Parents Saturday Workshop-Houston/ October 23

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Many parents and advocates in the Houston and South Texas area have

asked us when the National PASS Network is planning to do a Parents

Saturday Workshop in Houston. Next month on October 23, the Family to

Family Network is sponsoring what we are hope is an ongoing Parents

Saturday Workshop-Houston. The workshop will be at the brand new

Marriott Houston Energy Corridor in Houston.

The workshop ÒAccessing Social Security Disability Benefits to Provide

Opportunities for Self-Support for People with DisabilitiesÓ is a must

for families who need to plan and learn how to access these important

federal disability benefit support programs for their children of any

age. Learn more about the National PASS Network's advocacy work

at http://bit.ly/aboutNPN .

A complete Training Agenda for the Parents Saturday Workshop-Houston

can be downloaded at http://bit.ly/NPN-Agenda

The Social Security disability programs(SSDI and SSI) provide many

positive opportunities for children, young adults and older persons

with disabilities, but these opportunities are available only if

informed parents and caregivers know about the programs and know how

to access them. The Social Security Administration does not come

looking for you. If you donÕt know about these benefit programs, they

can not and will not help your child. Don't put off this chance to

get this important advocacy information in the Houston area!

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

The Parent Saturday Workshop-Houston will provide families with a

comprehensive consumer background on how the federal disability

benefit programs work(and don't work) and how to access the programs;

what the eligibility requirements are for all the Social Security

disability programs; how to calculate eligibility and; how to make

sure that you receive the full amount of your SSI eligibility--and

much, much more. We work to help make you expert parent disability

benefit advocate.

Participants will learn how to use the variety of helpful disability

benefit programs like the Plans for Achieving Self-Support (PASS ) as

your child begins transition employment in high school to preserve

benefits and pay for needed services. You will learn how to make sure

Social Security pays the full amount of SSI (most parents only get

2/3 of SSI eligibility for their child). You will learn how to

advocate positively for benefits for your child with denial-oriented

SSA claims representatives.

The comprehensive workshop is also appropriate for parents as they do

future planning to preserve SSI and Medicaid benefits eligibility as

their child grows older. For a more detailed explanation of the

workshop and the many positive comments parents who have attended our

workshops have to say about the training, go to our full online

brochure at http://bit.ly/NPNWksp .

YOUR COURSE LEADER

The parents workshop is presented by longtime national disability

benefit advocate Scarborough. Mr. Scarborough has 28 years

experience presenting this kind of advocacy information. His

easy-to-understand, non-technical and graphic-rich presentation style

emphasizes a person-first, consumer empowerment what-you-can-do

approach to understanding and accessing the complicated Social

Security disability benefit and long-term care programs for adults and

children. Mr. Scarborough is known nationally for his decades of

dedicated work with children with severe disabilities and adults with

lifelong disabilities and their access to Social Security disability

benefits and health supports from Medicare and Medicaid to live in

their community with their family and friends.

Mark your calendars and register soon if you would like to attend this

powerful workshop. Registration is with the Family to Family Network

required. There is a tuition involved.

WORKSHOP INFORMATION :

When: October 23, 2010

What time: 9:00 am -- 4:00 p.m.

Where: Marriott Houston Energy Corridor, 16011 Katy Freeway,

Houston, TX 77094

TUITON:

Registration: $50 per participant/ $100 for both parents for the workshop.

For additional information contact the Family to Family Network at

or email Jane , Executive Director at

f2f-mj@... .

HOW TO REGISTER

Family to Family Network has made registration for the Parents

Saturday Workshop-Houston very easy. Go to the Family to

Family Network's Parent Saturday Workshop-Houston webpage

at http://bit.ly/F2F-PSW. Just follow the instructions for

quick and easy online registration..

REGISTER FOR THIS IMPORTANT WORKSHOP TODAY !!!!

Please forward this announcement to your mail list to help us get the

word out to other parents, caregivers and advocates. Help us make the

Parents Saturday Workshop-Houston a success so we can keep it in

Houston area.