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Parent Workshop: Siblings Who Have a Brother or Sister With Disabilities

When

Tuesday, October 27, 2020    
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
iCal

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A free bilingual virtual workshop for parents

The Sibling Leadership Network in partnership with Supporting Illinois Brothers & Sisters and Latinas United in Love for Autism is hosting a virtual workshop for parents of children with disabilities.

This workshop is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Oct. 27. It will focus on supporting the siblings of a child with a disability.

It will provide vital information and resources.  The session will be bilingual, and materials will be available in Spanish.

Speakers are:

  • Katie Arnold, Executive Director, Sibling Leadership Network – the Sibling Leadership Network (SLN) is a national nonprofit with state chapters that is dedicated to providing siblings of individuals with disabilities the information, support and tools to advocate with their brothers and sisters and to promote the issues important to them and their entire families. Their work is creating a passionate and informed community of advocates. Also, Katie works as the Director of Community Education in the Institute on Disability and Human Development at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Her work is anchored to her experience growing up with her sister with intellectual disabilities.
  • Shirley Valladares, Supporting Illinois Brothers & Sisters – Shirley is a special education teacher for students with low-incidence disabilities in Chicago Public Schools. Her personal experiences and relationship with her younger sister with Down syndrome led to her studying and graduating from the UIUC with a bachelor’s in Special Education and her master’s degree in Special Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She is part of the Supporting Illinois Brothers & Sisters (S.I.B.S) leadership team, an Illinois chapter of the Sibling Leadership Network (SLN). She is the oldest of three siblings. Her experiences have led her to advocate for people with disabilities and their families.

Visit the workshop registration page to sign up.