NAVIGATING THE SYSTEMS

Working with families for more than thirty years has given Ms. Dennis an insight into the dynamics of families of children with special needs. If we look at the needs of families from an ecological perspective, we can meet the needs of the entire family. Research often addresses the needs of low-income families of children with special needs. However, the reality is that all families of children with special needs, regardless of income, need access to any number of different systems for the children with special needs as well as for the siblings of children with special needs. This can often be overwhelming, because the systems and the resources they provide are many, and the services that they furnish often overlap.

NAVIGATING THE SYSTEMS includes but is not limited to the following systems: Education, Health, physical and mental wellness; Social Services, Recreation, Religious, spiritual; Childcare, Family, Friends, Transportation.

NATIONAL HEAD START

27^th Annual Parent Training Conference

December 10, 2010 - December 14, 2010

Virginia Beach, Virginia

HAWAII INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION

9^th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Education will be held

January 4^_January 7, 2011

Honolulu, Hawaii

62^ND ANNUAL Southern Early Childhood Association (SECA) CONFERENCE
Moving and Playing: Keeping Southern Children Healthy and Happy
January 27-29, 2011

Savannah, Georgia

19^TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON PARENT EDUCATION AND PARENTING

 University of North Texas

February 10-11^th

Denton, Texas

LEARNING DISABILITIES ASSOCIATION

LDA 48^th Annual International Conference

February 23-26, 2011
Jacksonville, Florida

EXPANDING HORIZONS FOR THE EARLY YEARS
Making Relationships Work for Infants & Toddlers

April 14 & 15, 2011

Toronto, Canada