POPFASD Update - January 2011

After a relatively quiet December, travel started up again in January.  As well, we were very busy working on current projects and beginning new ones:

  • delivered a full week's training to educators in Kativik Quebec
  • presented a workshop at the BC Alternate Education Association Conference
  • presented 2 workshops for the education students at UNBC
  • delivered a presentation of the SOA LEIC case study
  • presented to a meeting of Speech Language Pathologists
  • wrapped up follow-up activities from our District Partner training
  • updated generic handouts and power-points on website
  • continued work on our observation module
  • collaborated on program goals
  • began preparation for the Steering Committee meeting in March 2010
  • continued work on website updates for upcoming online course
  • trained and prepared for the upcoming Elluminate session for District Partners
  • completed preparations for upcoming pilot of  on-line training course for educators
  • developed accompanying brochures for the "Environment" module
  • continued liaising and meeting with the great people from Ministries of Health, MCFD, and Education    
  • added more resources to the District Partner area of our website    
  • updated our social network pages and blogs
  • sent out the monthly update to our District Partners
  • responded to District Partner requests