ABE Counselors' Sharing Group Meeting (II) (Bos)

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Overview

At this sharing group meeting, we will share our experiences working with learning disabilities. What are our responsibilities regarding accommodations? Are there tools that we can use to screen for learning disabilities? How can we work in partnership with the teachers in our program to provide the best learning environments? What kind of help can we expect from state agencies such as DTA, Mass Rehabilitation, etc.? What accommodations can DOE provide for GED testers? Come and share your thoughts on these and other issues. What works for you? What doesn’t work? Share your strategies and learn what has worked for other counselors.

Details

The Counselors’ Sharing Group (CSG) is open to counselors and interested staff from ABE programs in the Boston SABES Region. ALRI/Boston SABES is planning three CSG meetings for the whole year, all to be held at JFYNetworks. Each meeting will feature a discussion on a specific topic of interest to counselors and allow us to share our experience, resources and concerns. A portion of each meeting will also provide the opportunity for discussions of other issues facing ABE counselors. The setting will be one of sharing and support. The tentative date for the third sharing group meeting is 05/02/2008. And the topic for the third meeting will be multi-cultural issues. Please contact Pat Pestana, the facilitator of the sharing group meetings, or John Zhang, the Associate Coordinator at ALRI/Boston SABES, for other topics that you would like to bring to the meeting.

When

January 11, 2008 from 01:30 pm to 03:30 pm

Where

• JFYNetworks
• 125 Tremont St
• Boston, MA

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Topics

Counseling

Multi-session attendance required

no

Contact info

John Zhang
John.zhang@umb.edu
617-287-4076 for info only. To register, please contact Andrea Lawless at 617-287-4079 or andrea.lawless@umb.edu.

Indicators of Program Quality

IPQ3 - Student support services

Learning objectives

N/A

Presenters

Facilitated by Patricia A. Pestana

Presenters Bio

Pat is a Case Manager at JFYNetWorks in Boston. She has over 20 years of experience in human service and education programs. She has been a counselor in an ABE program for over 5 years and has also worked as a career advisor for dislocated workers.

Host RSC

Boston Region

PDPs

no