Institute for Disability Studies
Youth Notes
October 2009

Welcome to the latest edition of IDS Youth Notes, a youth e-newsletter for high school and college age youth with disabilities.  IDS Youth Notes includes information on education, career and job opportunities, recreational activities, health 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 Jerry R. Alliston at jerry.alliston@usm.edu.

In this issue:

1.       Career Explorations for Girls Conference
2.       TRIAD now has a Facebook Page
3.       New TRIAD Resource
4.       NYLN is Looking for Board and Committee Members

1.       Career Explorations for Girls Conference

The Frances Karnes Center for Gifted Studies and the Spirit of Women are hosting the seventh annual Career Explorations for Girls Conference on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009 from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m.  The conference will be in Joseph Greene Hall at The University of Southern Mississippi.  The conference is open to ALL girls in grades 7-12 and each girl who attends must be with her mother or another adult female. Miranda Beard, assistant news director for WDAM-TV, is the featured speaker and will present “Great Ideas to Prepare for Your Future Career.”  The registration deadline is November 1. Conference attendance is free, and lunch is included.  For more information or to register,  contact Gifted Studies at 601.266.5236 or visit our Web site at www.usm.edu/gifted.

2.       TRIAD now has a Facebook Page

Please become a fan of the TRIAD Facebook page.  This page is for youth and young adults with and without disabilities and those who work with them.  The page has information on current events and services.   Anyone can be “fan” of this page.  To join, visit http://www.facebook.com/pages/TRIAD/221841550392?ref=ts#.  You will need to be a member of Facebook.  If you are under the age of 18, get this okayed by your parent or guardian.  To learn more, please contact Jerry R. Alliston at jerry.alliston@usm.edu or 601.266.5163 or 1.888.671.0051 (Toll Free/TTY).

3.       New TRIAD Resource

A new resource on tour and disability services contacts is available on the TRIAD Web site.  Contact information is available for tours and disabilities services staff.  All public university/colleges in the southern 15 counties are included.  To view this resource, visit http://www.usm.edu/ids/triad/docs/college_tour.pdf.

4.       NYLN is Looking for Board and Committee Members

The National Youth Leadership Network (NYLN) is looking for new leaders.  Everything NYLN does is done by young people. Openings are for the Governing Board (GB) and for committees. This year GB applications and Committee applications can be done at the same time!  The GB makes decisions for NYLN. People serving on the GB participate in at least two phone meetings a month and serve approximately 15 hours per month total.  People who serve on the three committees help carry out NYLN's goals. Committee members attend one phone meeting, and they contribute about five hours per month.

People who want to be on the Governing Board or a committee must:
1) Be between the ages of 16 and 28,
2) Have a disability, and
3) Have leadership and advocacy skills.
To obtain an application, visit http://www.nyln.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/GBapplication.doc. 

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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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