I Have a Dream: Creating your Life Portfolio
In celebration of Disability Mentoring Day (DMD) held each year on the third Wednesday of October during National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) —
The Southeast ADA Center, a project of the Burton Blatt Institute, announces the pilot project, I Have a Dream: Creating your Life Portfolio, to focus on prevention efforts as it will introduce and expose students with disabilities and their parents, through the arts and music, to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) along with the myriad of education and career options available to them beyond their K-12 educational years.
The pilot project consists of three components:
- Career Expo and Mentoring Day [at Nesbit Elementary] (October 2011)
- Parent Engagement Week (February 10-16, 2012)
- Exceptional Children’s Week (May 7-11, 2012)
This a collaborative effort lead by the Southeast ADA Center, and includes the following inaugural partners: Nesbit Elementary School in Gwinnett County, Georgia, Nesbit Elementary School PTA, Gwinnett County District Department of Education, and Disability Resource Group (DRG) – a Southeast ADA Center State of Georgia Affiliate.
All project activities will be systematically documented and placed into a curriculum format to share across the region and nationally. The curricula will include resource materials with relevant and current information in best-practices, capacity building, resource development, and coalition building.
For more information, Dreams4mylife.org and contact: L. Elaine Sutton Mbionwu, NDEAM/DMD Coordinator at 404-541-9001 [voice/tty] or email lesutton@law.syr.edu.