OSDA Project STIR Leadership Training in Canton November 18-20, 2019 

OSDA and the Mahoning and Stark County Boards of DD invite 30 youth & adults with a disability, along with an ally, to this 3-day Project STIRTM training. Your ally will be trained too and will assist you during the 3 days.

WHAT? You will learn to use tools to help you advocate for yourself, connect with others and gain leadership skills. Your ally will learn how to support you to use the skills. You will learn to:

• Stand up for yourself,
• Speak up about things important to you,
• Solve problems,
• Become a leader,
• Start or strengthen a local advocacy or network group,
• Plan for your future by Charting your LifeCourse!

DEADLINE To Register: November 8, 2019

REGISTRATION FEE: $550 if OSDA Member / $650 Non-Member

Not a member? Join now at the OSDA website and register at the Member fee. Scroll to the bottom of this website to join: http://osdaohio.org/pricing/ 

Fee covers the expenses below for both you and your ally:

• All program materials and notebooks - 18 hours of CEUs
• Breakfast and lunch on days 2 and 3 and afternoon snacks on days 1 and 2. Dinner each evening is "on your own". No meals on the first day.
• The fee does NOT include your hotel room for 2 nights - OSDA has arranged for a nightly rate of $89 plus fees and taxes for 1 or 2 persons in a room. Please contact the hotel directly to reserve a room if you want to stay at night. (330) 494-6494.

If you receive SELF Waiver services, you may arrange to pay part ($260) through Participant Directed Goods and Services (PDGS). Contact Dana Charlton (614) 562-1375 or osda2011@gmail.com 

If you are a resident of Stark or Mahoning County, your registration fee is covered by the Stark or Mahoning CBDD. If you want to stay overnight, contact the hotel directly to reserve and pay for your sleeping room. Hotel - (330) 494-6494. 

For questions:

Mahoning contact: George Gabriel ggabriel@mahoningcountyoh.gov or (330) 718-4815 

Stark contact: Paula Gardner gardnerp@starkdd.org or  by phone at (330) 479-3750

Sponsored by:

Stark and Mahoning County Boards of DD

Partially funded by the Ohio Developmental Disabilities Council under the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act.

To download registration form, go to the OSDA website:

http://osdaohio.org

Register Now!