Events in October 2020
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Community Conversations: Special Education Concerns and Your Child
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Community Conversations: Special Education Concerns and Your Child
Are you feeling uneasy about how to support your child's special education needs this year? This school year will be unlike any we have had before.
Join Kelli Tourgee of The River Center, Marylouise Alther and Lynn Yeiter of Monadnock Developmental Services and Maureen Shields of the Parent Information Center of NH for an online question, answer and conversation forum to help and support you in supporting and advocating for your Monadnock area student.
**This program is open to all, but special focus is given to resources available for Monadnock area residents
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North County Free Flu Shot
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North County Free Flu Shot
Get a free flu vaccine for you and your family!
Clinics are available and coming up in Littleton, Woodsville, and Lancaster.
Go to NCHC's website and fill out the online registration form: http://bit.ly/NCHC-freeflushot
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Chats For Dads- First Monday of Each Month
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Chats For Dads- First Monday of Each Month
What can I do to support my partner? Am I the only guy who’s struggling with becoming a dad? Join our Chat with an Expert phone forum the first Monday of every month for reliable information, support, and resources.
This is a place where dads, partners, extended family members, or other support people, and professionals can find some answers and support from an expert – and from other men. You’ll find honest and compassionate talk about the adjustment to parenthood, information about how fatherhood can affect you, and some helpful advice.
First Monday of every month
Call-in number is 1-800-944-8766, code 73162#
https://www.resilientcommunitiesdc.org/events-all/chats-for-dads-first-monday-of-each-month-s8pf5
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Nashua Mobile Immunization / Flu Clinic
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Nashua Mobile Immunization / Flu Clinic
The City of Nashua Division of Public and Community Services (DPHCS) is partnering with St. Joseph Hospital to offer weekly community immunization clinics!
Clinics will be offered solely for immunizations on Tuesdays from 3 pm to 6 pm and Fridays from 10 am to 12 pm using the St. Joe’s Mobile Health Clinic which will be stationed in the front parking lot.
The flu vaccine will also be available at these clinics.
While a fee of $10 per person, per visit, is requested at the time of service, $15 for flu vaccines, no one will be turned away for inability to pay. Immunizations are also available to adults over the age of 18 who have NO insurance or are under-insured.
For more information and an updated schedule, visit https://www.nashuanh.gov/550/Immunization-Program or call 603-589-4500.
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Nashua Mobile Immunization / Flu Clinic
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Nashua Mobile Immunization / Flu Clinic
The City of Nashua Division of Public and Community Services (DPHCS) is partnering with St. Joseph Hospital to offer weekly community immunization clinics!
Clinics will be offered solely for immunizations on Tuesdays from 3 pm to 6 pm and Fridays from 10 am to 12 pm using the St. Joe’s Mobile Health Clinic which will be stationed in the front parking lot.
The flu vaccine will also be available at these clinics.
While a fee of $10 per person, per visit, is requested at the time of service, $15 for flu vaccines, no one will be turned away for inability to pay. Immunizations are also available to adults over the age of 18 who have NO insurance or are under-insured.
For more information and an updated schedule, visit https://www.nashuanh.gov/550/Immunization-Program or call 603-589-4500.
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North County Free Flu Shot
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North County Free Flu Shot
Get a free flu vaccine for you and your family!
Clinics are available and coming up in Littleton, Woodsville, and Lancaster.
Go to NCHC's website and fill out the online registration form: http://bit.ly/NCHC-freeflushot
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SERVING ON GROUPS THAT MAKE DECISIONS Webinar Series
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SERVING ON GROUPS THAT MAKE DECISIONS Webinar Series
Sponsored by SPANSTART PARENT LEADERS DEVELOPMENT TRAININGJoining decision-making groups is an important way for parents to have a voice and improve the lives of children and families. This webinar series will prepare and empower you to successfully serve on a group.You can make a difference!!- Recognize your personal leadership skills
- Build an understanding of decision-making groups
- Develop skills essential for active and meaningful participation in groups
All webinars are from Noon - 1 pm
- July 14 - Opportunities to Get Involved and Types of Groups
- August 11 - Processes and Tools Groups Use
- September 8 - How to Use Data on a Decision-Making Group
- September 29 - Overview of Serving on Groups in Spanish
- October 13 - Roles of Families and Skills for Serving on Groups
For more information, contact SPAN at 973-642-8100 ext. 123 or email at start@spannj.org
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Raising the Bar: Mental Health Advocacy in the N.H. Legal System
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Raising the Bar: Mental Health Advocacy in the N.H. Legal System
Hosted by NH Children's Behavioral Health Program, Riverbend Communiity, NAMI NH
For decades, states have required law students to answer questions about their mental health treatment before they can practice law.
However, a wave of support has been building to remove questions about mental health from the character and fitness reviews of bar applicants.
In this discussion, we will hear from Sofia Hyatt and Victoria Saxe, two 3L UNH Law School students who successfully advocated to eliminate the mental health questions on the NH Bar Exam. In our conversation, we will explore their advocacy efforts and the impact these discriminatory questions have on applicants and the diversity of the legal profession.
The panel will be moderated by Michele Merritt, New Futures' CEO and President, and will also feature John Broderick, Dartmouth-Hitchcock's Sr. Director of External Affairs and former Chief Justice of the NH Supreme Court, Terri Harrington, Executive Director of NH Lawyers Assistance Program, and Juli Hincks, Attorney at McGrath Law Firm.
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Self-Advocacy Discussion Series
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Self-Advocacy Discussion Series
The National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities (NACDD) with support from Anthem, is kicking off its new Self-Advocacy Discussion Series, and all are welcome!
To register for the Kick-Off Meeting please visit:
https://zoom.us/j/93263589801?pwd=UVhFdWJzS3lidmxnUEZkeEFFM1RTUT09The Self-Advocacy Discussion Series will take place on the third Thursday of every month at 4:00 pm Eastern time.
If you need accommodations, please contact info@nacdd.org or call 202-506-5813
Time for Transition: HealthCare What!?–
Time for Transition: HealthCare What!?
Register at - https://bit.ly/OctoberTransition
A confirmation email containing information about
joining the meeting will be sent to you.
Time for Transition: HealthCare...WHAT?!!–
Time for Transition: HealthCare...WHAT?!!
Call out to families with transition-age youth (14-21) to join our next Time for Transition chat related to health care transition.These monthly chats are designed to support families to become more familiar with multiple topics that affect transition-aged students and planning for life after high school.Register at - https://bit.ly/OctoberTransitionA confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting will be sent to you
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North County Free Flu Shot
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North County Free Flu Shot
Get a free flu vaccine for you and your family!
Clinics are available and coming up in Littleton, Woodsville, and Lancaster.
Go to NCHC's website and fill out the online registration form: http://bit.ly/NCHC-freeflushot
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What is Trauma-Informed Care?
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What is Trauma-Informed Care?
New Hampshire is working to build a system of care for children's mental health that is youth and family-driven, community-based, culturally and linguistically competent, and trauma-informed. But what does "trauma-informed" mean?
SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) describes six core principles of a trauma-informed approach which include: safety, trustworthiness and transparency, peer support, collaboration and mutuality, empowerment, voice and choice, and cultural, historical, and gender issues.
These principles are closely interwoven with the values identified in NH's System of Care for children. This live webinar session invites participants to learn how adopting a trauma-informed lens allows us to see how experiences of adversity and stigma can impact a child's and family's mental health wellbeing.
Participants will learn how to take "trauma-responsive" action in their community by adopting practices aimed at promoting equity, wellness, and post-traumatic growth with people and systems impacted by violence, adversity, and systemic oppression.
Register: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_SSUP_PX3TIeXEjxd01yhMQ
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New Future - Advocacy Essentials Webinar
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New Future - Advocacy Essentials Webinar
Learn how to use your voice to make a change in NH! This one-hour training will provide an overview of the NH legislature, how to communicate your message effectively to lawmakers, different ways to advocate (that can be done remotely), and how you can make a difference in our state. Register: https://secure.everyaction.com/lOz0ssbQT0atty98nU7fnw2
The Coalition of Caring Planning Committee–
The Coalition of Caring Planning Committee
The FREE presentation topic for caregivers will be “ Caring for Yourself When Every day is Stressful: “ How Do I Stay Resilient?”
The purpose of this workshop is to present strategies for self-care. People who care for others in a caring capacity often neglect their needs for wellness.
This interactive seminar will identify common stressors that impact the health of the caregiver. The discussion will involve methodologies for Wellness,
Recovery and a renewed sense of identity in their own lives.
Guest Presenter: Dr Donna McCarten White
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Using Technology to Enhance and Sustain Person Directed Supports
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Using Technology to Enhance and Sustain Person Directed Supports
This webinar will focus on strategies and practices that people with disabilities using publicly funded services are seizing to get the support they want and need. Everyday living technology is accessible for many and its use, as determined by the people themselves, and their families is making a real difference as we make our way safely through COVID-19. Attendees will learn about the practices that have worked to assure that people have the support they need, and to keep healthy through their connections with their friends, networks, and communities.
Learning Objectives:
Participants will
• understand perspectives from people with disabilities who use services, and people who support them about how they've used technology to sustain their services and supports, their way;
• share examples of ideas and practices for use of technology that is accessible and meaningful to people with disabilities;
• explain practical ideas for sustaining the use of technology beyond COVID-19 to enhance the control and autonomy people have in their livesThis is an AAIDD webinar.