BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Chicago X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2115@dev.dscc.uic.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220308T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220308T120000 DTSTAMP:20220301T183040Z URL:https://dev.dscc.uic.edu/events/supporting-parents-to-access-and-navig ate-services-spans-study-opportunity/ SUMMARY:Supporting Parents to Access and Navigate Services (SPANS) Study Op portunity DESCRIPTION: \;\n\nAn opportunity for parents of children with autism l iving in Cook County to take part in a study aimed at helping other famili es access services for their children with autism\n\nSupporting Parents to Access and Navigate Services (SPANS)\, a project of the University of Ill inois Urbana-Champaign Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute\, is lo oking for participants for a 12-week study. The study is helping to develo p a training program and technology to help families of young children wit h autism access disability services.\n\nTraining sessions will be conducte d every Tuesday morning from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. beginning on March 8 and endi ng May 24. All sessions will be done through Zoom.\n\nConsider participati ng in this study if you:\n\n Have a child with autism who is 5-years-old or older\n Live in Cook County\n Meet one of the following requirements: \n\n Currently unemployed\n Your family receives government assistance\n You have less than a college degree\n\n\n\nFor participating in the navi gator program and completing surveys\, you will receive up to $100 in comp ensation.\n\nAfter graduating from the program\, you may be asked to suppo rt families of young children (ages 3-5) with autism access services.\n\nI f you are interested in participating in this project\, please complete th e initial survey here.\n\nFor more information\, contact Meghan Burke (217 ) 300-1226 or meghanbm@illinois.edu.\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dev.dscc.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022 /01/Screen-Shot-2022-01-05-at-2.57.24-PM-1.png CATEGORIES:Special Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Chicago BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20211107T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR