Institute for Disability Studies
Youth Notes (Special Edition)
June 16, 2008

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Institute for Disability Studies - TRIAD

Youth Notes

Special Edition

Welcome to the Special Edition of IDS Youth Notes.  This is a youth e-newsletter for high school and college age youth with disabilities.  Thank you for providing us with the topics of special interest to you.  IDS Youth Notes will include information on education, career and job opportunities, recreational activities, health information and much, much more.  If you have resources or information that you want to share with others, please respond to this e-mail or contact Terri (Cookie) Smith at terri.smith@usm.edu or Jerry R. Alliston at jerry.alliston@usm.edu.

Samsung Hope for Education Technology Program Invites Essay Entries

Grants worth up to $200,000 in cash, software, technology, and television programming will be awarded to K-12 schools in the United States. Essay nominations about technology and the environment are welcome from all members of a school’s community. Students, parents, teachers, administrators, and community members can enter the contest by going to the program’s Web site and submitting a 100-word essay about their school, answering the question: “How has technology educated you on helping the environment, and how or why has it changed your behavior to be more environmentally friendly?” Essay entries may be written in either Spanish or English. Deadline: August 31, 2008.

For more information go to http://pages.samsung.com/us/hopeforeducation/index.html

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Training, Resources and Information for the Advancement of Degrees (TRIAD) is a project of the Institute for Disability Studies (IDS) at The University of Southern Mississippi, Mississippi’s University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, funded by the Administration on Developmental Disabilities (GR# 90DN0228).  TRIAD focuses on assisting youth with disabilities transitioning from school to adult life in accessing postsecondary training opportunities.  For more information, call 1.888.671.0051 or visit IDS on the Web at www.usm.edu/ids.

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