APPLICATION DEADLINE: Friday, March 4, 2022
Our PWSA | USA Volunteer Summit is a unique opportunity to unite, support, and celebrate PWSA | USA volunteers who share a passion for supporting individuals and families within the PWS community. In addition to celebrating our volunteers, staff and special speakers will share new information, host small group activities, and lead roundtable discussions to help further develop the leadership, communication, and facilitation skills of our valued volunteers. The Volunteer Summit will take place April 29, 2022 through May 1, 2022, at the Embassy Suites by Hilton - DFW Airport North in Dallas, Texas. Thanks to a generous donation, all travel, lodging, and event expenses for the Volunteer Summit will be paid for by PWSA | USA. Applicants will be approved on a first-come, first-served basis. All applicants MUST be registered as active volunteers with PWSA | USA and agree to participate in all volunteer summit activities. Apply to attend by HERE or clicking the button above.
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Jennifer Bolander has been serving as a Special Education Specialist for PWSA (USA) since October of 2015. She is a graduate of John Carroll University and lives in Ohio with her husband Brad and daughters Kate (17), and Sophia (13) who was born with PWS.
Perry A. Zirkel has written more than 1,500 publications on various aspects of school law, with an emphasis on legal issues in special education. He writes a regular column for NAESP’s Principal magazine and NASP’s Communiqué newsletter, and he did so previously for Phi Delta Kappan and Teaching Exceptional Children.
Evan has worked with the Prader-Willi Syndrome Association (USA) since 2007 primarily as a Crisis Intervention and Family Support Counselor. Evans works with parents and schools to foster strong collaborative relationships and appropriate educational environments for students with PWS.
Dr. Amy McTighe is the PWS Program Manager and Inpatient Teacher at the Center for Prader-Willi Syndrome at the Children’s Institute of Pittsburgh. She graduated from Duquesne University receiving her Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Education with a focus on elementary education, special education, and language arts.
Staci Zimmerman works for Prader-Willi Syndrome Association of Colorado as an Individualized Education Program (IEP) consultant. Staci collaborates with the PWS multi-disciplinary clinic at the Children’s Hospital in Denver supporting families and school districts around the United States with their child’s Individual Educational Plan.
Founded in 2001, SDLC is a non-profit legal services organization dedicated to protecting and advancing the legal rights of people with disabilities throughout the South. It partners with the Southern Poverty Law Center, Protection and Advocacy (P&A) programs, Legal Services Corporations (LSC) and disability organizations on major, systemic disability rights issues involving the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and the federal Medicaid Act. Recently in November 2014, Jim retired.