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Video Games Preparing Kids for the Future? Computer games delight and distract kids - and occasionally infuriate parents and teachers - but some games aim to encourage students to think about their world and their place in it. That category encompasses epistemic games. Epistemic what?
This edition of the Family Center's News and Notes, teaches us about the emerging world of epistemic gaming from one of its principal researchers and proponents, Dr. David Williamson Shaffer. Dr. Shaffer is a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the departments of Educational Psychology and Curriculum and Instruction and a game scientist at the Academic Advanced Distributed Learning Co-Laboratory. Dr. Shaffer explains how epistemic games can help prepare students for 21st century careers.
http://www.fctd.info/resources/newsletters/index.php.
Boy Scouts of America Troop 2 - Meeting
Tuesday nights Troup 2 meets from 7:00-8:30 pm at the ARC of the Ozarks. For more information contact Teddy Heaton at 833-6680 or by e-mail at teddy.heaton@wfadvosors.com.
Summer is coming, it's time for camp.
Kansas City Summer Transportation Institute
University of Missouri Kansas City (UMKC) - Institute for Human Development will host its 7th Kansas City Summer Transportation Institute (KCSTI) on the UMKC campus. This four week program provides an excellent opportunity for high school students with and without disabilities to:
* Enjoy a fun filled, interactive hands-on learning experience.
* Explore career opportunities in the transportation industry.
* Develop leadership skills.
* Be introduced to the college campus experience
Activities will be held at Flarsheim Hall, 5110 Rockhill Road KCMO from June 21 - July 16, 2010, Monday through Friday from 9:00 am until 4:00 pm. For application materials and more information about KCSTI, visit our website at: www.kcsti,com. If you would like additional information or a presentation from our staff to your school to inform counselors, teachers, students, student groups, parents, principals, etc about this opportunity for high school students please contact: Karol Gil-Vasquez, Project Coordinator, UMKC-Institute for Human Development (UCEDD). 215 W. Pershing Road, 6th Floor Kansas City, MO 64108. Phone 816-235-1767, Fax 816-235-1762, e-mail karol.gil@umkc.edu There is no cost for students selected to attend.
21st Century Therapy, P.C. - Independent Living Skills Program
The Independent Living Skills Program is designed for young adults, ages 13-20, to assist them in the development of skills for successful independent living. The program maintains a 4:1 ratio of students to staff. Review of applications and screening for new campers began on March 20, 2010.
Camp is divided into four, two-week sessions. Each session focuses on specific skill development with some aspects of all skill areas covered during all of the sessions. Each session (2 weeks) costs $390 with a 5% ($78.00) discount if you enroll in all four sessions.
* Session #1 - Community Access/Living 6/7-6/18
* Session #2 - Job Skills/Vocational 6/21-7/2
* Session #3 - Money Management 7/6-7/16
* Session #4 Home Life Skills/Domestic 7/19-7/30
Camp is from 9:00 am until 3:00 pm Monday through Friday. Supervision for early arrival/late pick-up is not available. Camp is at Wornall Road Baptist Church in Kansas City at 400 West Meyer Blvd. For additional information contact 21st Century Therapy, P.C. (816) 353-8585.
Camp Confidence
Camp Confidence is a new summer camp for kids with Asperger Syndrome. It is for youth ages 10-14 with Autism Spectrum Disorders. The camp will be located at Lakewood Middle School, 6601 Edgewater Drive in Overland Park, KS 66223. The activities and exercises at Camp Confidence are designed to empower young people on the autism spectrum. It is strategically situated in a school cafeteria, where come many children and adolescents with ASD suffer embarrassment. We will focus on for skills in a sequential, cumulative format: posture, walking, eye contact, and tone of voice. Group activities will introduce targeted skills in real-life situations. Parents will receive daily information on how to practice the skills in the home environment for reinforcement, greater generalization, and increased confidence. Camp will be from 9 am until 12 pm daily. For more information and a pre-registration form e-mail camp.confidence@yahoo.com
Session 1: June 21-25, 2010
Session 2: July 19-23, 2010
JCC Teen Skills Summer Day Camp
For teens who like having fun around town, this Pre-Vocational summer program will run from June 7th to August 6th for 16-20 year olds with developmental disabilities. Our great adventures will include: Learning essential social and vocational skills at the Botanical Gardens, Habitat for Humanity, St Louis Artist’s Guild, Forest Park, and other exciting local organizations. While at the JCC’s new recreational and cultural arts facilities participants will have a blast swimming, dancing, cooking, working out, playing games, exploring nature, and creating crafts. The staff will be comprised of teachers and graduate students with backgrounds in special needs. To register or request more information please contact Vera Bonsi at 314-442-3105 or vbonsi@jccstl.org SCAMPS - Summer Day Camp 2010
Spofford Change Action and Mastery Program (SCAMPS) provides fun and theraputic activities for children ages 6 to 12. The program is designed for students who struggle with age appropriate social skills, maintaining and utilizing appropriate behavior, exhibiting positive peer relations, and being a team player. Camp is from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm Monday through Friday with early and late care available starting at 8:00 am and ending at 5 pm. The first session is June 7 through July 2, 2010, while the second session is July 12 through August 6, 2010. Scholarships are available. For more information visit www.spoffordhome.org or call Jeannette Koster at 816-508-3494 or Becky McClellan at 816-508-3439.
Camp Barnabas is enrolling for the 2010 season and has openings for boys and girls with autism or developmental disabilities. Spaces for boys are filling quickly and are very limited, but girls have more open places. Ages 7-15 are open. For more information visit www.campbarnabas.org. Scholarships available on an as needed basis.
Camp Encourage is enrolling. For more information visit their website campencourage.com, find them on Facebook, and/or contact Elise Sommer (Camp Counselor from MSU) Elise006@live.missouristate.edu or by phone (417) 448-7409.
Sky's the Limit Studio, LLC - Summer Group Opportunities
AT CHILDREN'S THERAPY GROUP (OVERLAND PARK):
Creative Arts Community (an art therapy socialization group), Fridays, June 11-July 30, 9:00-10:30 am (1.5 hr for 8 weeks), 6-9 years old, Group size 5-6, $240. Children who need intense/direct 1:1 support for fine motor tasks will need to have a volunteer/adult support with them.
AT SKY'S THE LIMIT HOME STUDIO (LAWRENCE):
Both Creative Arts Community and Solid StARTS (a combined art therapy/music therapy group) will be offered at Sky's The Limit Studio in Lawrence. 8 weeks, $250, day/time is fairly flexible and will be decided according to interest. Children will be clustered according to age and ability. Group size 3.
Full group descriptions can be found at http://arttherapyandautism.com/services.html
Contact Nicole at 785-424-0739 for Lawrence groups and Cherie at CTG at 913-383-9014 for Overland Park groups or individual art or music therapy to boost skills.
National Sports Center for the Disabled (NSCD)
Founded in 1970, the National Sports Center for the Disabled's mission is to positively impact the lives of people with any physical or mental challenge through quality adaptive recreation programs in over 20 sports. A variety of winter and summer recreation programs are available. Over 17,000 lessons were provided in 2005 alone.
National Ability Center
The National Ability Center offers a wide variety of year-round activities, which include alpine and cross-country skiing, snowboarding, swimming, cycling, waterskiing, horseback riding, rafting and camping trips, challenge course activities, leadership development training, and more.
National Center on Accessibility
A collaborative program of Indiana University and the National Park Service, the National Center on Accessibility promotes access for people with disabilities in recreation. Over the last decade, NCA has played a critical role in increasing awareness of inclusion of people with disabilities in parks, recreation and tourism while advancing the spirit and intent of the Americans with Disabilities Act, Rehabilitation Act and other disability legislation.
The National Center on Physical Activity and Disability
This website contains information and resources for EVERYONE, from guidelines to consider before starting any kind of exercise program, to fact sheets on many popular activities, games, recreational pursuits, and sports that have been adapted to allow people with disabilities to participate as fully as they wish, become as active as they wish.
Disabled Sports USA
A national nonprofit, 501(c)(3), organization established in 1967 by disabled Vietnam veterans to serve the war injured. DS/USA now offers nationwide sports rehabilitation programs to anyone with a permanent disability. Activities include winter skiing, water sports, summer and winter competitions, fitness and special sports events. Participants include those with visual impairments, amputations, spinal cord injury, dwarfism, multiple sclerosis, head injury, cerebral palsy, and other neuromuscular and orthopedic conditions.
Access to Recreation
A multiple product line distributor for recreational and exercise items furnished by over 200 manufacturers (fishing, exercise, bowling, cycling and games).
The Rehabilitation Institute of Kansas City
The Driving Program helps a person with a disability determine if they have the potential to drive safely. The program is staffed by therapists and individuals with specialized training in the area of Driver’s Rehabilitation. The ACCT Program provides opportunities for greater success, independence, and productivity through the use of assistive technology. Participants and experienced staff explore assistive technology tools that will address an individual’s specific needs to function independently.
National Accessible Travelers Database
To meet a need for more direct information about accessible services among users, travel agents, tour coordinators and tour guides, Easter Seals Project ACTION offers a database of accessible transportation services in the United States. This database of transit systems is supplemented with information on accessible tours and tour companies, accessible airport and other private shuttles, and accessible taxi services. The transportation database website allows the user to highlight the state and city they plan to visit, and view all transportation services available to them. The user is also able to view the travel agencies specializing in travel arrangements for persons with disabilities.
