Town Hall Meeting - Teen Group

The New Season of The Deaf and Hard of Hearing Teen Club

and The Deaf Town Hall Meetings Begin!!!

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New Location: Northside Branch of Cincinnati Public Library

4219 Hamilton Avenue

Phone: 513-369-4449

New Day: Mondays

New Times: Teen Club 4:00pm – 5:30pm

Town Hall Meetings 6:00pm – 7:30pm

New Dates:

November 17

Teen Club: 4-5:30 First meeting to decide

future topics and Technology and The Deaf

with Roseanne Krisko. So Bring your texting

devices for hands on training

Town Hall: 6-7:30 Deaf Off Drugs and

Alcohol (DODA)

December 1

Teen Club: 4-5:30pm Topic to be decided

Town Hall: 6:00-7:30pm

Ask the Doctor! Here is an opportunity to ask

health or medical questions and get simple

basic answers!

December 15

Family Night for All 5:00pm-7:30pm

Captioned Movie, “ Pay It Forward”

January 26

Teen Club: 4-5:30

Town Hall: 6-7:30

Life After Fifty with psychologist fluent in

ASL, Carol Yoken

February 23

Teen Club: 4-5:30

Town Hall: 6-7:30

How to make the best of the interpreter in a medical environment with Meg Deckert, Annie Welch and Deb Porter

March 23

Teen Club: 4-5:30

Town Hall: 6-7:30

Bi-cultural families of Deaf and Hearing with Deron Emmons and Bob Coltrane

April 27

Teen Club: 4-5:30

Town Hall: 6-7:30

Cook the Healthy Tasty Way! With The Art of Entertaining catering company

May 18

Teen Club: 4-5:30

Town Hall: 6-7:30

Dog Training Techniques with Circle Tail, Inc.

Questions? Contact Melissa Shaffer, Advocate and Education Specialist

513-221-0527 voice or tty

513-221-3300 video phone

mshaffer@hearingspeechdeaf.com

Opened Movie Schedule

	Date	Time(s)		Title(s)
	14-Nov	12:45	8:15	Madagascar 2
	15-Nov	3:20		Madagascar 2
	16-Nov	12:45		Madagascar 2
	17-Nov	12:45	8:15	Madagascar 2
	18-Nov	2:20	9:50	Role Models
	19-Nov	11:50	7:20	Role Models
	20-Nov	2:20	9:50	Role Models
	Regal Cinemas Deerfield Towne Center 16
	5500 Deerfield Blvd
	Mason, Ohio 45040
	Phone: 513-770-0964
	Fax: 513-770-0025

Walk in Hours

Free Assistance for Anyone Who is Deaf or Has a Hearing Loss
New Walk-In Hours


CINCINNATI, OH – Community Services for the Deaf of The Hearing Speech & Deaf Center offers free help for anyone who is Deaf or has a hearing loss. Walk-in hours, where no appointment is needed, are now every Wednesdays from 10:00am to 5:00pm. Appointments for other times are available by contacting Melissa Shaffer, Advocate and Education Specialist, at MShaffer@HearingSpeechDeaf.com or 513.221.3300 (Video Phone and TTY) or 513.221.0527 ext. 170 (Voice Phone).

We can assist with: activities of daily living, connections to state and county agencies, emotional self-care, recognizing situations of financial exploitation, advocacy, accompanying individuals to the hospital, police station, court hours, navigating complex governmental systems, improving health literacy, securing an individuals rights under the ADA, IEP preparation, and more – no issue is too big or too small. We also offer support groups and teen programming as well as free Video Phone usage. For more information on our services please contact Carole Donnellon, Outreach Specialist, at CDonnellon@HearingSpeechDeaf.com or 513.221.0527 ext. 182 (Voice Phone).

Our free programs are funded in part by grants from The Greater Cincinnati Foundation and The Pfau Family Foundation.

Our highly qualified sign language interpreters are available 24 hours a day, seven days per week. To schedule an interpreter call 513.221.0527. For emergency service after 5pm or on weekends, call 513.784.2777.

Community Services for the Deaf is a division of The Hearing Speech & Deaf Center. The Hearing Speech & Deaf Center strengthens our community by supporting individuals and families to overcome obstacles to communication. We believe that communication is the foundation of all human interactions. We provide a barrier-free, inclusive and nurturing environment for anyone seeking to overcome obstacles regarding speech, hearing or deafness.

Medicaid Buy-In Program Delayed

On June 30, 2007, Governor Strickland signed
into law a bill which requires the state to
establish a Medicaid Buy-In (MBI) option for
people with disabilities.

The establishment of an MBI program removes
a major barrier to employment by allowing
people with disabilities to earn more income
and still qualify for Medicaid health coverage.
For many people with disabilities, private
health insurance that covers their unique
health care needs is either very expensive or
unavailable. In the past, people who needed
Medicaid coverage faced having to choose
between working and having health care.
A person with a disability is eligible for MBI if
his/her income is below 250% of the federal
poverty level (FPL), after excluding the fi rst
$20,000 of their income. A person may also
have up to $10,000 in assets. People will
be responsible for paying a premium on a
sliding scale when their family income exceeds
150% of the FPL. Other exclusions may be
established in the MBI rule.

Ohio joins 34 other states offering the option
to “buy-in” to Medicaid, and an opportunity
for people with disabilities to become more
self-suffi cient, gain more independence and
participate fully in all aspects of community
life, including employment.
State Senator Stivers and State Representative
Peterson, who introduced the MBI legislation,
have said that MBI will pay for itself from the
income, sales and other taxes that working
people with disabilities will be adding to the
state’s economy.

Next Steps The law allows the Ohio Department
of Job and Family Services 180 days to submit the state
plan amendment for MBI to the Centers
for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) and allows changes, if necessary, to gain CMS approval. Between now and January 2008, the Department, in
collaboration with the MBI Advisory Council (which consists of private and public groups,
including ODDC and Ohio Legal Rights Service), will write rules to implement the
program. Additionally, regional meetings will be held to spread the word about this new
program.

“People with disabilities, their families and
others who support them have advocated
diligently for more than six years to make
MBI a reality,” said Bev Johnson, Executive
Director of Cerebral Palsy Association of Ohio.
Congratulations to those who worked hard for
many years to make MBI a reality for Ohio’s
workers with disabilities.

This article is from The Ohio Developmental Disabilities Council - http://www.ddc.ohio.gov/

SERRC Classes

Starting December 13, 2007, Southwestern Ohio Special Education Regional Resource
Center (State Support Team 13), in collaboration with regional trainers, will offer interactive,
hands-on, sessions related to Special Education System topics. Family members may attend
any or all sessions. A $20 gift card, to help defray expenses, will be provided to parents and
family members at each session (one gift card per family).

Sessions will be held at SERRC, from 6:00 – 8:30 PM, the 2nd Thursday each month,
December through May. The sessions will cover basic information about topics related to the
needs of learners with disabilities, including an intervention/prevention model for learners who
are not successful in school, academically or behaviorally.

Those who attend all six sessions, in the Series, will receive a certificate and will be invited to
attend a more advanced training at a Spring Leadership Institute the end of May, 2008.


December 13, 2007 - Special Education Basics
January 10, 2008 - Intervention and Evaluation
February 14, 2008 - IEP Development
March 13, 2008 - Behavior Planning
April 10, 2008 - Transition (birth to "world of work")
May 8, 2008 - Communication (saying the HARD stuff)


SWO SERRC Call Terri 563-0045 ext. 10
1301 Bonnell, 3rd Floor or register on-line: www.swoserrc.org
Cincinnati OH 45215