This is an opportunity for you to learn more about the SoonerStart system evaluation and to share your thoughts, ideas and recommendations about how to improve the SoonerStart system for all Oklahoma families and their children with special needs. What we want to hear from you — what worked, what didn’t, what recommendations you have to improve SoonerStart.
Please plan to attend a forum in your community!
The Oklahoma Family Network will host the Family Forums along with the facilitators from Emerald Consulting Inc. Emerald Consulting Inc. is a nationally recognized firm with many years of experience in the evaluation of early intervention programs.
If you need special accommodations please call (405) 521-4155.
Monday, June 2, 2008
Enid Family Forum
Time: 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
Location:
Garfield County Health Department
2501 Mercer Drive
Enid, Oklahoma 73701
If you need special accommodations please call (405) 521-4155.
Monday, June 2, 2008
Enid Family Forum
Time: 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
Location:
Garfield County Health Department
2501 Mercer Drive
Enid, Oklahoma 73701
Oklahoma City Family Forum
Time: 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
Location:Francis Tuttle Technology Center
Rockwell Campus Construction and Trades Building
12777 North Rockwell Avenue
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73142
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Norman Family Forum
Time: 9:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
Location: Cleveland County Health Department
250 12th Avenue Northeast
Norman, Oklahoma 73071
Lawton Family Forum
Time: 2:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
Location: Comanche County Health Department
1010 South Sheridan
Lawton, Oklahoma 73502
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Oklahoma City Family Forum
Time: 2:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
Location: Francis Tuttle Technology Center
Rockwell Campus Construction and Trades Building
12777 North Rockwell Avenue
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73142
Oklahoma City Family Forum
Time: 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
Location: Francis Tuttle Technology Center
Rockwell Campus
12777 North Rockwell Avenue
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73142
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Tulsa Family Forum
Time: 2:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
Location: Tulsa Technology Center
Broken Arrow Campus
4600 South Olive
Broken Arrow, Oklahoma 74011
If you have questions, or if you require special accommodations please call (405) 521-4155.
Forum Leaders
Denise Arland
Ms Arland lives in Greenfield, Indiana, and is Executive Director of FUSE (Families United for
Support and Encouragement), a parent-to-parentorganization providing information, resources andsupport to families of children with special needs. Ms. Arland brings a unique perspective to the team as the parent of five children, three of whom have disabilities. She has been involved in the early intervention system in Indiana since her teenage quadruplets were babies. She served as a parent representative on her local planning and coordinating council and was appointed to Indiana’s Interagency Coordinating Council. Ms. Arland was elected chair of the ICC, where she served until 2003. Ms. Arland worked for seven years as a Regional Facilitator for Family to Family, a parent support initiative funded by the state’s Early Intervention System, and also worked for four years on Indiana’s transition project for young children.
Mary Jo Paladino
Ms. Paladino is the project director for the Indiana Transition Initiative for Young Children and Families. In this role, Ms. Paladino administers and coordinates technical assistance and training support for the statewide transition system for children from birth to third grade including early intervention, school systems, Head Start and other early childhood programs. She also served as the project director of the Family to Family Initiative, a statewide system for outreach to families and parent volunteers in the early intervention system. Ms. Paladino has extensive experience in compliance monitoring serving as the project director for compliance monitoring in Indiana and as a consultant for compliance monitoring in Colorado. She has developed and implemented curriculum related to transition, family issues and Financial Case Management. Ms. Paladino is the parent of five young adults, several of whom have special needs.
