Schedule+of+Classes+and+Guest+Presentations

= =   Summer Session: Week One
 * Syllabus Overview **

Monday August 16
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 * //Morning//**
 * **Welcome** and introductions
 * **Overview** of Summer Institute
 * **Assignments** - explanation
 * **Guest Scholar**: Dr. Zephania Matanga, Executive Director, Canadian Multicultural Disability Centre.
 * **Topic**: Life beyond the classroom for students with disability and diversity characteristics
 * **Reading**: Kueneman, R., Freeze, R. (1997). Individual transition planning: Parents’ and teachers’ perceptions of the PATH planning process and subsequent plan implementation. //Developmental Disabilities Bulletin//, 25(1), 1-26. (in-class handout)


 * //Afternoon//**
 * **Guest Scholar**: Dr. Zephania Matanga, Executive Director, Canadian Multicultural Disability Centre.
 * **Topic**: Genographs and Family Eco-systems
 * **Reading**: Bronfenbrenner, U. (1994). Ecological Models of Human Development. //International Encyclopedia of Education//, Vol. 3 (2nd Ed.). Oxford, UK: Elsevier Sciences Ltd. (posted on voicesfromtheedge wiki)
 * **Activity**: Building a personal ecology of belonging and support (see Ecological Model diagrams on voicesfromtheedge wiki)
 * **Capacity Building Projects** - establishing work groups


 * **Homework**: Read: Bartlett, N. & Freeze, D.R. (2005). Rethinking the system of care in Manitoba. //Exceptionality Education Canada//, 15(1), 43-60. (in-class handout)


 * Tuesday August 17 **


 * //Morning//**
 * **Guest Presenter**: Dr. Paula Cook, Educator, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psych Health Building, Winnipeg Health Science Center
 * **Topic**: Understanding mental health issues: Demystifying psychiatric services
 * **Reading:** Bartlett, N. & Freeze, D.R. (2005). Rethinking the system of care in Manitoba. //Exceptionality Education Canada//, 15(1), 43-60.


 * //Afternoon//**
 * **Guest Scholar**: Dr. Zephania Matanga, Executive Director, Canadian Multicultural Disability Centre.
 * **Movie**: Freedom Tour
 * **Topic**: A history of attitudes and responses to people with psychiatric problems
 * **Reading**: Matanga, Z. (2010). //Freedom Tour Movie Analysis// (posted on the voicesfromtheedge course wiki)
 * **Capacity Building Projects** - question and answer
 * **Capacity Building Projects** - group work


 * **Homework #1**: Read //Poverty PDF// (posted on voicesfromtheedge wiki)
 * **Homework #2**: Read Coupland, C. & Hase, D. (2010). //Understanding and responding to familial and social disadvantages that affect behaviour// (PDF). (posted as //Poverty PDF// on the voicesfromtheedge wiki).


 * Wednesday August 18 **


 * //Morning//**
 * **Guest Presenter**: Margaret Scott, Special Education Coordinator, Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre.
 * **Topic**: Impacts of Colonization
 * **Socratic Discussion**: Poverty
 * **Reading**: Coupland, C. & Hase, D. (2010). //Understanding and responding to familial and social disadvantages that affect behaviour// (PDF). (posted as //Poverty PDF// on the voicesfromtheedge wiki).


 * //Afternoon//**
 * **Guest Presenter**: Gina Schall, Gina Schall, Special Education Specialist, Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre.
 * **Topic**: Special education in First Nations’ schools
 * **Capacity Building Projects -** group work


 * Thursday August 19 **


 * //Morning 9:00 - 10:30//**
 * **Guest presenter**: Linda Mauthe, School Administrator and Graduate Student
 * **Topic**: Understanding the linguistic and cultural needs of EAL communities, schools, and students: Planning for the future


 * //Morning 10:30 - 12:00//**
 * **Guest presenter**: Fatumah Mbabaali, Teacher and Graduate Student, Faculty of Education, University of Manitoba
 * **Topic**: War affected children and youth: Focus on belonging


 * //Afternoon 12:30 – 2:00//**
 * **Guest Scholar**: Dr. Zephania Matanga, Executive Director, Canadian Multicultural Disability Centre.
 * **Topic**: The colonizer and the colonized
 * **Reading**: Matanga, Z. (2010). A summary of //The Colonizer and the Colonized// by Memmi, A (1991). Boston, MA: Beacon Press. (Posted on the voicesfromtheedge wiki)


 * //Afternoon 2:00 – 3:30//**
 * **Capacity Building Projects** - group work
 * **Homework**: Read: Challis Cozzuol, M., Freeze, R., Lutfiyya, Z.M., & Van Walleghem, J. (2004). The roles of nondisabled peers in promoting the social competence of students with intellectual disabilities in inclusive classrooms. //Exceptionality Education Canada//, 14(1), 23-41.


 * Friday August 20 **


 * //Morning 9:00 - 10:30//**
 * **Guest Presenter**: Mary Ann Updike, Instructor and Graduate Student, Faculty of Education, University of Manitoba
 * **Topic**: Autism from a parent/educator/researcher’s perspective
 * **Reading**: Challis Cozzuol, M., Freeze, R., Lutfiyya, Z.M., & Van Walleghem, J. (2004). The roles of nondisabled peers in promoting the social competence of students with intellectual disabilities in inclusive classrooms. //Exceptionality Education Canada//, 14(1), 23-41.


 * //Morning 10:30 - 12:00//**
 * **Guest Scholar**: Dr. Zephania Matanga, Executive Director, Canadian Multicultural Disability Centre.
 * **Movie**: Consumer Collaboration Research Committee


 * //Afternoon 12:30 – 3:30//**
 * **Guest presenter**: Cheryl Hoffmann, Director, K C Dyslexic Learning Centrre
 * **Topic**: Understanding Dyslexia: The Struggle to meet the needs of students with Dyslexia
 * **Capacity Building Projects** - group work


 * **Homework**: Read Matanga, Z. (2010). //Service history: Independent Living Resource Centre//. (posted on voicesfromtheedge wiki)

Summer Session: Week Two
 * Monday August 23 **


 * //Morning//**
 * **Guest Presenter**: Joanne Legault, Core Programs Coordinator, Independent Living Resource Centre & Terry McIntosh, Community Living Staffing Supervisor, Independent Living Resource Centre
 * **Topic**: Disability Awareness Resource Training


 * //Afternoon//**
 * **Guest Presenter**: Aurelio Madut Danto, Settlement Counselor & Ariana Yaftali, Sponsorship Counselor, Manitoba Interfaith Immigration Council Inc.
 * **Topic**: Equitable access to services for refugees with disabilities and high needs


 * **Homework**: Read Koskie, J. & Freeze, R. (2000). A critique of multidisciplinary teaming: Problems and possibilities. //Developmental Disabilities Bulletin//, 28(1), 2-14. (in-class handout)


 * Tuesday August 24 **

**//Morning 9:00 - 10:30//** **//Morning 10:30 - 12:00//**
 * **Guest Presenters**: Dr. Colleen Podaima, School Psychologist, River East Transcona School Division & Gail Bryant, Social Worker, River East Transcona School Division
 * **Topic**: Best practices in communication and collaboration between schools and divisional services and ancillary clinical supports
 * **Reading**: Koskie, J. & Freeze, R. (2000). A critique of multidisciplinary teaming: Problems and possibilities. //Developmental Disabilities Bulletin//, 28(1), 2-14.
 * **Capacity Building Projects**: Question and Answer
 * **Capacity Building Projects** - group-work

**//Afternoon//**
 * **Capacity Building Projects** - group-work


 * **Homework**: Read Bartlett, N. & Freeze, R. (2005). Rethinking the system of care in Manitoba. //Exceptionality Education Canada//, 15(10, 43-59. (in-class handout)


 * Wednesday August 25 ( **// Assignment #1 Due //** ) **


 * //Morning//**
 * **Guest Presenter**: Dr. Karen M. Priestley, Manitoba Provincial Coordinator, Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services, Manitoba Education
 * **Topic**: More than just school: Wrap around services for students with special needs
 * **Reading**: Bartlett, N. & Freeze, R. (2005). Rethinking the system of care in Manitoba. //Exceptionality Education Canada//, 15(10, 43-59.


 * //Afternoon//**
 * **Socratic Discussion**: How emerging disability services are influenced by ideological perspectives
 * **Reading**: Mantanga, Z. (2010). //Service History of the Independent Living Resource Centre// (posted on voicesfromtheedge wiki)
 * //Capacity Building Projects **- group-work**//


 * **Homework**: Read Matanga, Z., Freeze, R., Nyachoti, M., & Duchesne, H. (2008). Disability and diversity in Canada: Problems and opportunities in creating accessible and inclusive learning and service delivery environments. //The Journal of the International Association of Special Education//, 9(1), 89-104.


 * Thursday August 26 **


 * //Morning 9:00 - 10:30//**
 * **Guest Presenter**: Bennetta Benson, Executive Director, Winnipeg Optimal Health Early Years Sports Club
 * **Topic**: Teaching free play skills to children with Autism and other social and cognitive challenges


 * //Morning 10:30 – 12:00//**
 * **Guest Presenter**: Dr. Jennifer Frain, Executive Director, New Directions.
 * **Topic**: New directions for at-risk children and youth


 * //Afternoon//**
 * **Guest Scholar**: Dr. Zephania Matanga, Executive Director, Canadian Multicultural Disability Centre.
 * **Topic**: The disability movement: How it fits into the civil rights movement
 * **Socratic Discussion**: Disability and diversity.
 * **Reading**: Matanga, Z., Freeze, R., Nyachoti, M., & Duchesne, H. (2008). Disability and diversity in Canada: Problems and opportunities in creating accessible and inclusive learning and service delivery environments. //The Journal of the International Association of Special Education//, 9(1), 89-104.
 * **Capacity Building Projects** - group work


 * **Homework **: Read //When Bad Things Happen PDF// (posted on voicesfromtheedge course wiki)


 * Friday August 27 **


 * //Morning//**
 * **Guest Presenter**: Marsha Dozar, Executive Director, Living In Friendship Everyday (LIFE)
 * **Topic**: When bad things happen
 * **Reading**: //When Bad Things Happen PDF// (posted on voicesfromtheedge course wiki)


 * //Afternoon//**
 * **Capacity Building Projects** - group-work
 * **Planning for November classes**: schedule of presentations, format, expectations, and evaluation

** Fall Session: Weekends One and Two **


 * Saturday November 20 **


 * //Morning//**
 * // Assignment # 2 Due as Scheduled //: Presentations
 * //Afternoon//**
 * // Assignment # 2 Due as Scheduled //: Presentations


 * Saturday November 27 **


 * //Morning//**
 * // Assignment # 2 Due as Scheduled //: Presentations
 * //Afternoon//**
 * // Assignment # 2 Due as Scheduled //: Presentations
 * // Assignment # 3 Due //
 * // Assignment # 3b Due (Graduate students Only) //