College & Career Forum for Students With Disabilities, Parents, and Professionals
Saturday, December 1, 2007
8:30 am to 2:40 pm
Johnson Center
George Mason University.
Students with disabilities and their parents can learn about educational and career opportunities for after high school. Speakers, workshops, and displays will cover all aspects of transition from school to the real world, including the college application process, financial aid, strategies for success, career planning, and career opportunities. Representatives from colleges, universities, technical schools, and adult service and advocacy agencies will be present to answer questions from students and parents.Cost: All Future Quest activities are FREE and open to students with disabilities and their parents. For more information, contact the special education department in your local school division. Registration: Online Registration is
https://www.sporg.com/registration?link_type=reg_info&form_id=84800
Keynote Speaker: The keynote speaker, Jonathan Mooney, is a writer and activist whose dyslexia kept him from learning to read until he was 12 years old. He is a graduate of Brown University, and co-founder of Project Eye-To-Eye, a widely duplicated mentoring program for students with disabilities. With the publication of Learning Outside the Lines when he was 23, a book that is part memoir and part guide to alternative study skills, Jonathan has established himself as one of the foremost leaders in LD/ADHD, disabilities, and alternative education. In the fall of 2005, Jonathan’s second book, The Short Bus Story, a work of creative non-fiction, was published.
Session Topics: Partial Listing of Session is available here http://www.vacollegequest.org/resources/FQ07sampleworkshops.shtml) . Complete program is available here
http://www.vacollegequest.org/resources/FUTURE_QUEST_2007_PROGRAM.pdf .
Brown Bag Lunch: Limited lunch options will be available on the day of the event so we strongly recommend bringing a brown bag lunch.
Contact: For more information contact Chair, Karen Sherman Arlington Public Schools, 703-228-2545, ksherman@arlington.k12.va.us
To request a sign language interpreter, please contact Karen Sherman at 703-228-2545 by Friday, November 16th, 2007.
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Posted: October 29th, 2007 under General Information.