June

SAVE THE DATE!

June 7, 2013

Join Mid-South ACT for a Community Reutilization, Networking, and Informational Meeting at Orange Mound Community Center, 2590 Park Avenue, Memphis, TN 38111

Friday, June 7, 2013 - 10:00am -2:00 pm Register by Friday, May 31, 2013.

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May

Support Group Meetings(3-in-1 Support Group from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm.)

Friday, May 10, 2013 - 3-in-1 Support Group Meeting.

April

Events

Thursday, April 4, 2013, from 5:30 to 8:00pm - Join us at the Transition Fair hosted by the Departments of Exceptional Children from Memphis City and Shelby County Schools at Southwest Tennessee Community College, Macon Campus.

Monday, April 8, 2013, from 10:00 am to 4:00pm - National Deaf-Blind Equipment Distribution Program at Mid-South ACT - Deaf-Blind Technology Training Day. Click here for additional information.

Friday, April 11, 2013, 9:00am to 3:00pm - Mid-South ACT will host Freedom Scientific's Vision Awareness Day - Click here for additional information.

Friday, April 19, 2013, 10am - 2pm at Benjamin Hooks Library (the Main Library) at 3030 Poplar Avenue. Come and visit Mid-South ACT's table at MCIL's Disability Awareness Summit. This event is FREE to anyone who is interested in learning more about disability related issues and applicable laws. Space is Limited. Click here to register.

Friday, April 19, 2013, 6pm at Christ United Methodist Church, 4488 Poplar Avenue. Visit Mid-South ACT''s booth at Memphis Bridges the Gap: Bringing special needs families together Resource Marketplace. For more information contact Ashley Parks, ashleyp@cumcmemphis.org or 261-2153

Friday, April 23, 2013, 6:00-7:00 pm at the Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library, 3030 Polar Avenue - Meeting Room A. Special Guest: Jean Doster, Director Tennessee Department of Health Traumatic Brain Injury Program. Her topic is "What's Happening in the BI Community in Tennessee?" The invited speaker, Sharon Pollack, M.S., CCC-SLP, will discuss "The Impact Brain Injury has on Cognition: Interactive Exercises to stimulate the Building of New Pathways." This meeting is FREE and open. Call 901.545.8487.

Friday, April 26, 2013, 9:00am to 12:00 in Patterson Hall Room 129 - Mid-South ACT will host PRC, a consortium of companies that are pioneers in the field of assistive technology and augmentative communication, will present a course on Introduction to Unity. Click here for additional information.

Support Group Meetings(All support group meetings are from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm.)

There will be no Support Group Meetings in April in lieu of this months events.

March

Support Group Meetings (All support group meetings are from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm.)

Friday, March 8, 2013 - Blind Awareness Togetherness Support Group (BATS) "Game Day"

Friday, March 15, 2013 - Brainiacts Support Group "Journey to Success"

Friday, March 22, 2013 - Roll with the Punches Support Group

Trainings

Friday, March 29, 2013 - DynaVox Training (Augmentative and Alternative Communication)

February Support Group Meetings

Friday, February 8, 2013 – Blind Awareness Togetherness Support Group (BATS)

Friday, February 15, 2013 – BRAINIACTS Support Group