Creating Connections: Fall 2017 lineup

Helping you be the change you want to see

We’re happy to announce that we are expanding our training and networking opportunities for The King County Parent and Family Coalition and inviting Parent to Parent families and self-advocates to explore new civic engagement opportunities.

Please join us! We have three great classes lined up for September, including Special Needs Financial Planning (Sept. 11), Advocating for the Individual (Sept. 12), and Let's Talk: Into Adulthood (Sept. 23).

Each month, we will host three events - one each in Federal Way, Bellevue and North Seattle. And each month, we will offer three types of classes: An Access workshop to help you learn about services; a Skills class to build your civic engagement toolbox; and a Let’s Talk event where we explore issues by sharing expertise and identifying advocacy areas.

Our goal is to reach more people closer to home and offer a series that helps advocates navigate services while building communities where everyone can thrive. If you have been attending King County Parent and Family Coalition meetings for years, the main difference will be more classes at more locations. Everyone is welcome at these classes, and as always they are free.

Here is this fall's lineup.

SEPTEMBER

Federal Way

Access: Special Needs Financial Planning
Special guests the Palladio Group. Do you have a roadmap for the years ahead?

• Monday, September 11, 2017
• 6:30-8:30 pm
• Federal Way Community Center
• 876 S 333rd St, Federal Way, WA 98003

 

Bellevue

Skills: Advocating for the Individual
Special guest, Inclusion for All.  Learn how to capture your child’s story

• Tuesday, September 12, 2017
• 7-8:30 pm
• Highland Community Center, Art Room
• 14224 Bel-Red Rd, Bellevue, WA 98007

 

North Seattle

Let’s Talk: Into Adulthood
What do we need to know about these critical transition years? 

• Saturday, September 23, 2017
• 10 am-12 pm
• Ryther
• 2400 NE 95th St, Seattle, WA 98115

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OCTOBER

Federal Way

Let’s Talk: Safety
What do you need to know? What do you want others to know?

• Monday, October 9, 2017
• 6:30-8:30 pm
• Federal Way Community Center
• 876 S 333rd St, Federal Way, WA 98003

 

Bellevue

Access: DDA 101: Accessing Services
Special guest, the Developmental Disability Administration

• Tuesday, October 10, 2017
• 7-8:30 pm
• Highland Community Center, Art Room
• 14224 Bel-Red Rd, Bellevue, WA 98007

 

North Seattle

Skills: How to Pick a Candidate
Just-in-time learning for elections

• Saturday, October 21, 2017
• 10 am-12 pm
• Ryther
• 2400 NE 95th St, Seattle, WA 98115

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NOVEMBER

Federal Way

Skills:  Connect and Move Leaders
We’ll show you how identify champions, and flag leaders you should cultivate

• Monday, November 13, 2017
• 6:30-8:30 pm
• Federal Way Community Center
• 876 S 333rd St, Federal Way, WA 98003

 

North Seattle

Access: Employment
Special guests: employment providers.

• Saturday, November 18, 2017
• 10 am - 12 pm
• Ryther
• 2400 NE 95th St, Seattle, WA 98115

 

Special event! 

The 28th Annual Legislative Forum for Developmental Disabilities
In lieu of a Let’s Talk event, we will be hosting King County’s annual legislative forum

• Monday, November 20, 2017
• 6:30-8:30 pm
• Double Tree Inn and Suites
• 16500 Southcenter Parkway, Seattle, WA 98188

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DECEMBER

 

Federal Way

Access: Neurodevelopmental Therapies
Special guest, Washington Autism Alliance and Advocacy

• Monday, December 11, 2017
• 6:30-8:30 pm
• Federal Way Community Center
• 876 S 333rd St, Federal Way, WA 98003

 

Bellevue

Skills: Messaging and the Media
From social media to editorial boards

• Tuesday, December 12, 2017
• 7-8:30 pm
• Highland Community Center, Art Room
• 14224 Bel-Red Rd, Bellevue, WA 98007

 

North Seattle

Let’s Talk: Habilitation 101
No, it is not “rehabilitation.” Learn why this distinction is so important to health care reform

• Saturday, December 16, 2017
• 10 am-12 pm
• Ryther
• 2400 NE 95th St, Seattle, WA 98115

Creating Connections is a series produced by the outreach team at The Arc of King County. We offer information & referral and family support, as well as civic engagement and leadership development. Our programs include the King County Parent and Family Coalition; Parent to Parent and Community Change Champions, as well as support programs for African-American and Latino families.  Learn more!

Questions? 
For English, 206-829-7053, Ask@arcofkingcounty.org
For Spanish, 206-829-7030, Preguntas@arcofkingcounty.org