The TXPWA Austin/San Antonio Family Support Group Meeting. Saturday, August 15, 2020 VIRTUAL MEETING 11 AM-1 PM Zoom Meeting ID: 85264039356; Password: 464877 . "See" you there! Questions: aggiearcaya@yahoo.com; 512.844.7077 Join us to connect with your PWS neighbors and take a short break during this time of uncertainty. For Zoom meeting ID, email aggiearcaya@yahoo.com or text 512-844-7077. "See" you there! 2020 meeting dates: August 15 and November 21, 2020, 11:00 A.M. - 1:00 P.M. Mary Lee…
Find out more »November 2020
Austin/San Antonio Virtual Family Support Group Meeting
Austin/SA Family Support Meeting Dates The TXPWA Austin/San Antonio Family Support Group Meeting. Saturday, August 15, 2020 VIRTUAL MEETING 11 AM-1 PM Zoom Meeting ID: 85264039356; Password: 464877 . "See" you there! Questions: aggiearcaya@yahoo.com; 512.844.7077 Join us to connect with your PWS neighbors and take a short break during this time of uncertainty. For Zoom meeting ID, email aggiearcaya@yahoo.com or text 512-844-7077. "See" you there! 2020 meeting dates: August 15 and November 21, 2020, 11:00 A.M. - 1:00 P.M. Mary Lee…
Find out more »January 2021
Bi-Annual Texas Statewide Conference
Bi-Annual Texas Statewide Conference, January 30, 2021, Houston TX More information coming soon!
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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.