Conversations on Showing Up for Kids! is a regular webcast of the Southern Regional Center for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs. Tim Markle, Director of the Southern Regional Center, holds a virtual conversation with people and organizations who impact our children’s lives. Families, and the professionals who support them, are invited to join the conversation! Registration for upcoming conversations is at https://go.wisc.edu/786y37. When you register you will receive a Zoom Link to join the conversation.
Conversations are recorded and posted to the Community of Practice on Autism Spectrum Disorder and other Developmental Disabilities YouTube channel. Here is a listing of the conversations by the order they were webcast. We also have a listing by topic.
Conversations in 2023 Oct-Dec
December 2023
December 6, 2023
Topic Area: Special Education in Wisconsin
Title: Making IEP’s Palatable
November 2023
November 15, 2023
Topic Area: Family Support and Advocacy
Title: Family Panel Strikes Back Self-care on a Budget
November 21, 2023
Topic Area: Family Support and Advocacy
Title: Let’s Learn About the Wisconsin Family and Caregiver Support Alliance (WFACSA)
November 29, 2023
Topic Area: Family Support and Advocacy
Title: Let’s Learn About Down Syndrome!
October 2023
October 10, 2023
Topic Area: Special Education in Wisconsin
Title: What is a BIP (Behavior Intervention Plan)?
October 19, 2023
Topic Area: Schooling Options
Title: Should We Consider Homeschooling?
October 25, 2023
Topic Area: Family Support and Advocacy
Title: Family Panel Returns — Can I Help from My Home?
October 31, 2023
Topic Area: Mental Health
Title: Depression and Kids with ASD/DD
Conversations in 2023 Apr-Sep
September 2023
September 6, 2023
Topic Area: Special Education in Wisconsin
Title: Positive Communication for Families and Schools
September 13, 2023
Topic Area: Family Support and Advocacy
Title: Family Built Support Systems
September 18, 2023
Topic Area: Transition
Title: Taking a deep dive into Neurodiversity – an educator approach
September 27, 2023
Topic Area: Special Education in Wisconsin
Title: School has started! How do we change the IEP?
May 2023
May 1, 2023
Topic Area: Autism Acceptance Month
Title: Barriers Latine Families Face for Autism Services & what could help?
May 31, 2023
Topic Area: Recent Conversations
Title: Family Centered Mental Health
April 2023
April 5, 2023
Topic Area: Autism Acceptance Month
Title: Connecting the Dots…How Diagnosis Impacts Mental Health
April 11, 2023
Topic Area: Autism Acceptance Month
Title: Dignity Versus Internalized Shame
April 12, 2023
Topic Area: Autism Acceptance Month
Title: Relationships and Mental Health
April 18, 2023
Topic Area: Autism Acceptance Month
Title: What’s Not Working for Black & Brown Kids & Autism
April 18, 2023
Topic Area: Autism Acceptance Month
Title: Risk Factors Suicide Prevention for the Autism Community
April 19, 2023
Topic Area: Autism Acceptance Month
Title: Resiliency in Neurodiversity
April 25, 2023
Topic Area: Autism Acceptance Month
Title: Anxiety and Autism
April 26, 2023
Topic Area: Autism Acceptance Month
Title: Intro to Autism Mental Health and Wellbeing
April 27, 2023
Topic Area: Autism Acceptance Month
Title: Making Connections through the Autism Society
Conversations in 2023 Jan-March
March 2023
March 1, 2023
Topic Area: Family Support and Advocacy
Title: Why Should I Care about the State Budget?
March 8, 2023
Topic Area: Public (Formal) Supports/Health Benefits
Title: Updates to the CLTS Waiver program
March 15, 2023
Topic Area: Family Support and Advocacy
Title: Emergency Respite Funding and More with Respite Care Association
March 22, 2023
Topic Area: Transition
Title: How can School Nurses be a part of Transition Planning?
February 2023
February 1, 2023
Topic Area: Family Support and Advocacy
Title: What is the Wisconsin Board for People with Developmental Disabilities (WI BPDD)
February 8, 2023
Topic Area: Family Support and Advocacy
Title: Family Leadership Activities with Family Voices of Wisconsin
February 15, 2023
Topic Area: Family Support and Advocacy
Title: Let’s Talk Tourette Syndrome
February 22, 2023
Topic Area: Family Support and Advocacy
Title: Taking Action: Madtown Mommas and Disability Advocates
January 2023
January 18, 2023
Topic Area: Family Support and Advocacy
Title: How Do Families Reset? A Family Panel
January 26, 2023
Topic Area: Public (Formal) Supports/Health Benefits
Title: Basics of Birth-3 (and 2023 Updates)
Conversations in 2022 Nov
November 2022
November 1, 2022
Topic Area: Family Support and Advocacy
Title: What do Families Need?
November 22, 2022
Topic Area: Family Support and Advocacy
Title: What do we know about Feeding Challenges?
November 30, 2022
Topic Area: Research
Title: Researcher Spotlight: Leann Smith Dawalt
Conversations in 2022 Aug-Oct
October 2022
October 19, 2022
Topic Area: Family Support and Advocacy
Title: Live from the Self-Determination Conference
October 26, 2022
Topic Area: Special Education in Wisconsin
Title: WI FACETS: your partner in special education
September 2022
September 21, 2022
Topic Area: Family Support and Advocacy
Title: Pandemic Parenting: Burnout and Strategies
September 28, 2022
Topic Area: Research
Title: Researcher Spotlight: Sigan Hartley
August 2022
August 24, 2022
Topic Area: Special Education in Wisconsin
Title: Back to School with a Panel of Parents
August 31, 2022
Topic Area: Special Education in Wisconsin
Title: Back to School with a Panel of Parents
Conversations in 2022 Apr-Jun
June 2022
June 8, 2022
Topic Area: Family Support and Advocacy
Title: Latino Children/Youth with Special Health Care Needs/Disabilities and their Families
May 2022
May 20, 2022
Topic Area: Special Education in Wisconsin
Title: Writing a Quality Transition IEP for Students with Autism (Part 1)
May 25, 2022
Topic Area: Family Support and Advocacy
Title: Mindfulness in Education
April 2022
April 12, 2022
Topic Area: Research
Title: Prevalence, Disparities and Lessons Learned from WISADDS
April 13, 2022
Topic Area: Autism Acceptance Month
Title: Researcher Spotlight with Brittany Travers
April 19, 2022
Topic Area: Family Support and Advocacy
Title: Depression and Autism
April 26, 2022
Topic Area: Family Support and Advocacy
Title: National Autism Society and our Wisconsin Affiliates
April 27, 2022
Topic Area: Family Support and Advocacy
Title: Brokering Hope
Conversations in 2022 Jan-Mar
March 2022
March 16, 2022
Topic Area: Research
Title: Research Spotlight with Karla Ausderau
March 16, 2022
Topic Area: Family Support and Advocacy
Title: Let’s Talk Tourette Syndrome
March 22, 2022
Topic Area: Public (Formal) Supports/Health Benefits
Title: Basics of Comprehensive Community Services (CCS)
March 23, 2022
Topic Area: Transition
Title: Transition Programming Beyond Age 18
March 30, 2022
Topic Area: Family Support and Advocacy
Title: Grief and the Loss of a Young Child
February 2022
February 9, 2022
Topic Area: Public (Formal) Supports/Health Benefits
Title: Basics of 2022 Changes to the CLTS Waiver
February 16, 2022
Topic Area: Family Support and Advocacy
Title: Advocacy for Change and Other Resources with Family Voices of Wisconsin
February 22, 2022
Topic Area: Family Support and Advocacy
Title: Financial Options for People with Disabilities for Self Determination
January 2022
January 12, 2022
Topic Area: Research
Title: Research at Waisman
January 26, 2022
Topic Area: Family Support and Advocacy
Title: Creating a Care Preference Plan
Conversations in 2021 Nov-Dec
December 2021
December 15, 2021
Topic Area: Transition
Title: When do Families Need to Start Thinking Transition? Part Two
November 2021
November 10, 2021
Topic Area: Special Education in Wisconsin
Title: Writing a Quality Transition IEP for Students with Autism (Part 1)
November 17, 2021
Topic: Special Education in Wisconsin
Title: Writing a Quality Transition IEP for Students with Autism (Part 2)
November 23, 2021
Topic Are: Family Support and Advocacy
Title: Hunter and Tim Talk Transition
Conversations in 2021 Apr-Oct
October 2021
October 13, 2021
Topic Area: Transition
Title: When do Families Need to Start Thinking About Transition? (Part 1)
October 20, 2021
Topic Area: Mental Health
Title: Wisconsin Family Ties and the Children Come First Conference
October 27, 2021
Topic Area: Family Support and Advocacy
Title: Safety and Autism
May 2021
May 6, 2021
Topic Area: Special Education in Wisconsin
Title: Post-Secondary Transition Plan (PTP): What, Why and How
May 13, 2021
Topic: Mental Health
Title: Using the Mental Health Crisis Card
May 20, 2021
Topic Are: Special Education in Wisconsin
Title: Writing a Quality Transition IEP for Students with Autism (Part 1)
April 2021
April 1, 2021
Topic area: Family Support and Advocacy
Title: How to Find, Train and Retain Your Own Respite Workers with RCAW
Conversations in 2021 Jan-Mar
March 2021
March 4, 2021
Topic area: Special Education in Wisconsin
Title: WSPEI–Working with School Districts on Family Engagement
February 2021
February 4, 2021
Topic area: Engaging in Learning from Home
Title: A Guide to Implementing IEPs and Monitoring Progress of IEP Goals When Moving Between In-Person, Hybrid or Virtual Learning Environments.
February 11, 2011
Topic area: Public (Formal) Supports and Health Benefits
Title: What is EPSDT? If You Have Medicaid, You Need to Know!
February 18, 2021
Topic area: Family Support
Title: A Guide to Implementing IEPs and Monitoring Progress of IEP Goals When Moving Between In-Person, Hybrid or Virtual Learning Environments
February 25, 2021
Topic area: Family Support
Title: What is FASD? What Challenges Does it Bring for Families?
January 2021
January 28, 2021
Topic area: Family Support
Title: What is the Well Badger Resource Center and How Can They Help?
March 11, 2021
Topic area: Special Education in Wisconsin
Title: Special Education Transition Requirements During COVID-19
March 2021
March 18, 2021
Topic area: Family Support and Advocacy
Title: Family Voices of Wisconsin — Advocacy for Change and other Resources
March 25, 2021
Topic area: Public (Formal) Supports/Health Benefits
Title: Deciding Together — A Key Part of the CLTS Waivers
Conversations in 2020 Sept-Nov
September 2020
September 3, 2020
Topic area: Special Education in Wisconsin
Title: What can I do if I disagree with my school IEP team?
September 17, 2020
Topic area: Engaging in Learning from Home
Title: School Closures Impact on Students with CYSHCN
September 24, 2020
Topic area: Special Education in Wisconsin
Title: How does the Wisconsin Statewide Parent-Educator Initiative (WSPEI) support parents?
October 2020
October 1, 2020
Topic area: Public (Formal) Supports
Title: Connecting to Affordable Telecommunications-Lifeline and TEPP
October 8, 2020
Topic area: School Nursing in Wisconsin
Title: What is the Role of School Nurses?
October 15, 2020
Topic area: Family Support
Title: Parent Support and Parent to Parent of WI
October 22, 2020
Topic area: Public (Formal) Supports
Title: Accessing the Telecommunications Equipment Purchase Program
November 2020
November 5, 2020
Topic area: CLTS and Katie Beckett
Conversations held in 2020 May-June
May 2020
May 6, 2020
Topic area: Engaging in Learning from Home
Title: An educator’s perspective on at-home learning
May 13, 2020
Topic area: Engaging in Learning from Home
Title: Virtual Special Education: What we can learn from a virtual school’s experiences?
May 20, 2020
Topic area: Mental Health
Title: Anxiety: Ideas to help our kids be calm(er) and (more) focused
May 27, 2020
Topic area: Rural Wisconsin
Title: Rural Wisconsin: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
June 2020
June 3, 2020
Topic area: Special Education in Wisconsin
Title: Special Education and IEPs with WI FACETS
June 10, 2020
Topic area: Summer 2020 Ideas
Title: Camp Cancelled? Ideas for Summer 2020 from Easter Seals Wisconsin
June 17, 2020
Topic area: Summer 2020 Ideas
Title: Ideas for Summer 2020 from Bay Cliff Therapy Camp
August 2020
August 17, 2020
Topic area: Schooling Options (in collaboration with the Autism Society of South Central Wisconsin)
Title: What is Virtual Schooling? Part 1 of a conversation about autism/special needs and special education
August 19, 2020
Topic area: Schooling Options (in collaboration with the Autism Society of South Central Wisconsin)
Title: What is Homeschooling? Part 2 of a conversation about autism/special needs and special education
August 27, 2020
Topic area: Mental Health
Title: Anxiety and Heading Back to School
Do you have a topic you would like to us to talk about in 2023? Maybe you want to know more about transitioning to adulthood or what is a medical home and how can families partner with doctors? Maybe we should talk about public programs or partners or play? Should we bring on some researchers? We want to know! (Please do not include personal information or health information.)
Email your ideas to cyshcn@waisman.wisc.edu