PACER Center
952-838-9000
Champions for Children with Disabilities
In the event of inclement weather, PACER Center may cancel workshops. If you are registered for a workshop, we will contact you about cancellations. Also, please check this site the day of the workshop for a possible cancellation due to weather problems.
Workshops
PACER Center offers free workshops throughout Minnesota to parents of children with disabilities and the professionals working with families.
Workshop topics include areas of interest in special education, including information on the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), the Individualized Education Plan (IEP) program, early childhood, the area of transition for students 14-21 (housing, post secondary, employment, and community), assistive technology, and many more!
Workshops Ordered by Grant
Alternative workshop listings are available:
Workshops Ordered by Name
Workshops Ordered by Date
Workshops Ordered by Location
Grants
Early Childhood
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Emotional or Behavioral Disorders
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Federal Parent Training (Parents Helping Parents)
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Meltdowns: Why Do They Happen and What Can You Do About Them?
Presented by autism expert Travis Thompson, Ph.D. - see flyer
PACER welcomes noted autism author Travis Thompson, Ph.D., who will lead a discussion on the causes of meltdowns of children with autism spectrum disorder and strategies for dealing with them. This workshop is for parents of children with autism or related developmental disorders from toddler to middle-school age. This workshop is cosponsored by The Autism Society of Minnesota.
Monday, July 28, 2008
7:00pm-9:00pm (PACER Center)
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PACER Hosts a Viewing of the Film "Including Samuel" - see flyer
PACER Center is excited to offer a showing of the movie "Including Samuel," produced by photojournalist Dan Habib. This one-hour, award-winning film is designed to help schools, families, community groups, and others work toward educational inclusion in an informed and innovative way. It examines the educational and social inclusion of youth with disabilities. The film features Habib’s son Samuel and his family as well as four other families with a variety of inclusion experiences. Interviews with teachers, parents, and disability rights experts are also included.
Following the viewing, PACER staff will lead a discussion on the film.
Monday, August 04, 2008
7:00pm-9:00pm (PACER Center)
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Meltdowns: Why Do They Happen and What Can You Do About Them?
Housing
- Fall workshop schedule coming soon!
- Fall workshop schedule coming soon!
Public Policy
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- Fall workshop schedule coming soon!
Simon Technology Center
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EX.I.T.E. Camp - Opening Ceremony - see flyer
Attention middle-school girls with disabilities! Roll up your sleeves and prepare to get messy with science. EX.I.T.E. camp will have you exploring, discovering, creating, and challenging yourself to investigate the world around you through technology. EX.I.T.E. Camp is for girls with disabilities who will enter 6th - 9th grade during the 2008-2009 school year, like science, and work well in a hands-on environment.
Thursday, August 07, 2008
4:00pm-5:30pm (PACER Center)
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EX.I.T.E. Camp - Day 1 - see flyer
Attention middle-school girls with disabilities! Roll up your sleeves and prepare to get messy with science. EX.I.T.E. camp will have you exploring, discovering, creating, and challenging yourself to investigate the world around you through technology. EX.I.T.E. Camp is for girls with disabilities who will enter 6th - 9th grade during the 2008-2009 school year, like science, and work well in a hands-on environment.
Monday, August 11, 2008
9:00am-4:00pm (PACER Center)
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EX.I.T.E. Camp - Day 2 - see flyer
Attention middle-school girls with disabilities! Roll up your sleeves and prepare to get messy with science. EX.I.T.E. camp will have you exploring, discovering, creating, and challenging yourself to investigate the world around you through technology. EX.I.T.E. Camp is for girls with disabilities who will enter 6th - 9th grade during the 2008-2009 school year, like science, and work well in a hands-on environment.
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
9:00am-4:00pm (PACER Center)
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EX.I.T.E. Camp - Day 3 - see flyer
Attention middle-school girls with disabilities! Roll up your sleeves and prepare to get messy with science. EX.I.T.E. camp will have you exploring, discovering, creating, and challenging yourself to investigate the world around you through technology. EX.I.T.E. Camp is for girls with disabilities who will enter 6th - 9th grade during the 2008-2009 school year, like science, and work well in a hands-on environment.
Friday, August 15, 2008
9:00am-4:00pm (PACER Center)
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EX.I.T.E. Camp - Day 4 - see flyer
Attention middle-school girls with disabilities! Roll up your sleeves and prepare to get messy with science. EX.I.T.E. camp will have you exploring, discovering, creating, and challenging yourself to investigate the world around you through technology. EX.I.T.E. Camp is for girls with disabilities who will enter 6th - 9th grade during the 2008-2009 school year, like science, and work well in a hands-on environment.
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
9:00am-4:00pm (PACER Center)
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EX.I.T.E. Camp - Day 5 and Closing Ceremony - see flyer
Attention middle-school girls with disabilities! Roll up your sleeves and prepare to get messy with science. EX.I.T.E. camp will have you exploring, discovering, creating, and challenging yourself to investigate the world around you through technology. EX.I.T.E. Camp is for girls with disabilities who will enter 6th - 9th grade during the 2008-2009 school year, like science, and work well in a hands-on environment.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
7:30am-5:00pm (PACER Center)
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Internet Use for Education and Daily Life
The Internet can offer a way to be involved with others their own age. This workshop will teach parents and children and young adults with disabilities responsible and creative uses of the Internet. Participants will learn how to use a search engine; how to avoid unwholesome sites; how to create a blog, and many other Internet skills.
Saturday, September 20, 2008
9:30am-12:30pm (PACER Center)
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Dream It, Build-It!
If you can dream it, you can build it! Join us to put your creative thinking skills to the test while we design bridges, boats, and more. Toothpicks, pennies, aluminum foil, gumdrops, straws, and clay will be used to make a variety of structures. We will test our structures by adding weight. Come see what structures will fall and which ones will stand!
Tuesday, October 07, 2008
6:00pm-8:00pm (PACER Center)
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My Messy Little Experiments
Does an egg float or sink in water? How about a paper clip? How much water can a penny hold? Can a raisin really dance? We will answer all the questions you ever had about science and have fun while completing all the little experiments you thought about trying at home but were too messy.
Tuesday, January 06, 2009
6:00pm-8:00pm (PACER Center)
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Forensics, Be a CSI!
Put on you lab coats and come to PACER to be a Crime Scene Investigator (CSI)! We will explore the science of forensics by fingerprinting, analyzing powders, making teeth impressions, and determining someone’s height based on their shoe size. We will test our CSI skills by analyzing data and solving a mock crime!
Tuesday, April 07, 2009
6:00pm-8:00pm (PACER Center)
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EX.I.T.E. Camp - Opening Ceremony - see flyer
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