Programs and Services

Workshops

UCP Michigan is pleased to make available the following workshop presentations for people with disabilities and their families and advocates. We try to make workshops available without a fee to people with disabilities and their families, but we appreciate any donation for our travel costs. Workshops for professionals in the field are provided for a fee.

If you wish to organize a workshop in your community, let us know and we'll arrange a date.

Cerebral Palsy

• Cerebral Palsy: What is it/what to expect/where to look for help and services.

Health

• Insurance: You can get it even with a pre-existing condition.
• Children's Special Health Care Services: What they are, how to get them.

Education

• The Special Education Process
• The New IDEA: Recent changes in special education law.
• Inclusive Education: How to make it work for your child.

Discrimination

• The Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504: Your rights and how to enforce them.

Community Services

• Community Mental Health: How to get services and what to do if there's a problem.
• Living as Independently as Possible: How to make it happen.
• Personal Assistant Services: How to get them and how to problem solve when you need to.

Employment

• Discrimination in Employment: Your rights and how to enforce them.
• Supported Employment: How to get it in Michigan.

Transportation

• Local coalition building: How to get started in advocacy.
• Legislative issues: Current policy debates and how they will affect you.
• Easter Seals Project ACTION “The Bus Stops Here”: Using the mainline bus system.

Abuse and Safety

• People with disabiliaties are at much greater risk for abuse than the general public:
  Tips for preventing abuse and getting help if abuse does occur.

For more information about Workshops, please contact UCP at (800) 828-2714 or send an e-mail.

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Updated: 11/02/2006