3:00 - 4:00 Open discussion in small group format based on special interests
GENERAL INFORMATION: (More detailed information related to parking, location, etc.,
will be sent when you register.)
Date: Friday, August 7, 2009
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 4:00/4:30 p.m.
Place: Missouri State University - Springfield, Missouri
Interactive campus map: http://www.missouristate.edu/map/CampusMap.asp
This workshop is FREE! (lunch is on your own)
PEPNet is a national organization, funded by the U.S. Department of Education.
For more info, go to www.pepnet.org.
Registration closes Friday, July 18. Use this link to register online:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=J_2fHE7xV1W08JpMhPcbn2qQ_3d_3d
If you have any problems contact Cassie Franklin – cassie.franklin@pepnet.org
We are not sponsoring RID CEU's, but if you want to receive them you could use the
Participant Initiated Non-RID Activities approach and apply for them. It's a very easy
process. (PINRA)
http://rid.org/education/continuing_education/index.cfm/AID/103. All participants will
receive a certificate of completion for their records.
Questions? Please contact cassie.franklin@pepnet.org
The following PEPNet staff
members will be presenting:
GINNY CHIAVERINA
Ginny Chiaverina is the
Associate Director of PEPNet-Midwest. She previously served as an Outreach
Specialist for PEPNet-Midwest and was the Program Manager of the University of
Wisconsin - Milwaukee's
Deaf/Hard of Hearing Program.
Ginny completed her Certificate of Interpreter Training at Wabaunsee Community
College in Sugar Grove, IL and her MS.Ed. in Administrative Leadership from
University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee.
CASSIE FRANKLIN
Cassie Franklin works for
PEPNet-Midwest as an Outreach Specialist for Oklahoma, Missouri and Kansas, and
also manages the PEPNet listserv. Cassie graduated from UWM with her
Bachelor of Science degree in Social Work in 1997, and is currently studying
for her Master's degree in the same area. Prior to working at UWM, Cassie
worked as a Deaf and Hard of Hearing Specialist with the Wisconsin Department
of Human and Family Services and as a Child Care Counselor with the Wisconsin
School for the Deaf.
GRETA PALMBERG
Greta Palmberg is the Transition Specialist with PEPNet-Midwest and also works as a Transition Support
Instructor for Intermediate District 287 in Plymouth, MN. She has worked in the
field of special education as a teacher, presenter, and trainer for over 20
years. She earned a MEd in Educational Administration and a BS in Special
Education and has teaching certification in the areas of Deaf/Hard of Hearing,
Learning Disabilities, Emotional/Behavioral Disorders, and Developmental
Cognitive Disabilities.
HEIDI ADAMS
Heidi Adams is the PEPNet-Midwest
Outreach Specialist at the Center for Sight & Hearing in Rockford, IL. She
has worked as a speech language pathologist as well as a VR counselor and
Planning Specialist for public VR. She is a late deafened adult.
Elise Knopf
Elise
Knopf is the Director of the Postsecondary Education Programs Network-Midwest
region (PEPNet-Midwest) at Saint Paul College – A Community &
Technical College. PEPNet-Midwest is currently funded in its third cycle
as one of four regional centers through a cooperative agreement with the U.S.
Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs.
PEPNet’s mission is to improve transition services and educational access
for students who are deaf or hard of hearing including those with co-occurring
disabilities, thus enhancing educational opportunities. Elise has over 18
years experience working in non-profit venues in rehabilitation and educational
settings and at the state and federal levels of government. Ms. Knopf has
a Bachelor’s Degree in History from Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa
and a Master’s Degree in Rehabilitation Counseling from Gallaudet
University in Washington, DC. 
